per diem Palliative Care Physician

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Requisition Number:

R-22729

Facility:

LOC0001 - 55

Fogg Road55 Fogg Road Weymouth, MA 02190

Department Name:

SSH Palliative Care APC PB Status:

Part time

Budgeted Hours:

0

Shift:

Day (United States of America) Performe consultations and provide assessments for pain/symptom management, prognostication and goal-setting, decision making, and hospice engagement.

Compensation Pay Range:

$153.00 - $200.00 Physician shall perform the following duties as a Practitioner of the

Palliative Care Program:

Perform consultations, as requested, with assessments for pain/symptom management, prognostication and goal-setting, decision making, and hospice engagement. Collaborate with other Hospital departments and associated non-Hospital entities to ensure continuity of supportive and palliative patient care amongst relevant entities. Attend periodic continuing medical education in topics related to supportive and palliative care. Participate in providing supportive and palliative care education. Appropriately document all services and communicate with "primary" physicians as needed. Partner with patients and families to involve them in a Patient and Family Centered Health Care System that includes informed decision making, as well as reliably meeting patient's needs and preferences. Education MD Successful completion of an ACGME- or AOA-accredited residency in Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General/Vascular Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medical Imaging, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, or Psychiatry. Current subspecialty certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine or active participation in the exam process. Minimum Experience Meets requirements of South Shore Health medical staff bylaws Credentialed by SSH medical staff per diem Responsibilities if

Required:

Education if

Required:

License/Registration/Certification Requirements:

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