Hospice Physician

Job Description

Job Description

Give your passion a purpose – join our amazing team!

Joining the Lower Cape Fear LifeCare team means embarking on a journey where your passion finds purpose every day. As an award-winning nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider nestled in the scenic beauty of Wilmington, NC, we've been dedicated to serving individuals and families for over 40 years across southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina.

Caseloads and Visits:

· Your caseloads will be variable based on schedule and patient census.

· Consultation visits can be up to 90 minutes, follow up visits can range from 15 to 45 minutes.

What you’ll be doing:

· You’ll see your patients in a hospice care center environment. We provide quality care regardless of circumstance to a variety of different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

· You’ll need to be comfortable educating the caregivers on how to care for their loved one. This might include things like disease education, advance care planning, how to administer medications, and what to expect at end-of-life.

· You’ll be provided with a company phone, and other equipment as applicable to perform your duties.

· You will coordinate care between your patient’s community medical providers, and other disciplines to provide updates, obtain and place new orders. This coordination takes place during and in between visits.

· You will be part of an Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) consisting of a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, and a medical social worker. The team meets each morning at 8:30 AM to review patient assignments and discuss complex cases as needed. There is also a monthly business meeting with our CMO.

· You’ll also collaborate with inpatient hospice clinical liaisons to coordinate and facilitate patient care at end-of-life.

· You will provide teaching to students, residents and staff.

What we’re looking for:

· Initial board certification in a primary specialty

· Board-certification or Board-eligibility in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

· Palliative Medicine Fellowship training or other comparable experience

· Must possess the following personal qualities: Be self-directed; be flexible and committed to the team concept; demonstrates teamwork, initiative and willingness to learn; be open to new learning experiences; accepts and respects diversity without judgment; and demonstrates customer service values.