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Physician
Section Chief Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine Physician, Clinical Educator & Associate Hospice Medical Director
Full-time position, responsible for:
  • Administration and quality of a regionally based hospital/community comprehensive palliative care program within a collaborative service model.
  • Medical component of palliative medicine and hospice care.
  • Leadership in Midwest CareCenter clinical education; must function within the interdisciplinary structure to facilitate optimal systems-based care.

Education
  • Doctor of medicine licensed to practice medicine in the State of Illinois.
  • Board certified in hospice and palliative medicine.

Experience
  • Significant experience in palliative and hospice care.
  • Significant experience and leadership in medical administration.
  • Significant expertise in program development, education, and quality.
  • Demonstrated experience and leadership in staff, volunteer and community education.
  • Demonstrated expertise in management and supervision of other healthcare professionals, especially physicians and advanced practice nurses.
  • Clinical practice management experience with the understanding of: medical billing; coding; medical practice accounting; reports needed to monitor practice health; billing programs and HER; employee requirements/job descriptions.

Other Requirements
  • Must possess/use own vehicle, have current valid driver’s license and maintain liability auto insurance.
  • Ability to use cell phone and operate PDA devices.

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Associate Medical Director

Provide specialty level palliative medicine for Hospice and Palliative Care Services (PCS) patients/families in home, office, hospital, facility and hospice inpatient unit setting(s), with active integration within interdisciplinary hospice and PCS teams.
  • Serve in a consultative role for referring physicians and, as necessary, in primary palliative medical management of patients/families in addressing and managing goals of care as well as complex physical and psychological symptoms.
  • Serve as a medical director for hospice team(s) to insure compliance with regulatory statutes and best practice guidelines.
  • One full-time position and one part-time (00 FTE) position.

Education
  • MD, Board certification internal medicine or a primary specialty, licensed to practice in Illinois.

Experience
  • Comprehensive knowledge of adult medicine as well as specialty level palliative medicine.
  • Computer skills in Word, Excel and Outlook. Allscripts or electronic medical record competency

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