Physician Associate Medical Director Hospice

Physician Associate Medical Director Hospice – Amedisys

PRN/1099, 30–40 hours per month, non‑remote position.

As an Associate Medical Director, Hospice you will serve as a senior physician consultant within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high‑quality palliative care for patients in their homes.

You will lead a team where you can make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and families, providing essential care at the homes where patients want to be.

• Function as a consultant to patients, physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary team to assure provision of quality of palliative care including pain and symptom management, collaborating with patients’ attending physicians.
• Assure appropriate evaluation, certification, and recertification of terminal prognosis at admission and at the end of each certification period.
• Serve as the physician member of the Professional Advisory Committee.
• Conduct educational seminars, in‑services, and presentations to physicians, nurses, and other health‑care audiences to improve patient care quality and promote hospice services, increasing access to patients.
• Be available for in‑house or phone consultation for acute patient clinical problems that cannot be resolved through staff, directors, and primary or on‑call physicians and for consultation or joint visits in hospital or home when indicated.

• Doctor of medicine or osteopathy degree from an accredited medical school.
• Board certification in hospice and palliative care is preferred but not required—experienced physicians passionate about hospice care are welcome to apply.
• Current and unencumbered license to practice in the state you will work.
• Membership in good standing on the medical staff of at least one contracted hospital.
• Current CPR certification.
• Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and agency‑required liability insurance to complete home visits.

Amedisys is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or any other legally protected characteristic.