Fellow Physician HPM Program

Fellow Physician Waco Family Medicine HPM Program

Central - Waco, TX 76707

Position Type:
Full Time Job Shift: Day Education Level: Graduate Degree

Primary Duties:

• Provide supervised hospice and palliative medicine care as an integrated member of the hospice interdisciplinary team across inpatient, outpatient, and home-based hospice settings.
• Perform comprehensive symptom assessment and management for patients with serious and life-limiting illness, including pain, dyspnea, nausea, anxiety, depression, and delirium.
• Participate actively in hospice operations, including longitudinal patient assignments, interdisciplinary team (IDT) meetings, and coordination of care across disciplines.
• Conduct goals-of-care discussions, advance care planning, and end-of-life conversations with patients and families.
• Complete required hospice clinical and regulatory documentation, including EHR documentation and death certificates, under supervision.
• Participate in joint home visits with hospice physicians and members of the interdisciplinary team (nursing, social work, chaplaincy, etc.).
• Serve in a consultative role to support primary teams with complex medical decision-making, prognostication, and ethical considerations.
• Engage in structured teaching activities, case presentations, and scholarly or quality improvement projects related to hospice and palliative medicine.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Visual and auditory accuracy
• Indoor setting
• Shift length - 8 hours
• Frequent use of computer
• Frequent standing and walking
• Extensive sitting
• Frequent telephone usage
• Continuous conversational communication
• Continuous repetitive grasping and manipulation of both hands
• Occasionally working in confined, noisy areas
• Occasionally lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs
• Occasionally pushing, pulling and positioning patients up to 200 lbs
• Occasionally pushing, pulling and positioning (with assistance) patients over 200 lbs
• Occasional exposure to electrical, chemical, gaseous and dusty conditions
• Occasional exposure to patients with communicable diseases
• Understand/carry out simple/detailed, oral/written instructions
• Memorize and retain instructions
• Read and interpret detailed specifications
• Able to respond quickly and calmly in medical emergencies

Fellow Physician, Waco Family Medicine – HPM Program

Reports To: WFM – Hospice & Palliative Medicine Program Director, Attending Physicians

Education & Experience:

• M.D. or D.O. degree from accredited school
• Completion of a residency in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, or Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Board eligible or certified in primary specialty
• Eligible for medical licensure