Physician, Medical Doctor, Healthcare Consultant

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VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top-10 nationally ranked provider of end-of-life care. We are a community-based, not-for-profit hospice & palliative care provider with deep community roots and decades of experience serving all patients and families, regardless of ability to pay or medical complexity. We are a people-first organization whose funds go to serve our mission.

Due to our significant growth, we are looking for amazing new staff who share these values. Apply now and be a part of our success story.

• Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS
• 28 days of Paid Time Off
• Excellent mileage reimbursement rate
• 403b Retirement plan with matching
• Focused programs honoring Veteran patients
• Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN)
• Best Orientation and Onboarding program
• Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth

• Direct Patient Care
• Review available medical information; take appropriate history of the present illness; and communicate with the patient’s attending physician to develop a patient-focused plan of care.
• Physically examine patient to assess symptoms, evaluate disease progression, and recommend modifications in the plan of care.
• In consultation with the patient’s attending physician recommend appropriate laboratory and imaging studies to evaluate disease progression and/or response to palliative therapies.
• Provide patients and their families with counseling, education, and psychosocial support.
• Assist patients and families in establishing goals of care.
• Facilitate family meetings when the presence of a physician will improve the meeting outcome.
• Communicate with hospice nurses to address pain and other symptom management issues.
• Communicate with the patient’s attending/referring physician to discuss patient management issues, including therapies outside the usual hospice plan of care.
• Facilitate transfers to HPCCR hospice houses by communicating with the Medical Director.
• Serve as the attending physician for patients who choose the hospice physician as their attending physician.
• Submit billing and documentation according to policy.
• Provide on-call availability per employment agreement.
• Physician of the Day (POD) Responsibilities (if applicable)
• Review and complete necessary administrative paperwork including death certificates, prescriptions, hospice orders; and hospice plans of care (485’s).
• Review and sign new hospice referrals for eligibility and, if necessary, request additional information to determine eligibility.
• Discuss patient pain and symptom management issues with hospice nurses as needed.
• Communicate with outside physicians when issues arise that require physician-to-physician discussions.
• Collaborate with the Director of Clinical Services to formulate a plan of care for patients whose needs are outside the usual hospice plan.
• Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) Physician
• Through review of the documentation and discussion with IDT assess the efficacy of the plan of care for new admissions and patients already under hospice care.
• Serve as an educational resource, either in formal didactic sessions or in less formal "teachable moments," for the IDT members.
• Through review of the documentation and discussion with IDT evaluate the ongoing eligibility of patients under hospice care.
• Recommend changes in the plan of care to improve symptom control and reduce suffering.
• As part of the IDT provide psychosocial support for other members of the team when emotionally or spiritually difficult patient care situations arise.
• May be "physician designee" with ability to sign/authorize in absence of Medical Director.
• Make determination to certify that patient is terminally ill in consultation with the attending physician; recertify eligibility for hospice for subsequent election periods; decide regarding discharge from hospice when indicated.
• Submit all billing and documentation according to established policy.
• Participate in on-call responsibilities in accordance with hiring agreement.
• May perform other duties as required.

• A Doctoral Degree in Medicine (M.D. or D.O.) with a current active NC Board of Medicine practicing physician license. Board Certification in an AMBS recognized specialty is required.
• Experience in the care of terminally ill patients is preferred but not required.
• Computer proficiency is required.
• Current CPR is required.