Job Description
Palliative Care Physician
Full-Time Hours: 8am to 5pm
Covering Holy Cross and Westside Regional Hospitals
The Palliative Care Physician provides high-quality care and treatment of patients served by Catholic Palliative Care Services (CPCS). Responsibilities include comprehensive, consultative palliative patient care, utilizing clinical expertise in decision making, while promoting the greatest quality of life for patients and caregivers. The Palliative Care Physician provides supervision, direction, guidance and support, as an active participant in the palliative interdisciplinary team. This requires leading symptom management for patients with serious illnesses and related conditions, and addressing vast, dynamic psycho-social needs of patients, families, and caregivers.
Essential Functions
- Provide high quality consultative patient palliative care through hospital, nursing home, assisted living facility, home, or clinic visits as ap...