As the Palliative Care provider, you will provide quality clinical and professional services to patients within the scope of your qualifications. You will direct general patient care provided at the hospital using accepted procedures and commonly used therapies and providing appropriate support services. You are solely responsible for the quality of medical care provided.
As the Palliative Care Medical Director reporting to the Physician Executive Director of Palliative Care Medicine for MedStar Health, you are the leader of the service line at the hospital and are accountable for all professional administrative and clinical duties related to Palliative Care service at the hospital. You will be involved in the development and implementation of policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of care, treatment, and services.
As Medical Director for Hospice, you would be responsible for providing services at a minimum of 6 hours per week. The staff consists of one other Hospice provider and a Nurse Practitioner that also is providing service. There is a separate 12-bed Hospice facility, not attached to the hospital. The other provider is a PRN who used to be the Medical Director for a long time and semi-retired. The Nurse Practitioner covers 12-weeks of call the other provider covers 16-20 weeks. Call is basically 1:3 and it is all phone call or computer. Symptom management during the day is split with the Nurse Practitioner.