Direct Hire Medical Director of Palliative Care Physician in Salem, Oregon
- Shift details:
- 10s
- M-F, but as the team grows it will move into the weekend.
- No call
- Patient facing hours: varies per week.
- Patient Encounters per day: 6 per day, combo of new, established and family meetings. This is better than average in the industry
- Types of appointments:
- Follow-up: yes
- Consults: yes
- New patients: N/A; inpatient service
- Only physicians in the program, at this time no APP.
- Team structure: MD’s/RN’s/Social workers/Chaplain/Medical Ethicist plus one Operations Specialist
- Large team: 4 providers (including medical director), 2 RN and 2.5 Social Workers.
- Current SH provider experience levels: 1-4 years post fellowship
- Mentorship available: Yes
- Good relationships with consulting hospital partners
- Medical Director Candidate Experience preferences:
- Candidates who are seasoned in their career.
- Candidates should have more clinical experience than our current providers.
- Leadership experience is necessary:
- Preference is for someone who has formal leadership experience (medical director).
- Without formal leadership experience we need candidates to demonstrate informal leadership experience and how it translates to a medical director role.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Medical Director responsibilities:
- Direct reports: 3 providers.
- Practice guidelines.
- Policy ownership
- Sits on both the Cancer and Tumor committees.
- Peer reviews
- Partners with clinic manager for operational items.
- Coaching providers
- Resource and decision maker for clinical questions.
- Primary point of contact for conflict and meditation with Palliative Care team and hospital partners.
- Education for nurses and other clinical staff on Palliative Care
- Evaluate strategic growth of the department.
- Address grey areas in Palliative Care with other hospital departments mediate any items as well as create any needed guidelines.