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Form of workPalliative Care System Medical Director
Coastal Southeastern Massachusetts – less than 30 minutes from Providence, Rhode Island and less than 1 hour from Boston, Massachusetts
Southcoast Health is focused on bringing together high-quality Physicians to deliver exceptional care and services. Southcoast Health is a physician-led organization and one of the largest and fastest growing health systems in New England. Southcoast Health VNA is part of Southcoast Physicians Group which has grown to 700+ providers and still growing. Since its inception in 1996, Southcoast has become a sought-after destination for health care professionals. As a thriving part of the New England medical community, Southcoast Health offers practice excellence in an environment you want to call home.
Position Highlights
- Searching for a Palliative CareMedical Director to be a dynamic physician leader and further develop an inpatient Palliative Care program.
- Strong support from administration, hospital medicine team, specialists, advanced practice providers, and the clinical team.
- Will work as part of a team and assist patients and families with making decisions related to their illness, no matter the diagnosis or stage of disease while working to improve the quality of life for both patients and families.
- Aid in treating complex symptoms, offer emotional and psychosocial support and provide an opportunity to discuss and establish treatment goals.
- Board certified in Palliative Care preferred.
- Palliative Care or Hospice experience preferred.
- Supervise, train, and mentor Palliative Care staff and providers.
- Forge consensus during organizational change. Cascade strategic initiatives through professional practice ensuring high quality professional practice standards and coordinated patient transitions from acute to post-acute services.
- Champion financial stewardship while modeling patient centered care.
- Competitive salary with base plus productivity design and quality incentives
- Sign-on Bonus / Relocation Assistance
- Comprehensive benefit package / 41 days PTO / 6% match on retirement after 2 years
- Malpractice coverage of $2M / $6M
Community Highlights
- Situated less than 30 minutes southeast of Providence, RI and Cape Cod and within 60 minutes of Boston with convenient access to major highways
- Four-season coastal living with sailing and boating in Buzzard’s Bay with opportunity to live on the water
- Conveniently located within 2-3 hours of multiple New England ski areas.
- Options to live in desirable suburbs within Massachusetts or Rhode Island.
- Multi-cultural communities with great family-oriented neighborhoods
- Excellent private and public schools
About Southcoast Health
Southcoast Health has outstanding specialty services, one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Pulmonary Care, with advanced heart programs, a Level II Trauma Center, and highly recognized perinatal and bariatric services. It has an IDSA Antimicrobial Center of Excellence. It has been recognized by Newsweek in the World’s Best Hospitals, by US News as a top regional hospital and for its Maternity Care 2022-2023, by ChiME for Most Wired, with the EPIC Honor Roll (#9 in the country), and by SouthCoast Today as a best place to work in the region for multiple years in a row. Within the medical staff of ambulatory and inpatient providers, there are over 1000 members, serving over 135,000 patients in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Southcoast is a desirable place for medical student and advanced practitioner rotations, with collaborative agreements with nearby prestigious schools.
Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit charitable organization that depends on the support of the community to provide services. More information is available online at www.southcoast.org
