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Palliative Medicine Physician

Employer
Geisinger
Location
Danville, PA
Posted Date
Feb 5, 2019

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Specialty
Palliative Care
Position Type
Permanent

Job Details

  Job Title:                        Palliative Medicine Physician, Geisinger Cancer InstituteLocation:                        Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA

Work Type:                     Full Time

Hiring Manager:             Dr. Mellar Davis

 

Geisinger is seeking a Hospice and Palliative Medicine-certified or HPM board -eligible physician to join our well-established and growing team of palliative care providers at Geisinger Medical Center, located in Danville, PA.

 

Join our team of five palliative medicine physicians, two nurse practitioners, one hospice liaison, and one nurse navigator. Our program has ACGME-accredited hospice and palliative medicine fellowship which has been approved for two fellows per year since 2011.

 

The position will:

Provide inpatient and outpatient care for more than 1,400 consults per year. Inpatient care is provided as a consultative service and inpatient palliative care unit. Outpatient service is mainly located in Danville with plan for expansion.

Work closely with all clinical services within the health system in the care of patients with advance illness for symptom management and advance care planning.

Have opportunity to work and educate medical students, residents and palliative medicine fellows.

Provide an opportunity to develop special interests and research in the field of palliative medicine.

Experience opportunity to interact with palliative medicine physicians across the system at our two other sites.

 

Interested applicants, please send CV and letter of interest to: Dr. Mellar Davis, Director - Palliative Medicine, c/o Julie Dent, Talent Management, jdent1@geisinger.edu.

 

At Geisinger, we’ve been focused on advancing the future of health for more than a century. Today we continue with MyCode Community Health Initiative, our ground-breaking genomics program, to ensure patients get the best diagnosis possible. What you do at Geisinger shapes the future of health and improves lives – for our patients, communities, and you.

 

This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the most innovative integrated health care systems with the opportunity to drive change, continuously improve care delivery. As one of the nation’s largest health services organizations, Geisinger serves more than 3 million residents throughout 45 counties in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania. The system is comprised of approximately 30,000 employees, including a 1,600-member multi-specialty group practice, 13 hospital campuses, two research centers and a 583,000-member health plan, and a commitment to medical education, research and community service.

 

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.   KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.   EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.     LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.   INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.

 

Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

 

Geisinger Medical Center: (GMC), located Danville, Pa., the largest tertiary/quaternary care teaching hospital in the region, is licensed for 475 beds, including 89 pediatric beds in the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital.  GMC, a Magnet Hospital, maintains the region’s only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center with additional qualifications in pediatrics. GMC offers an array of highly specialized medical and surgical services, including neurosciences, cardiovascular services, transplantation, women’s health (in the Women’s Pavilion), oncology and orthopaedics.  The Hospital for Advanced Medicine serves as an integrated center for the most critical patients. Outpatient services are available on and off campus.

 

** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver.  We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply.  

Company

Join an organization that’s leading healthcare change.

Geisinger is comprised of 13 hospital campuses, two research centers, a college of medicine and a nearly 600,000-member health plan serving more than three million residents in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and beyond. We have approximately 26,500 employees, including over 1,700 employed physicians, all of whom share a commitment to quality healthcare.

You don’t have to put your life on hold to move healthcare forward. At Geisinger, you’ll engage with industry leaders to create new care delivery models and enjoy a work/life balance that gets you home in time for dinner. You’ll be there for your family, friends, and neighbors – making a difference at home and across the country.

Only at Geisinger

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