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Associate Medical Director Palliative Medicine

Employer
Providence Health & Services
Location
Portland, Oregon
Posted Date
Aug 14, 2019
Reference
10837

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Specialty
Palliative Care
Position Type
Permanent

Job Details

Seeking a board-certified Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician with demonstrated leadership experience to join Providence Connections. As the Associate Medical Director, you'll provide clinical expertise and leadership to inter-professional inpatient palliative care consult service including physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers and chaplains.

Providence Connections in the Portland metro and Yamhill service areas blends comfort with active treatment that supports patients and their families. It's part of an integrated Home Services Program that includes Home Health and Hospice. Love what you do while enjoying a healthy work-life balance in the beautiful city of Portland, in the heart of the Pacific Northwest.

About the Program

Providence Connections is a palliative care consultation service that has a team of experts who help patients and their families find needed resources to control pain and other symptoms while providing compassionate support. The team of physicians, nurse practitioners, palliative care nurses, clinical social workers and chaplains work collaboratively around high-risk heart failure and other conditions with Providence Heart Institute, as well as with Providence Cancer Center.

What You'll Get:
  • Guaranteed salary and generous incentive
  • CME funds and days
  • Relocation assistance
  • 40/60 split of clinical and protected administrative time
  • Dyad leadership model
  • Integrated health system focusing on team-based care

Skills You'll Need:
  • Board certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • 2 years of supervisory experience
  • Demonstrated administrative experience in physician group or department

Where You'll Work

Providence Portland Medical Center is recognized for excellence in patient care and research in cancer, heart, orthopedics, women's health and rehabilitation services. The facility has 483 beds and numerous award-winning programs and services, including one of the best internal medicine residency programs in the nation. Providence Portland is also home to a cancer center that is unmatched on the West Coast in terms of the breadth of services and technologies available under one roof.

Where You'll Live

Portland is rich in character and culture, with strong neighborhood identities and community bonds that defy its population of 2.3 million. Home of the Portland Trail Blazers, "Rip City" is ranked No. 8 in the Best Places to Live by U.S. News & World Report, based on its high quality of life and thriving job market. A foodie mecca, Portland is ideally situated between waterfalls, beaches, Mt. Hood skiing and hiking trails, forests and the Columbia River Gorge.

Who You'll Work For

Providence Health & Services (PH&S) is a not-for-profit system of 34 hospitals, more than 600 clinics and hundreds of locally driven programs across five western states: Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Providence is committed to improving the health of the communities it serves, with a special emphasis on its mission to serve the poor and vulnerable. PH&S is a partner organization of the Providence St. Joseph Health family and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity organization.

Job ID Number: 10837

Facility Name: Providence Portland Medical Center

Location Name: Portland, OR

Brand Name: Providence Health & Services

Provider Profession: Physician/Surgeon

Medical Specialty: Hospice

Medical Specialty: Palliative Care

Job Setting: Hospital

Type of Role: Medical Director

Email: robyn.pryor@psdrecruit.org

Phone Number: (503) 203-0815

Schedule: Full Time

CP: Yes

CB: Yes

NP: No

PA: No

HC: No

IS: No

YM: Yes

Let's Talk!

You've got questions? I've got answers! Reach out today, and together, we'll find a job that checks all your boxes.

Express Interest

Robyn Pryor

Provider Recruiter

(503) 203-0815

robyn.pryor@psdrecruit.org

Company

Providence Health & Services (PH&S) is a not-for-profit system of 34 hospitals, more than 600 clinics and hundreds of locally driven programs across five western states: Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Providence is committed to improving the health of the communities it serves, with a special emphasis on its mission to serve the poor and vulnerable. PH&S is a partner organization of the Providence St. Joseph Health family and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity organization.

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