Palliative Care Physician

Sutter East Bay Medical Group (SEBMG) is seeking a Board Eligible or Board-Certified Ambulatory Palliative Care Physician to join their team. The clinician will provide Palliative Medicine consultation services and participate in the Palliative Supportive Care Services interdisciplinary team. This role offers the opportunity to work with a rapidly growing multi-specialty medical group dedicated to providing exemplary health care in the San Francisco East Bay Area.

Practice Info

• Rapidly growing multi-specialty medical group whose physicians and advanced practice clinicians work in more than ten care centers and four hospitals in the San Francisco East Bay Area
• Affiliated with the Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation (SEBMF), a not-for-profit health care organization providing operational and administrative support
• Includes 400+ clinicians in more than twenty specialties
• Multidisciplinary group including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistant and certified nurse midwives
• 25+ specialties throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

Responsibilities

• Provide Palliative Medicine consultation services in multiple settings: Home, SNF, RCFE, Hospital and Office (Palliative Care, Cancer Center, and embedded primary care clinics)
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary team members - each team has an NP, licensed clinical social worker, RN, chaplain, and care coordinator
• Facilitate access to appropriate supportive care services
• Coordinate care with inpatient palliative care colleagues, referring providers, outside agencies and local hospices
• Assist in the development and growth of our outpatient program by means of quality improvement projects and educational outreach

Compensation

• Guaranteed salary

Benefits

• Collegial environment
• Shareholder-eligible after two years
• Malpractice tail coverage
• Relocation allowance
• Generous benefits package
• 401(k), cash-balance retirement plan, health savings account
• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Benefits are prorated to full-time status and employees in other types of employment classifications may be eligible for some of these benefits

Shift & Schedule

• Schedule flexibility and sabbaticals for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine
• CA physician license or eligible for CA physician license