Palliative Medicine Physician

Ochsner Health is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Palliative Medicine Physician to join their integrated healthcare system with opportunities at locations throughout Louisiana and Mississippi. The physician will provide an extra layer of support to patients with serious illness through inpatient, outpatient, and post-acute consultations. Come make a difference at Ochsner Health and discover your future today!

Practice Info

• Palliative Care: opportunities at locations throughout Louisiana and Mississippi
• Consultations: inpatient, embedded supportive oncology clinic, free standing outpatient clinic, and post-acute facilities (LTACH/Rehab/SNF)
• EPIC electronic health record system at all Ochsner facilities

Responsibilities

• Provide an extra layer of support to patients with serious illness
• Provide medical care related to symptom management
• Participates in interdisciplinary team to develop a written plan of care
• Develop and facilitates goals of care conversations for patients in the inpatient and outpatient setting
• Actively participates in process improvement related to system and department goals
• Participate in specialty team meetings
• Serve as collaborating physician to advanced practice providers
• Staff inpatient hospital and outpatient clinic with advance practice providers and other members of the interdisciplinary team

Compensation

• Salary is commensurate with experience and training

Benefits

• Paid vacation, holidays and CME
• Full benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance
• Additional benefit options focused on physical, financial, social and mental health
• Retirement options (401k, 403b, and 457b)
• Relocation assistance
• Malpractice and tail insurance

Shift & Schedule

• Flexible schedules to ensure a healthy work-life balance

Qualifications

• Board Certified/Board Eligible Palliative Medicine Physician
• Individuals who reside in and will work from the following areas are not eligible for remote work position: Colorado, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.