Candidates must be fellowship trained and/or board certified or eligible through primary specialty. HMDC with a demonstrated capability of providing palliative medicine also considered.

Opportunity Details:

• Provide an extra layer of support to patients with serious illness
• Consultations: inpatient, embedded supportive oncology clinic, free standing outpatient clinic, and post-acute facilities (LTACH/Rehab/SNF).
• 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.
• EPIC electronic health record system

Additional Clinical/administrative opportunities:

• Teaching/mentoring of students, residents, and multispecialty fellows
• Director of quality improvement
• Director of clinical research
• Leadership/associate program director of palliative medicine and supportive care fellowship

Compensation & Benefits:

• Benefits include an equitable and clearly delineated compensation plan
• Paid malpractice coverage and a favorable malpractice environment in Louisiana
• Tax-free spending accounts
• Generous retirement benefits (401k, 403b, deferred compensation plans)
• CME allowance.