Hospice Physician

Home Health & Hospice Care • Merrimack, NH

2d

About The Position

Home Health & Hospice Care seeks a Hospice Physician to provide consultative services and follow-up visits for its hospice and palliative care programs. The physician provides expertise in pain and symptom management, supports community physicians and clinicians, and coordinates medical care with attending physicians and interdisciplinary teams across home, nursing home, and Community Hospice House settings. The role may include serving as the attending physician for patients without a local physician and directing their care, determining initial and continuing eligibility for hospice services, and backing up the interdisciplinary team medical director.

The physician helps develop, implement, and review hospice plans of care; participates in team and patient care conferences; provides consultation to staff and primary physicians, including on-call coverage or notification when unavailable; and guides evidence-based practice and staff education. The role also includes timely evaluations and consults, appropriate coding, maintaining productivity standards, supporting program growth, adapting schedules to meet program needs, and mentoring assigned APRNs or physician assistants.

Requirements

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution.
• Successful completion of an accredited residency and/or fellowship program.
• Physician licensed to practice medicine in New Hampshire, with minimum courtesy privileges at hospitals.
• Unrestricted DEA provider registration and Controlled Substance License.
• Comprehensive knowledge of palliative care, including expertise in pain and symptom management, related pharmacology, and psychosocial aspects of care for terminally ill patients and their families.
• Comprehensive knowledge of primary care medicine and ability to develop collaborative relationships with physicians at area hospitals.
• CPR certification.
• Favorable Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services check.
• Valid state driver’s license and proof of insurance.

Nice To Haves

• Board certified in hospice and palliative care.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultative services and follow-up visits for hospice and palliative care programs.
• Provide expertise in pain and symptom management to referred patients.
• Advise community physicians and clinicians on symptom management and hospice and palliative care.
• Consult with attending physicians and coordinate medical care provided by the Hospice interdisciplinary team.
• Serve as attending physician and direct care for hospice patients without a local physician when acting as the interdisciplinary team director.
• Determine patients’ initial and continuing eligibility for hospice services according to admission criteria.
• Back up the interdisciplinary team medical director and help establish, implement, and review hospice plans of care.
• Participate in team conferences and relevant patient care conferences.
• Be available for consultation to hospice staff and primary physicians 24 hours a day, or notify the medical director when unavailable for call on specific days.
• Guide evidence-based practice and provide education to hospice staff.
• Maintain productivity standards.
• Complete consultations and referred patient evaluations in a timely manner and code appropriately for reimbursement.
• Promote growth and expansion of hospice and palliative care patient services.
• Demonstrate schedule flexibility to support hospice and palliative care needs.
• Provide oversight and mentorship to assigned APRNs or physician assistants.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive pay rates.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits starting the first of the month following the start date.
• Accrued earned time (PTO).
• 403(b) with matching, fully vested, and discretionary annual core contributions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree