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UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This position will be part of an embedded emergency department-palliative care team comprised of dual-trained emergency medicine and palliative care physicians. Physicians will work 0.50 FTE traditional emergency department shifts and 0.50 FTE dedicated palliative care consults in the emergency department. Emergency department shifts will be conducted in both the Chapel Hill campus and Hillsborough campus emergency departments, treating both adult and pediatric patients. Embedded palliative care shifts will be at the Chapel Hill campus. Physicians are required to assess and attend to patients who enter the hospital’s emergency room. They immediately treat any injuries, infections, or other conditions to stabilize patients. Emergency department doctors request medical tests for patients, create treatment plans, and recommend patients to appropriate specialists. When providing palliative care consultation in the department, physicians will work closely with the emergency department team and broader palliative care/hospice team to care for seriously ill patients. Physicians will support medical decision-making, symptom management, and psychosocial needs for patients and families in the emergency department.

Requirements

• Dual-trained emergency medicine and palliative care physicians.
• Ability to work 0.50 FTE traditional emergency department shifts.
• Ability to work 0.50 FTE dedicated palliative care consults in the emergency department.
• Treat both adult and pediatric patients in emergency department shifts.
• Clinical Instructors, Clinical Assistants, Clinical Associates, and Clinical Professors will be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Emergency Medicine/Palliative Care Fellowship

Responsibilities

• Assess and attend to patients who enter the hospital’s emergency room.
• Immediately treat any injuries, infections, or other conditions to stabilize patients.
• Request medical tests for patients.
• Create treatment plans.
• Recommend patients to appropriate specialists.
• Provide palliative care consultation in the department.
• Work closely with the emergency department team and broader palliative care/hospice team to care for seriously ill patients.
• Support medical decision-making, symptom management, and psychosocial needs for patients and families in the emergency department.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed