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Physician, Palliative Care

The Palliative Care program helps coordinate complex care for patients with serious, life-threatening illnesses through the efforts of its interdisciplinary team comprised of two physicians, two advance practice providers, two nurses, three social workers, and a spiritual adviser. The team seeks to provide patient and family centered care to improve the quality of life of patients navigating serious illness by managing complex symptom needs, coordinating care, and exploring goals of care across a variety of settings. The physician must be board certified and board eligible in Palliative and Hospice medicine and will join a mature team to provide both inpatient and outpatient care for patients and families. The inpatient consult service provides care to a wide range of patients including those in the Burn unit, medical and surgical ICUs, as well as medical/surgical wards. Additionally, the physician will provide care on an outpatient basis through multiple co-management clinics with Oncology as well as primary Palliative Care clinics. After hours and weekend call coverage will be shared amongst all providers. The Palliative Care physician will supervise and train a wide range of learners including medical students, residents, fellows, and other interdisciplinary learners in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Additional opportunities include participation in research, scholarly activities, and the Eskenazi Ethics Committee. The Palliative Care physician must be self-directed, flexible, and committed to the team concept; demonstrate effective teamwork, initiative, and willingness to learn; be open to new experiences; and accept and respect diversity without judgment.

Perform in a manner to create and sustain a positive work culture with cross-department collaboration and in alignment with Eskenazi Health and Eskenazi Medical Group initiatives. Provide assessment, diagnostic determination, ongoing clinical management, necessary referral for consultation, care planning, therapeutic orders, transfer authorization, risk assessment, and determination as appropriate for discharge or transfer of patients, both directly and via supervision of trainees. Collaboration, communication, and coordination with all physicians and healthcare personnel caring for hospitalized patients. Actively engage in multi-disciplinary care planning with physicians, advance practice providers, nurses, social workers, and spiritual advisor. Perform bedside rounds on all patients (either with team members or independently) in pursuit of interventions that improve the quality of life of patients and families. The physician will provide attending notes on all assigned patients. Perform review of resident notes for format, relevance, and accuracy with correction as needed, including completeness of dates, times, and legible signatures, ensuring timely completion of all professional records and documentation in compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory, licensure, and accreditation requirements. Complete all medical record documentation and billing submissions within one business day of service. Provide prompt, effective, and efficient cross-cover of learners to allow them to attend scheduled educational sessions as well as role-modeling of handoffs to attending physicians coming on-service. Provide direct contact and consultation with patient's family members, friends, advocates, and relevant others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans and to encourage and support a patient-centered and family-friendly style within the hospital environment. Provide rotational coverage through on-call weekend rotation for inpatient and new consults.

Possesses excellent interpersonal skills and can work effectively with a diversity of personalities. Must be approachable, show respect for others, and be able to present data with effective communication and presentation skills. Must have the ability to develop flexible, transferable models for pathways of care. Actively demonstrates leadership and a mature sense of priorities and solid practical experience who can design and implement systems within the framework of technical boundaries. Performs as a strong team player who builds consensus and promotes the concepts of people working together versus individual performance. Possesses high degree of mental effort, concentration, and accuracy. Demonstrates critical thinking. Flexibility to changing work schedule and changing demands. Exercises judgment/make decisions to determine extent of problems and to decide on appropriate course of action. Demonstrates the ability to see the big picture to implement change in patient care.

MD/DO with Medical Staff privileges at Eskenazi Health. Have an updated and active medical license to practice in the state of Indiana. Have an updated and active DEA number. Must have completed a residency in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or equivalent training program and be BE/BC or equivalent.