Assistant Professor - Internal Medicine (Palliative Medicine)

Job Duties

• Provide specialized palliative care consultation and management services using current, evidence-based practices to improve quality of life for patients and families facing serious illness.
• Deliver comprehensive palliative care services across inpatient, outpatient, and other clinical settings as assigned.
• Conduct symptom assessment and management, facilitate goals-of-care conversations, advance care planning, and support complex medical decision-making.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to optimize patient-centered care.
• Contribute to the education, training, supervision, and mentorship of medical students, residents, fellows, and other learners through clinical teaching, didactic instruction, and scholarly activities.
• Participate in departmental and divisional meetings, case conferences, teaching rounds, quality improvement initiatives, seminars, and other academic activities as assigned.
• Engage in scholarly activities, research, quality improvement, program development, and/or community outreach efforts that advance the field of palliative medicine.

Qualifications

• Formal degree in the cited discipline area(s) to ensure foundational knowledge and skill set required to perform the duties of the position.
• Board certified or board eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.