Outpatient Oncology Palliative Care Physician (MD/DO)

About the role

Lee Health Cancer Institute is seeking a compassionate Outpatient Oncology Palliative Care Physician to provide earlier symptom support, clearer communication, and whole-person care during active treatment. This role brings palliative care expertise directly into the cancer care setting, helping patients live as fully and as comfortably as possible throughout treatment. At Lee Health Cancer Institute, palliative care is integral to excellent cancer care—not a service reserved for the end of life. Patients and families deserve to feel heard, supported, and cared for from diagnosis onward.

Responsibilities

• Provide outpatient consultation, longitudinal follow-up, symptom management, and goals-of-care support for oncology patients and their families.
• Work closely with dedicated APP support, nurses, social workers, oncology clinicians, and interdisciplinary colleagues.
• Help design referral pathways, clinic workflows, patient education, quality measures, and interdisciplinary standards to support consistent access to care.
• Develop practical referral processes, improve continuity of care, and guide patients and families through complex treatment decisions with clarity and confidence.
• Opportunity to shape referral standards, workflows, program growth, and