Physician Home Care & Inpatient

What You’ll Do

You will use your compassion, communication skills, and deep expertise to build meaningful relationships with patients and families, providing the highest-quality care at the most challenging point in life.

You will see the person behind each prognosis and create care plans centered around the patient’s wishes, needs, and beliefs, often working in concert with the patient’s primary care physician.

You will advocate for your patients, discussing goals for their care while addressing their hopes and fears.

You will bring a passion for hospice, seeking teachable moments everywhere, and educate patients, caregivers, and the communities you serve on the benefits of compassionate, dignified end-of-life care.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

You will spend most of your time caring for hospice patients who have been admitted to an inpatient unit (IPU) in a hospital, nursing facility, or hospice house.

Each IPU provides round-the-clock care to patients whose symptoms cannot be managed effectively in a home setting.

Once a week, you’ll attend a formal meeting to discuss cases with members of your interdisciplinary team, including social workers, chaplains, and nurses.

All of these roles collaborate to provide holistic support for the patients and families we serve.

What’s Expected From You

• Be licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the state in which your program operates, and be a member in good standing at the hospital or hospitals in which you provide care.
• Be board-certified or board-eligible in hospice and palliative medicine, internal medicine, family practice, or a related specialty.
• Be familiar with the principles of hospice and registered with the DEA.

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VITAS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.