Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship

About the role

The Program Director for Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship will design, develop, and operate a new training program while maintaining a clinical practice at Valley Health System in affiliation with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate a new Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship Program
• Maintain a clinical practice at Valley Health System
• Provide quality education in a clinical environment
• Serve diverse patients
• Contribute to peer-reviewed journals
• Foster residents' interest in scholarly activity
• Perform clinical responsibilities 80% of the time
• Perform administrative responsibilities 20% of the time

Requirements

• A degree in Medicine or Osteopathy
• An unrestricted license to practice medicine in New Jersey
• Board Certification in Palliative Care and Hospice Medicine
• Minimum 3 years of Graduate Medical Education experience
• Leadership experience in GME preferred
• Maintain CME credit hours as required for Board Certification and/or hospital staff privileges
• Maintain up-to-date credentials, including CV, License, DEA, CDS, Board Certification, and documentation of Hospital admitting privileges

Qualifications

• Proven relationship-building skills with physicians and other key stakeholders
• Strong analytical abilities and problem resolution skills
• Ability to build trust and confidence with colleagues
• Ability to lead change and build consensus to support change
• Solid clinical and clinical data-related analytical skills
• Ability to serve as a role model for collegiality and collaboration across the organization

Desired Attributes

• Proven relationship-building skills with physicians as well as with all other key stakeholders
• Skilled in problem resolution and strong analytical abilities
• Ability to build trust and confidence with the utmost integrity
• Ability to lead change and build consensus to support change
• Solid clinical and clinical data-related analytical skills
• Ability to serve as a role model for collegiality and collaboration across the organization

Pay & Benefits

• Salary range of $210,000 - $220,000
• Competitive compensation models including generous RVU productivity incentive with the opportunity to grow, uncapped
• Comprehensive benefits package: medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability
• 401(k) and 457(b) retirement plans
• Paid holidays and PTO
• CME allowance and dedicated CME time
• Malpractice coverage
• Relocation allowance
• Non-Profit Health System; eligibility for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness