Medical Director/Division Chief- Palliative Care
Where
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC, United States
Description
MedStar Health is recruiting a Medical Director/Division Chief to lead a large inpatient palliative care team at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. This is the largest team in our system with ~23 interdisciplinary FTEs (MD/APP/social work/rx/chaplain/RN). Candidate should have prior experience leading a large team. We have inpatient, outpatient, and telehealth palliative care at this site. This site also houses our academic programs (with a dedicated program director in place) including MD/APP/SW fellowships. This role will include obtaining a Georgetown University faculty appointment.
About MedStar Health: we are a 10-hospital system in the DC/Baltimore region.
About our Palliative Care Teams:
Our nearly 100 clinicians work in interdisciplinary teams across our nine acute care hospitals.
Our inter-disciplinary teams are comprised of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, RNs, social workers, clinical pharmacists, chaplains and administrative roles.
Our Unique System-wide Approach
*Standardized compensation plans with incentive components for physicians
*Discipline-specific workgroups and presence on our clinical practice council
*Interdisciplinary leadership team
*System-wide weekend cross-cover via telehealth (from the comfort of your home)
*Weekly CME event for leaning and connections
We also welcome your resume/CV for any openings which may arise in the future across our sites.
Apply
Attn: Jess Schmidt
E-mail: [email protected]