Overview
Hospice Visit Physician Coverage Area: Greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area Compensation:Per visit Schedule: PRN
What You Need to Know
AccentCare is seeking a hospice field visit physician that can provide compassionate, patient-centered medical care to individuals with serious, advanced, or terminal illnesses. This role is responsible for conducting hospice and/or palliative care visits, evaluating patients for hospice eligibility and recertification, managing pain and symptoms, and supporting patients and families through goals-of-care and advance care planning discussions. Job Responsibilities:
- Evaluate patients for pain, symptom management, and hospice eligibility (admissions and recertifications).
- Counsel patients and families on care options and advance care planning.
- Order tests, initiate treatment, and conduct face-to-face visits as needed.
- Serve as Attending Physician when appropriate.
- Coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams and communicate with attending physicians to ensure continuity.
- Manage patient medications.
- Participate in on-call rotation and provide 24/7 availability when assigned.
- Complete timely and compliant clinical documentation.
If you meet these qualifications, we would love to meet you:
- Must be a licensed Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) in the state(s) of practice, with training or experience in caring for chronically or terminally ill patients
- Maintains active, unrestricted medical and DEA licenses in the state of Minnesota
- Working knowledge of hospice and palliative care, including pain and symptom management.
- Familiarity with hospice regulations and Medicare requirements.
- Strong clinical judgment and decision-making skills.
- Excellent communication skills for interaction with patients, families, and providers.
- Ability to manage complex clinical and ethical situations in end-of-life care.
- (Preferred) Hospice or hospice visit experience
Why AccentCare?
Come As You Are
- At AccentCare, you're part of a community that cares - for patients and each other. You can rest assured we offer equal employment opportunities regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age or disability.
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