Join a top academic health system in Brooklyn as an experienced Palliative Care Physician in a small, growing division. This role supports both inpatient consultative services and outpatient oncology patients, offering a mix of clinical care, teaching, program development, and research within a large teaching hospital environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide palliative care consults across a 700-bed teaching hospital and an affiliated 130-bed community hospital.
- Manage complex symptom control, goals-of-care discussions, end-of-life planning, and family counseling.
- Participate in an embedded Supportive Oncology Clinic at the Cancer Center (minimum one day weekly).
- Teach and supervise medical students, residents, and fellows.
- Deliver lectures and participate in educational initiatives throughout the health system.
- Contribute to quality improvement, program development, and growth of palliative care services.
- Opportunities to participate in clinical research and academic projects.
- Faculty appointment available through a local university.
Requirements
- MD or DO.
- Fellowship training in Hospice & Palliative Medicine.
- Board Eligible/Board Certified in primary specialty and Hospice & Palliative Medicine.
- Active New York medical license and DEA.
- ACLS/BLS certification.
- Prior experience preferred; candidate should be comfortable practicing independently.
- Strong interdisciplinary, communication, and teaching skills.
Benefits
- Academic appointment opportunity with a local university.
- Ability to shape and expand palliative care programs, including outpatient growth and potential fellowship development.
- Strong work-life balance with manageable patient volumes and significant appointment times.
- Opportunity to supplement income through inpatient/moonlighting palliative care shifts at approximately $175/hr.
- Small, collegial department with direct impact on program growth and patient care.
- Diverse Brooklyn patient population and highly respected teaching environment.
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