JOB TITLE: Palliative Care Team Physician

DEPARTMENT: Medical Services

REPORTS TO: Medical Director

POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Medical Director, the Palliative Care Team Physician has the responsibility of assisting the Medical Director in the care and treatment of patients served by Pasco Palliative Care and provides physician direction and guidance to the Palliative Care program and staff to assure the maintenance of quality medical care for patients and families.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school• Licensed to practice medicine in the State of Florida• Knowledge and experience in palliative medical practice and symptom management• Board eligible or Board certified in a recognized field of the American Board of Medical Specialists• Valid driver’s license and automobile insurance as per GHPPC policy• Ability to travel to off-site locations• Ability to make home/residence visits

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Satisfactorily complete competency requirements for this position• Represent GHPPC professionally at all times through care delivered and/or services provided to all clients• Comply with all state, federal and local government regulations, maintaining a strong position against fraud and abuse• Comply with GHPPC policies, procedures and standard practices• Observe GHPPC’s health, safety and security practices• Maintain the confidentiality of patients, families, colleagues and other sensitive situations within GHPPC• Participate in plan of palliative care for patients as directed by the Chief Medical Officer• Assess patients based on clinical assessment of meeting Palliative Care criteria• Provide patient visits/consults as assigned by the Medical Director in Pasco Palliative Care (PPC) clinics, nursing homes, assisted living facilities or hospitals. • Promote PPC through participation in community and professional organizations• Participate proactively in improving performance at the organizational, departmental and individual levels• Improve own professional knowledge and skill level by attending palliative care conferences and seminars• Share expertise with co-workers both formally and informally• Validate patient/family plans of care in coordination with a patient’s attending physician• Support PPC with clinical expertise and decisions on diagnosis and medical management of patient/family needs, focusing on continuity and comprehensiveness of care• Consult to patient’s primary and attending physicians regarding integration of patient’s palliative care plan• Assist with development of written guidelines for symptom control.• Participate in relevant PPC committees• Teach designated in-services to PPC staff as needed• Provide medical coverage for patients without attending physicians, or locate medical coverage for them, in completing medical record• Represent PPC at appropriate local, national and international forums• Responsible for medical documentation of all patients seen who are cared for by GHPPC• Assist in improving quality of medical documentation by PPC staff• Contribute to Performance Improvement efforts of medical documentation by PPC staff• Complete physician billing forms following patient visits/consults.• Promote PPC programs to nursing homes, HMO’s, hospitals and other referral sources• Participate in other clinical/administrative responsibilities as directed by the Medical Director.

COMPANY STANDARDS:

• Demonstrates courtesy, respect, sound judgment, and professionalism.• Listens with patience and respect for the other person.• Takes responsibility for own actions and decisions.• Demonstrates honesty and integrity in all dealings.• Maintains a positive attitude and caring spirit.• Makes effective use of work time to accomplish tasks, keeping person business, breaks and socializing to a minimum.• Dependable, trustworthy, and demonstrates appropriate attendance pattern.• Demonstrates concern for the rights, opinions, privacy and confidentiality of others. • Willingly seeks new assignments, assumes additional duties when necessary, and takes independent action to identify problems. • Seeks management involvement when necessary.• Demonstrates prudent use of company resources.• Practices Gulfside’s Mission Statement, Vision Statement, and Core Philosophy in both words and actions.

PHYSICAL DEMAND:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects/tools/controls, reach with hands/arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk, hear, taste, or smell. This employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required for this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.