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Requisition Number:
R-22729
Facility:
LOC0001 - 55 Fogg Road55 Fogg Road
Weymouth, MA 02190
Department Name:
SSH Palliative Care APC PB
Status:
Part time
Budgeted Hours:
0
Shift:
Day (United States of America)Performe consultations and provide assessments for pain/symptom management, prognostication and goal-setting, decision making, and hospice engagement.
Compensation Pay Range:
$153.00 - $200.00
Physician shall perform the following duties as a Practitioner of the Palliative Care Program:
Perform consultations, as requested, with assessments for pain/symptom management, prognostication and goal-setting, decision making, and hospice engagement.
Collaborate with other Hospital departments and associated non-Hospital entities to ensure continuity of supportive and palliative patient care amongst relevant entities.
Attend periodic continuing medical education in topics related to supportive and palliative care.
Participate in providing supportive and palliative care education.
Appropriately document all services and communicate with “primary” physicians as needed.
Partner with patients and families to involve them in a Patient and Family Centered Health Care System that includes informed decision making, as well as reliably meeting patient’s needs and preferences.
Education
Successful completion of an ACGME- or AOA-accredited residency in Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General/Vascular Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medical Imaging, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, or Psychiatry.
Current subspecialty certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine or active participation in the exam process.
Minimum Experience
Meets requirements of South Shore Health medical staff bylaws
Credentialed by SSH medical staff
per diem
Responsibilities if Required:
Education if Required:
License/Registration/Certification Requirements:
South Shore Health is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, charitable health system offering primary and specialty care, hospital care, surgical care, home health and community care, and preventive and wellness services. South Shore Health is the largest independent health system in Southeastern Massachusetts.
South Shore Health comprises South Shore Hospital, South Shore Medical Center, South Shore VNA, Health Express, South Shore Health Foundation, and The Friends of South Shore Health.
We also work with academic medical centers in Boston to bring advanced medical care to our community. Our partners include:
-Boston Children's Hospital
-Brigham and Women's Hospital
-Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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