Staff Physician - Medicine Palliative Care
Staff Physician - Medicine Palliative Care
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Job Description
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The Department of Medicine Division of Geriatrics and Palliative has an exciting opportunity for a Staff Physician. We seek to add to our growing interdisciplinary Palliative Medicine team. The Staff Physician will provide highquality compassionate care on our wellestablished inpatient consult service and outpatient clinics.
Job Functions:
Develops and carries out a comprehensive medical treatment plan addressing biological psychological and sociocultural domains.
Performs physical assessment of patients in a logical and respectful manner.
Prescribes medical treatment and clinical to patients.
Gathers essential and accurate information through the review of pertinent records and interviews with the patient family members caregivers and other health professionals.
Reports to the responsible physician and complies with policy cosig.
Reports hazardous or unsafe conditions equipment malfunction and supply instrumentation inadequacies to appropriate personnel.
Reports all Quality Assurance (QA) incidences including mediation errors to responsible physician using department guidelines.
Assumes responsibility for increasing knowledge and expertise by attending continuing educational offerings.
Makes informed decisions about interventions based on patient information and preference uptodate scientific evidence in the field and clinical judgment.
Maintains confidentiality of all patient information according to federal and state guidelines and regulations.
Palliative Medicine consultation for hospitalized patients on any service at UHealth Tower
Outpatient clinical ambulatory setting at multiple satellites in Dade and Broward County
Serve as attending at Vitas inpatient unit
Oncall coverage nights and weekends as scheduled
Work in collaboration with the APPs and ancillary support
Adheres to University and unitlevel policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be allinclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.
Qualifications:
Education:
M.D. in relevant field
Certification and Licensing:
Board Certified in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
Board Certified or Eligible in Palliative Medicine (must obtain board certification within 2 years of hire)
Knowledge Skills and Attitudes:
Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.
Ability to analyze organize and prioritize work under pressure while meeting deadlines.
Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
Ability to work evenings nights and weekends as necessary.
Commitment to the Universitys core values.
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The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental tuition remission and more.
UHealthUniversity of Miami Health System South Floridas only universitybased health system provides leadingedge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center we are proud to serve South Florida Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and subspecialties and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching research and patient care. Were the challenge youve been looking for.
The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.
Job Status:
Full timeEmployee Type:
StaffPay Grade:
140Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
