Physician PRN

Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care have an immediate opening for a Physician PRN.

Location: Colorado Springs CO

Status: PRN

Schedule:Varies includes hospice patient inpatient care center rounding some weekends

Hourly Pay Range: $103.43 - $121.53

Supplemental Pay:Based on position schedule and/or availability: Overtime

Mileage and Expense Reimbursement: Sixty-two and a half cents per mile one of the highest in the industry!

CULTURE BENEFITS AND PERKS:

• We value engagement community and outreach initiatives and know it matters for our team members and our patients. We provide welcoming and supportive care to our patients and a work environment where all team members feel respected and valued.
• We support a culture of work-life balance and provide team members with two free confidential and robust benefit programs designed to provide solutions to the logistical and financial problems that arise in life.
• Employer pays over 90% of employee medical premium in some plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with significant Employer Funding: Single $1000 Family $2000
• Healthcare Benefits are effective on the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation Pay/Sick Leave): accrued
• Seven Paid Holidays with an additional Floating Holiday
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match: 50% match up to 8% of total compensation
• Company-Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Career & Logo wear
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Clinical Career Ladders
• Certification Pay
• Generous Discover-a-Star Team Member Referral Program
• Robust Team Member Service Awards
• Extensive Leadership Development Training

REWARDING WORK YOU WILL DO:

Provides physician services within the spectrum of hospice and palliative care. The Physician guides directs and is a care consultant to the Outpatient Inpatient and Palliative departments staff the patients attending physician and other providers to assure standards quality and excellence of care is provided. Fosters and maintains external relationships between the hospice & palliative care programs and other professionals and organizations engaged in health care services.

• Provides physician services consistent with hospice and palliative care philosophy. Consults with attending physicians and palliative care/hospice staff as requested to address goals of care pain and symptom management for patients.
• In absence of Medical Director may be designated to assume responsibility for the medical component of the patient care program.
• Reviews clinical information upon patient referral to document disease diagnosis prognosis therapeutic regiment and assessment of patients health.
• Participates at Inter-Disciplinary Group/Team (IDG or IDT) patient care meetings. Utilization review of patient care as necessary.
• Determines clinical appropriateness of hospice and/or palliative admissions transfers from palliative care to hospice and discharges of hospice or palliative patients as needed.
• Assists the President with program philosophy and service model for hospice & palliative care.
• Follows hospice program policy when providing supervision for cross coverage of physician service.
• Serves as liaison with attending physicians local hospitals medical schools and teaching hospitals. Provides support to attending and consulting physicians and oversees patient medical services. If the attending physician is not available the physician is responsible for meeting the medical needs of a hospice patient.
• Conducts home Inpatient or facility visits to hospice & palliative patients as needed.
• Participates in planning developing and evaluating the hospice & palliative care department services within the agency as a whole including but not limited to internal and external committees and input into development of policy and procedures.
• Remains available for rotating schedule of on-call assignments. Phone coverage after hours and weekends for hospice and palliative consult service patients. Patient visits after hours and weekends when necessary.

WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LOVE ABOUT YOU:

• Minimum Education: Graduate from approved school of medicine.
• Minimum Experience: Three years experience as practicing physician in hospice internal medicine family practice pediatrics oncology or related field.
• Required License: Current Colorado Physician License to practice medicine. Board certified (or board eligible) in Internal Medicine or Family Practice or Hospice & Palliative Medicine. Colorado state drivers license and proof of insurance. Current CPR certification.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to lift minimum of 35 lbs.

Care Synergy is a network of mission driven nonprofit healthcare organizations dedicated to caring for very ill frail and primarily elderly individuals by keeping them at home and out of the hospital while maximizing comfort dignity and quality of life.

The Care Synergy enterprise includes a group of collaborating nonprofit Affiliates across Colorados Front Range that share resources expertise and infrastructure to deliver high quality compassionate care. Collectively the enterprise generates approximately $100 million in annual revenue and serves thousands of individuals and families each year through hospice home health palliative care CAPABLE wellness and PACE programs.

Across the Care Synergy network the organizations provide significant community impact including more than 7000 hospice patients served annually more than 2000 palliative care patients more than 355000 hospice days of care each year and more than $1.6 million in charitable care provided annually.

Care Synergy affiliated programs include The Denver Hospice Pathways Hospice Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care Colorado Visiting Nurse Association CAPABLE and Superior Medical Equipment along with PACE programs including Colorado PACE and Pathways PACE.

If you need assistance completing the electronic application please contact our Talent Acquisition team via email at You may also call the Human Resources Department at . Applications can be completed in-person at any one of our affiliate office locations.

The Organization does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race color religion gender gender identity pregnancy national origin age disability creed ancestry genetic information marital status sexual orientation/identity transgender status military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classifications.

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