Palliative Medicine Physician | Established Program + Teaching Opportunities | St. Louis

Mercy Clinic is seeking a Palliative Medicine Physician to join our well-established Joint Commission Certified program at Mercy Hospital St. Louis.

Our robust interdisciplinary palliative care program has been serving patients in St. Louis for more than 15 years and provides comprehensive support for patients and families navigating serious illness. The team focuses not only on symptom and pain management but also on care coordination goals of care emotional support and patients social and spiritual needs.

Why Join Mercy

Join an established collaborative team of three physicians five advanced practice providers and a dedicated social worker

Provide inpatient and outpatient palliative medicine consultation and care

Strong integration with Mercy specialists and a well-established referral base

Work within a highly collaborative interdisciplinary care model supporting patients with complex and serious illness

Flexible scheduling and excellent work-life balance

Teaching opportunities with Mercys Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellows as well as Internal Medicine and Family Medicine residents

Opportunities to engage with learners across multiple disciplines including fellows residents nursing students and nurse practitioner students

System-wide Epic EMR

Integrated health system employment with a competitive income guarantee

Comprehensive benefits and CME

Relocation assistance and professional liability coverage

The Mercy Hospital St. Louis palliative care program is well integrated across the health system and supported by an experienced interdisciplinary team. The program has been Joint Commission Certified since 2013 and serves as the backbone of Mercys Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship.

Physicians have the opportunity to care for a diverse patient population while collaborating closely with advanced practice providers social workers chaplains specialists residents and fellows. The practices approach emphasizes symptom management communication care coordination advance care planning and helping patients and families maintain the best possible quality of life throughout serious illness.

At Mercy you can lead the way. Join a team where your passion for patient care meets cutting-edge innovation. As part of an organization rooted in nearly 200 years of compassionate service youll help deliver transformative health care experiences while exploring new technologies and shaping the future of medicine. What sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to physician leadershipfrom the highest levels of our organization to the front lines of carewhere physicians and caregivers collaborate embrace fresh thinking and drive clinical and operational excellence. If making a difference in your community is why you chose health care Mercy is where your purpose meets possibility.