WORK SCHEDULE: Monday - Friday (30 hours per week - benefit eligible).

Hospice of North Idaho in Coeur d’Alene, ID is seeking a Hospice Physician to provide medical guidance to our Hospice and Palliative Care teams to ensure that patients and families receive appropriate end of life medical care. The Hospice Physician plans, develops, coordinates, monitors and ensures hospice and palliative care standards for Hospice of North Idaho patients in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team and community physicians. Our hospice serves three counties in North Idaho and has our own 21-bed inpatient hospice facility. Are you ready to further your career with a community trusted non-profit hospice? Are you compassionate, highly skilled, and motivated to set the standard for expertise in hospice care?

Are you looking for an organization to call home? Join our team where the average tenure is 5.5 years and 45% of our staff have been with us for 5 years or longer!

Make Hospice of North Idaho your next career move.

The Hospice Physician provides the Hospice Medical Director with assistance at the local clinical practice oversight and management level in accordance with state and federal practice law for patients in the hospice care setting. The Hospice Physician collaborates with attending physicians, specialists and non-physician providers as applicable for the purpose of coordination of care to effectively meet the medical, psychological and spiritual needs of the patient. The Hospice Physician reports to the Hospice Medical Director and assumes Medical Director responsibilities in their absence.

Clinical Duties & Responsibilities:

· Assure appropriate evaluation and certification of terminal prognosis of patients, the quality of initial plans of care, the quality of comprehensive plans of care and the accuracy of documents;

· Review discharges, re-certifications of terminal prognosis, and the quality of pain and symptom management;

· Adheres to requirements, terms and conditions required by Medicare Conditions of Participation, accreditation organization and federal and state statutes governing the provision of services.

· Provide medical expertise on pain, symptom management, and the evaluation of terminal prognosis to patient care staff;

· Participate in the interdisciplinary team (IDT) meetings as a core member in order to review the care being provided, provide clinical expertise and participate in the interdisciplinary team decisions regarding modification of the plan of care;

· Ensure that the care being provided is based on established hospice and palliative care guidelines and standards;

· Actively participate in formal quality improvement functions, performance improvement activities, pharmacy utilization review and other committees that can benefit from the Hospice Medical Director’s input;

· Interact with attending physicians, as necessary, regarding the care and treatment of patients under Hospice’s care and about potential referrals to Hospice;

· Perform patient visits at the home, long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, hospital, Schneidmiller House, or other locations;

· Serve as a palliative care resource for hospice staff and for attending and referring physicians;

· Assist in the development of and actively participates in clinical training for all hospice patient care staff;

· In collaboration with the Clinical Leadership and other health care professionals, develop formal patient care policies that provide for the total medical and psychosocial needs of the patient, including admissions, transfer, discharge planning, range of services available to patient, emergency procedures, and frequency of physician visits in accordance with patient needs;

· Document in timely manner;

· Provide on-call coverage.

This position earns a competitive annual salary. We also offer excellent benefits, including medical with a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) or health savings account (HSA), dental, vision, FREE telehealth and teletherapy for family, flexible spending account (FSA), 403(b) retirement plan with employer match and immediate vesting, company-paid life and AD&D insurance, company-paid long term disability, other voluntary benefits and generous paid personal leave time (PLT). If this sounds like the right opportunity to further your skills, apply today!

ABOUT HOSPICE OF NORTH IDAHO

Founded in 1981, HONI is our community’s oldest and largest non-profit hospice. We employ experts in the field of hospice and palliative medicine, and provide our staff and volunteers training and education at every opportunity. As a non-profit, we are constantly reinvesting in our organization, ensuring that we are always enhancing and adding to our programs. We are all about serving the community!

With open hearts and expertise, we serve the seriously ill and those touched by loss. We believe everyone in our community deserves compassionate, high quality end of life care and we want to help them "Live Fully" while providing support and care to their loved ones. Our priority is to hire people with the right aptitudes that share our values and fit into our culture.

READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM? Apply today! We look forward to meeting you!

Learn more about us on our website www.hospiceofnorthidaho.org

Hospice of North Idaho is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, creed, disabled veteran status, marital status, or Vietnam-era veteran status. If you are a person with a disability and you need assistance in applying for a position with Hospice of North Idaho, please contact our Human Resources Department and direct assistance will be provided.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy degree from an accredited medical school; board certified in an ABMS approved specialty, preferably in Hospice and Palliative Care. Current or ability to obtain license to practice in State of Idaho, current DEA, current Idaho Board of Pharmacy. Five years experience in medical specialty in a practice that includes pain and symptom management, involved in the care and treatment of patients diagnosed with serious, advanced or terminal illnesses; prefer a minimum of two (2) years of clinical experience in hospice and palliative medicine. Valid driver’s license, personal vehicle for on-the-job transportation, and evidence of insurance coverage as required by HONI policy required.

About Hospice of North Idaho

We are a nonprofit Hospice providing end-of-life care and support to our community for over 40 years. We also have the only hospice inpatient unit in North Idaho.

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