Physician - Palliative Care

Details

• Specialty: Palliative Care
• Schedule: Monday-Friday 8-5
• Call Schedule: 1 night/week & 1 weekend/month (home call)
• Practice Detail: Join 5 MD's and 2 APP's
• EMR System: Sunrise
• Facility: Inpatient Palliative Care
• Location: Indianapolis, IN

This job location is not currently located in a Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and/or Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) Shortage Designation Type.
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.
Responsibilities
Ascension St Vincent Hospital is seeking a full time, BC/BE Palliative Care physician to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a diverse patient population, providing comprehensive care to individuals with serious, complex or life-limiting illnesses. Our specialty trained interdisciplinary team works with patients to manage pain, and address psychosocial, emotional or spiritual distress to improve quality of life for the patient and family.

Responsibilities include:
Inpatient consults, symptom management, team collaboration and multidisciplinary approach to care,

timely documentation, education and attending patient rounds, discharge planning, quality

improvement, psychosocial support, coordination of care, following best practices/evidence based

medicine

Ascension offers a very competitive compensation package that includes: Competitive base salaries, Starting bonus, Stipend, Relocation allowance, Possible student loan repayment, CME, Comprehensive health benefits, Retirement savings plan (403b) with match, Malpractice with tail coverage and Generous paid time off.
About Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis

• As a member of the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world's largest Catholic health system, Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis serves the greater Indianapolis metropolitan area with hospital care, a 24/7 ER, Level I Trauma Center and Transplant
• Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis is an 825-bed hospital and has consistently been ranked nationally by HealthGrades, the nation's leading provider of independent hospital ratings, in many of our specialty areas including: Heart Care, Critical care, Gastrointestinal care, Orthopedic services, Pulmonary services, and Stroke care.
• Serving Indiana for 136 years, Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable.

About Indianapolis

• Indianapolis is the 15th largest city in the nation and is the center of America's heartland.
• Indianapolis supports more than 200 arts organizations, including a world-class symphony, theater, opera, ballet, museums, art galleries and professional sports.
• Home to the nationally best rated Indianapolis International Airport, the world's largest children's museum as well as one of the nation's largest privately funded zoos.
• Indiana's cost of living and unemployment rates remain below the national average. Physicians in Indiana enjoy low malpractice rates, making Indiana one of the top physician friendly states in which to practice medicine.

Requirements
Licensure/Certification/Registration:

• Physician MD/DO credentialed from the Indiana Medical Licensing Board obtained prior to hire date or job