The Inpatient Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician provides the medical component of the Hospice/Palliative Care Programs. The Inpatient Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician provides assistance in the maintenance of appropriate medical policies and standards to meet agency, state, federal and accreditation requirements. The Inpatient Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician works collaboratively with the Transitions LifeCare medical staff and acts as a liaison to the Physician Community. The schedule for this position is Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm.

Responsibilities what you do

• Provide consultative, supervisory and direct patient care utilizing pain and symptom management interventions that are based on agency and NHPCO standards.
• Provide consultation in palliative care, symptom management and supportive care of the patient to the extent that these are not met by the attending physician.
• Provide Palliative Care Consultation and Hospice visits to patients in residential facilities, Hospice Inpatient Facility and hospitals.
• Participate in the development, review, and modification of comprehensive plans of care with other members of the patient care team.
• Provide education of staff and coworkers as well as community professionals as requested
• Participate in activities that educate the medical community about the services of Transitions HospiceCare and Transitions PalliativeCare.
• Participate in the establishment and review of medical policies and procedures governing hospice/palliative care according to need.
• Participate in physician on-call schedules to ensure that physician services are available 24 hours daily, 7 days per week.
• In conjunction with the patient’s Attending Physician, certify patient prognosis at the time of admission.
• Review/recertify patient prognosis for continuing hospice services on HMB/HMC patients as appropriate.
• Be responsible for pharmacy utilization for patients under your care.
• Attend weekly IDG meeting as a full and active participant. When the Attending Physician is not available to meet the medical needs of the patient, will provide the staff with appropriate medical direction for the patient.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Chief Medical Officer

Expectations how you do it

• TL Core Values are exemplified in all interactions with internal and external customers.
• Adheres to TL policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Adheres to NHPCO Ethical Practices and the American Medical Association’s Code of Medical Ethics.
• Abide by the regulatory requirements of the North Carolina Medical Board
• Abide by the Laws regulating the use of Controlled Substances
• ACHC Standards (as interpreted by TL)
• Hospital and Facility By-laws, Rules, and Regulations