Job ID: 2177

Type: Physicians

State: MT

Area: Central Montana

Specialty: PALLIATIVE CARE

Description: Faciltiy is seeking a BC/BE Palliative Care Physician to join an established team - 4-day work week, 10-hour shifts; no weekends; no call - Join a team of 2 physicians and 3 nurse practitioners dedicated to inpatient and outpatient palliative care - Provide consultation services for hospitalized patients with complex chronic and serious illnesses - Opportunity to develop and expand outpatient palliative care services - Collaborate with oncology, cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, nephrology, critical care, hospital medicine, and primary care providers - Focus on symptom management, goals-of-care discussions, advance care planning, and patient and family support - Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and care coordination - Opportunity to assist with education of medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals - Competitive guaranteed salary with quality incentives - Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance - 8 weeks paid time off - Annual $6,000 CME allowance and paid licensure expenses - Retirement plan with 5% employer contribution - Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits; paid malpractice with tail coverage - Montana medical license required or ability to obtain

Community/Facility info: This health system has two campuses with 344 licensed acute care beds, a 124 bed nursing home and 12 bed residential Hospice. We serve an area of 15 counties with approximately 225,000 people. Facts about the health system: •We are the largest hospital in Montana. •Level II Trauma Center •Mercy Flight air-transport is based out of our state-of-the art Emergency Department. •Cancer Institute, opened in December 2005, houses CyberKnife, one of only a few in the nation and the only one in the entire state. •Heart Institute •State-of-the-art operating rooms and equipment. •October 2009, a new patient tower opened which includes Women and Children's Services, Neonatology, Radiology and a Heart and Vascular Institute. This community has a population of just under 60,000. Settled around the Missouri River, this area provides numerous arts, cultural, outdoor and entertainment activities.

Contact: For more information please contact Ryan Hawkins at [email protected] or call 716-689-6000.