Palliative Care and Hospice Physician, Full-Time, INTEGRIS Health, OklahomaCity, Oklahoma

Company: INTEGRIS Health
Location: Oklahoma City
Posted on: April 8, 2021

Job Description:

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician Opportunity, INTEGRIS Health in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

About the Opportunity

INTEGRIS Health in Oklahoma City is looking for a board certified or board eligible Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) physician to join our growing interdisciplinary program.

We are expanding our s upportive c are services to include a robust system palliative medicine program to care for patients of all ages with serious illness and chronic disease. Our goals are to improve quality of life and overall health care experience by reducing symptom burden and psychosocial distress while continuing curative therapies and assisting the primary physician and other specialists to more completely care for the whole person and family along with the disease process.

Reporting to the INTEGRIS Hospice and Palliative Care Program Director, this physician position will be responsible for provision of palliative care consultations, via in person and telemedicine visits, within INTEGRIS hospitals and clinics as well as supervisory responsibilities for the APRNs dedicated to the palliative care team.

Duties will include consulting with attending physician and the interdisciplinary team to establish a written plan of care and facilitate access to appropriate supportive care services. In addition, the physician will participate weekly in the interdisciplinary team meetings to review active cases and documentation.

As an arm of Integris Supportive Care Services, Integris Palliative Care works side by side with Integris Hospice when transition to end of life care is needed. Integris Hospice has been well established in the OKC community for over 30 years and has operated a free-standing 12 bed inpatient Hospice House for the past 10 years. The HPM physician will rotate call coverage with the palliative care team and hospice team.

About INTEGRIS Health

INTEGRIS Health has nine Centers of Excellence, a comprehensive transplant institute, one of the nation's foremost burn centers and a full-service heart hospital with an advanced cardiac LVAD and ECMO program. We have cancer treatment facilities, rehabilitation centers, primary care clinics, mental health facilities and home health agencies located throughout Oklahoma. There are approximately 1000 inpatient beds in the metro area.

INTEGRIS Health is state's largest, not-for-profit, Oklahoma-owned health care system and one of the state's largest employers with over 9000 employees. INTEGRIS Health offers an extensive referral network through INTEGRIS Health Partners, the first clinically integrated network in Oklahoma. INTEGRIS Health Partners has over 400 employed physicians and 600 private physicians.

Compensation Package Includes:

• Employed position
  
  
• Salary based
  
  
• Signing bonus
  
  
• Malpractice coverage with tail
  
  
• CME Allowance
  
  
• Comprehensive health plan
  
  
• 401k / 403b retirement
  
  
• Paid state license, DEA and OBNDD license renewal
  
  
• System wide EPIC EMR
  
  For more information on this opportunity, please send CV to Deidre Wyly-Oldham with INTEGRIS Physician Recruitment at deidre.wyly@integrisok.com
  
  Essential Functions:
  
  The Physician provides direct patient care. Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals as appropriate based on the level of patient contact this position requires.
  
  The Physician responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
  
  * Thoroughly evaluates and manages each patient appropriately and documents information completely by use of written notes or dictation on a timely basis
  
  * Identifies relevant medical issues accurately and uses appropriate procedures and testing
  
  * Completes and maintains problem list, medication list, disease management forms, preventative maintenance flow sheets and other medical record forms
  
  * Participates in the quality improvement and medical management plans as directed by the Medical Operating Committee
  
  * Provides direction to staff members for an efficient and smooth running team
  
  * Ensures fiscal viability of the practice
  
  * Complies with policies and procedures if applicable.
  
  Accountability:
  
  The Physician is responsible for patients.
  
  Required Physical Demands (Subject to Reasonable Accommodation):
  Keyboarding/Dexterity: Occasionally; activity exists up to 1/3 of the time
  Standing/Walking: Constantly; activity exits up to 2/3 of the time
  Strength (Lift/Carry/Push/Pull): Medium (Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, or 10 to 25 pounds of force constantly to move objects)
  Talking (Must be able to effectively communicate verbally): Yes
  Seeing: Yes
  Hearing: Yes
  Color Acuity (Must be able to distinguish and identify colors): Yes
  
  This position may have additional or varied physical demand and/or respiratory fit test requirements. Please consult the Physical Demands Project SharePoint site or contact Risk Management/Employee Health for additional information.
  
  Environmental Conditions:
  
  Moderate exposure to hazardous risks, including potential for exposure to infections and communicable diseases, blood and body fluids, electrical equipment, chemicals. Potential for bodily injury related to lifting and incidents of workplace violence. Must follow universal safety precautions. Exposed to constant interruptions, noise, disagreeable odors, and assorted chemicals.
  
  All applicants will receive consideration regardless of membership in any protected status as defined by applicable state or federal law, including protected veteran or disability status.
  
  
  Qualifications:
  
  * Oklahoma MD or DO license
  
  

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