Hospice/Palliative Medicine Physician
Portland, OR, 97213, USA
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- Hospice Physician
- Palliative Care
- Telehealth
The Hospice/Palliative Medicine Physician provides telehealth hospice care including consultation, symptom management, and crisis visits for complex patients. The role requires board certification in Family or Internal Medicine with hospice experience and involves on-call night and weekend coverage. The position is a locum tenens opportunity in Oregon through VISTA Staffing, supporting healthcare facilities with temporary physician coverage.
- Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm with 4-6 nights call per month plus approximately 1 weekend per month. Guaranteed 8 hours per day. OT applies after 9 hours per day.
- Job Setting: Telehealth - Hospice
- Types of Cases: IDT, consultation and med consults, telehealth visits, CTIs. Physician weeknight calls include admits and symptom calls on complex patients for crisis visits or GIP admits. Weekends can be busy with high number of admissions and complicated patients.
- Board Certified/Board Eligible: Board Certified or Board Eligible within 5 years of residency in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine. Highly prefer Hospice Board Certification. If FM or IM, MUST have ample experience in hospice work.
- Certifications: BLS Required
- Licensure: OR License, OR DEA, WA License, WA DEA
A ClearlyRated Best of Staffing Client and Talent 10-Year Diamond Award winner, VISTA has 30 years of experience optimizing continuity of care for hospitals, medical practices and government agencies across the US. A leading provider of short-term US locum tenens and permanent physician search services, VISTA partners healthcare providers with facilities who need them most, providing an effective strategy for lessening the impact of the global provider shortage. Our VISTA team goes above and beyond to make healthcare providers feel valued in the job search process and are committed to elevating careers to new heights.
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