Job Description
Overview
PRN, Flexible Hours
Compassionate Care Hospice, an Amedisys Company, is searching for a PRN Hospice Physician to join our team of incredible healthcare professionals in Sebring, FL. This team prides themselves in going beyond the call of duty to service not only their patient's needs, but the team around them. It’s at the Heart of What We Do.
Attractive pay
$175-210 per hour *Compensation may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.
Why Amedisys?
Community-based care centers with a supportive and inclusive work environment.
Better work/life balance and increased flexibility compared to other settings.
Job stability and the opportunity to advance with a growing company.
The opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and their families providing much needed care where they want to be - in their homes.
Enriching and Fulfilling Lives
Our hospice care focuses on the whole person – combining medical care and support for emotional and spiritual needs, as well as support for loved ones and caregivers. Our staff say, they are following their calling and have a “Hospice Heart”.
TESTIMONIAL
Our hospice team immediately took to our family, everyone was important… they truly had an interest in how everybody was and that we were all taken care of. To be able to take care of someone that you don’t know when you walk through that door and to embrace them like your own family is great.” — ERIN, PATIENT’S DAUGHTER
Technology Use
Hospice Clinical staff utilizes and leverages:
HCHB = Proprietary Real-time database
Optum Pharmacy solutions with 24/7 access
IPrescribe – efficiencies with medication management
Forcura – Document management system
Medline - supply ordering system
Laptop with voice dictation and mileage tracking
Outlook added to Teams, Chat, Yammer
Responsibilities
Function as a consultant to patients, physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary team to assure provision of quality of palliative care including pain and symptoms management as you collaborate with the patients' attending physician.
Assure appropriate evaluation , certification, and recertification of terminal prognosis at the time of admission and at the end of each certification period.
Serve as the physician member of the Professional Advisory Committee.
Conduct educational seminars, in-services and presentations to physicians, nurses, and other health care audiences to improve quality of patient care and promote hospice services and increase access to patients.
Available for in-house or phone consultation for acute patient clinical problems that cannot be resolved through staff, directors and primary or on-call physician and available for consultation or joint visits in hospital or home when indicated .
Qualifications
Doctor of m edicine or o steopathy degree from an accredited medical school.
Board certification in hospice and palliative care is preferred but not required. Experienced physicians with a passion for working with patients in hospice and palliative care are welcome to apply.
Current and unencumbered license to practice specific to that state you are assigned to work.
Membership in good standing on the medical staff of at least one contracted hospital.
Current CPR certification.
Valid d river's l icense and reliable transportation and agency required liability insurance to complete home visits.
Must reside in the local area and travel to center at least once every 2 weeks.
If you’re looking for a home with a Nationwide Company where you can put your skills and experience to work, make a difference every day and pursue your goals for the future, join our Sebring team.
To speak with a Physician Recruiter, call or text Danielle at 860.830.4241 and/or apply for immediate consideration at:
Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Relief, Local area, Immediate start, Flexible hours,