Hospice Physician
The Henry Ford Medical Group’s Division of Hospice and Palliative Medicine is seeking a physician to join our team as a Senior Staff Hospice Physician. This is a unique opportunity to serve a diverse patient population while contributing to a well-established, mission-driven program in Southeast Michigan.
Position Highlights
- Join a non-profit, hospital-based hospice with over 30 years of dedicated service to the Southeast Michigan community.
- Collaborate with a seasoned interdisciplinary team committed to high-quality, patient-centered care.
- Serve as faculty for our ACGME-accredited Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program (2 fellows/year).
- Practice at a respected academic institution affiliated with Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Wayne State University School of Medicine.
- Care for a diverse patient population across a variety of settings.
- Report directly to the Division Head of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
- Depending on interests and skills, there may be opportunities to provide coverage for inpatient hospice patients and perform palliative care consultations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the medical oversight of hospice patient care services.
- Contribute to the strategic planning and development of hospice program goals.
- Deliver educational seminars and outreach to health system and community clinicians to enhance awareness and access to hospice services.
- Collaborate with attending physicians and the interdisciplinary team to manage terminal illnesses, related conditions, and symptom distress.
- Conduct home visits when clinically appropriate and as requested by the care team.
- Apply expertise in prognostication and hospice regulations to assess eligibility, related diagnoses, and appropriate levels of care.
- Teach and mentor medical students, residents, fellows, and other learners.
- Engage in scholarly activities including education, quality improvement, and/or research.
- Board certification in a primary specialty.
- Board-certified or board-eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
- Completion of a Palliative Medicine Fellowship or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated qualities of being self-directed, flexible, team-oriented, and committed to continuous learning.
- A strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and exceptional patient service.
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.