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The Henry Ford Medical Group Division of Hospice and Palliative Medicine is seeking a physician for the role of Hospice Medical Director.

Highlights:

• Well-established Hospice Program with over 30 years of service to the Southeast Michigan community and an experienced interdisciplinary team

• Serve as faculty for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship program

• Opportunity to practice at an institution with one of the largest graduate medical education programs in the US and a main teaching site for Michigan State College of Human Medicine and Wayne State University Medical School

• Diverse patient population

The physician will:

• Oversee the medical component of the hospice’s patient care program.

• Supervise hospice physicians and advanced practice providers in the Henry Ford Medical Group Division of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

• Support the Hospice Director of Operations in ensuring compliance with Michigan Department of Public Health, CMS regulatory body, and CHAP Accreditation rules and regulations for medical care in the hospice program.

• Participate in the planning and implementation of goals, objectives, and the hospice program strategic plan.

• Conduct educational seminars, in-services, and presentations to health system and community clinicians to promote hospice services and increase access for patients.

• Collaborate with patients’ attending physicians and the hospice interdisciplinary team to effectively manage patients’ terminal illness(es), related conditions and distressing symptoms.

• Perform patient home visits when appropriate based on patient need and as requested by the hospice interdisciplinary team.

• Utilize knowledge of prognostication and hospice regulation to determine eligibility for hospice care, relatedness of patient diagnoses, and appropriate level of care to meet patient needs.

• Supervise and train medical students, residents, fellows, and other interdisciplinary learners (serving as faculty for our ACGME- accredited Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program with 2 fellows per year)

• Participate in scholarly activities in education, quality improvement, and/or research

Based on interest and skills the physician may:

• Serve as Medical Director of the Henry Ford Palliative Care at Home Program

• Initial board certification in a primary specialty

• Board-certification or Board-eligibility in Hospice and Palliative Medicine

• Palliative Medicine Fellowship training or other comparable experience

• Must possess the following personal qualities: Be self-directed; be flexible and committed to the team concept; demonstrates teamwork, initiative and willingness to learn; be open to new learning experiences; accepts and respects diversity without judgment; and demonstrates customer service values.

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Additional Information

• Organization: Community Care Services

• Department: HF Hospice Administration

• Shift: Day Job

• Union Code: Not Applicable

  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.