Outpatient Palliative Care Physician - Wall, New Jersey

Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is seeking a BC/BE palliative care physician to fill the role of Outpatient Palliative Care Physician. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in enhancing the quality of palliative care across Hackensack Meridian Health, in both home and outpatient settings.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Provide direct palliative care consultations in various settings, dedicating focused time to patient care.
• Ensure the standardization of processes and protocols, actively contributing to a network-wide palliative care harmonization workgroup.
• Collaborate with advanced practice and registered nurses, social workers, and administrative team members to coordinate medical care with community physicians.
• Contribute to the expansion of a collaborative program, demonstrating a commitment to clinical excellence and innovation.
• Partner with physician leaders to develop education plans, create curricula, and present on topics such as serious illness communication and advanced illness management.
• Contribute to the establishment of a palliative care fellowship program.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER:

• A dynamic network of experienced physicians, specialists, and support staff who foster a culture of collaboration and mentorship with strong clinical support
• Highly competitive compensation package
• Robust benefits package

OPPORTUNITY REQUIREMENTS: 

• MD/DO, BC/BE in palliative medicine
• Ability to assess, evaluate, plan, and implement care in complex and life limiting situations
• Capable of offering specialized knowledge and skill to all members of the health care staff
• Team oriented and able to provide personalized patient care as well as family support and demonstrate clinical outcomes

AT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, WE'RE READY... 
TO HELP YOU ADVANCE YOUR CAREER!

Our collaborative team of physicians and advanced practice professionals help make us a distinguished leader, committed to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

WE KEEP GETTING BETTER: 

Hackensack Meridian Health is the leading not-for-profit health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. We aim to serve as a national model for changing and simplifying health care delivery through partnerships with innovative companies and focusing on quality and safety.

OUR MISSION: 

We will transform health care and be recognized as the leader of positive change.

OUR VISION: 

Because innovation is in our DNA, compelling us to create a world where the highest quality care is human-centered, accessible and affordable; we’re always ready to deliver the outcomes that matter most, and excellence is the standard.

OUR NETWORK: 

Hackensack Meridian Health was created in 2016 as a merger of Hackensack University Medical Center and its affiliated hospitals, with Meridian Health System, and is now a large integrated not-for-profit health care organization spanning the eastern shore of New Jersey. HMH comprises 18 hospitals, including two academic medical centers, two children’s hospitals and ten community hospitals, physician practices, more than 120 ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, hospice services, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, and urgent care and after-hours centers.

DEFINING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE:

At the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, our mission is to develop our students, residents, fellows, faculty, and health care environment to deliver the highest quality care for all. Our approach is unique as we utilize the best components of different evidence-based teaching methods, and structure our foundational curriculum explicitly to give students what they need to thrive in the modern, technically demanding, clinical setting.

RANKED #1 IN NEW JERSEY:

Hackensack Meridian Health has two hospitals ranked on New Jersey’s Top 10 Best Hospitals list according to U.S. News & World Report. Hackensack University Medical Center is the #1 adult and children’s hospitals in New Jersey, with premier cancer care at John Theurer Cancer Center, a nationally ranked Orthopedics program, the state’s best programs in Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery, Geriatrics, Pulmonology and Lung Surgery, and the only nationally ranked programs in the state for Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Urology. Jersey Shore University Medical Center is ranked #6 and has received national recognition for its Orthopedics, and Pulmonary & Lung Surgery programs. And JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute has once again been ranked among the nation’s best rehabilitation hospitals.

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TO CONTRIBUTE TO A GROUNDBREAKING HEALTH CARE NETWORK?