Palliative System Medical Director – Wausau, Wisconsin

Palliative System Medical Director – Wausau, Wisconsin

Location: Wausau, WI

FTE: 1.0

OPPORTUNITY:

• Time will be split between clinical work and admin time for program development
• Flexible scheduling to maintain work-life balance
• No Palliative call
• Hospice call 1:6, call only
• Highly collaborative team of APCs
• Knowledge and understanding of the Palliative model preferred
• Palliative fellowship and or experience in Palliative Care/Hospice required

BENEFITS: Competitive benefits and generous compensation package including relocation assistance, student loan repayment program, annual CME allowance, and a sign-on bonus.

COMMUNITY: Wausau, WI

• Variety of seasonal activities throughout the year, including snowmobiling, skiing, fishing, hiking, kayaking, festivals, farmer’s markets, theater, and a thriving art scene
• Lively, farm-to-table, community-sourced dining scene
• A normal commute is 10-15 minutes from any part of town
• High-performing school districts in the area with over 60 schools, public and private, to choose from
• Close proximity to Central Wisconsin Airport with direct flights to O'Hare International Airport, Minneapolis?Saint Paul International Airport, and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

Medscape named Wisconsin "Best Place to Practice 2024.

 Wisconsin boasts the lowest malpractice filings in the country, as well as some of the highest physician salaries coupled with a low cost of living. Beckers Healthcare, 2024.

Call 1-800-792-8728, Email PhysicianRecruitment@aspirus.org

or visit https://www.aspirus.org/provider-opportunities

Aspirus Wausau Hospital provides primary, secondary and tertiary care services as a regional referral center. Specialty referral service emphasis exists in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, orthopedics and cancer. The hospital has an average daily inpatient census of 160 with approximately 15,000 admissions per year. Outpatient visits exceed 50,000 and there are also more than 24,000 annual emergency department visits.

Best known for its world-class cardiovascular program, Aspirus Wausau Hospital also provides leading edge cancer, trauma, women’s health, and spine and neurological care.

Aspirus Health serves communities throughout northeastern Minnesota, northern and central Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

• We operate 18 hospitals and 130 outpatient locations, and provide home health services, hospice care, and air-medical transport.
• We employ nearly 14,000 team members, including 1,300 employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians.
• We are committed to being economically, socially, and environmentally responsible.
• We are a non-profit health system based in Wausau, Wisconsin.
• We are dedicated to delivering high-quality care to rural communities.