Palliative Care Physician, Inpatient Palliative Care Consult Service

The Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) Division of Palliative Care is seeking a BE/BC Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician to join our multidisciplinary inpatient consult team consisting of physicians, nurse practitioners, a social worker, and a chaplain.  NWH is a 273-bed academic community hospital in the Boston metro area and a member of the Mass General Brigham integrated health care system.  NWH is a community teaching affiliate of the Tufts University School of Medicine and hosts training and educational programs from Harvard Medical School.

The Palliative Care Inpatient Consult Physician is a 0.8 FTE position that includes clinical care on the inpatient consult service, teaching and supervision of residents and medical students, as well as opportunities for quality improvement and other administrative work.  The ideal candidate will have future interest in part-time outpatient work as the Division anticipates service line expansion.  Academic appointment to the clinical faculty at Tufts Medical School is anticipated.

Key Division Characteristics

The Division of Palliative Care at NWH provides specialized, interdisciplinary palliative care services in the following settings: 

• Inpatient consultations for patients with complex, advanced illness admitted to NWH
• Ambulatory co-management of patients with advanced cancer in the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center at Newton-Wellesley (MGHCC@NWH)
• There are anticipated plans to expand ambulatory services to patients with non-oncologic serious illness diagnoses.

All Attending Physicians employed by the NWH Division of Palliative Care are Board Certified/Board Eligible in Hospice & Palliative Medicine.  In addition to core clinical responsibilities, all physicians within the Division are expected to contribute to educational and quality improvement initiatives:

• Precept clinical rotations for medical learners (NWH Transitional Year Interns, Tufts Medical Students) and bedside teaching for Massachusetts General Hospital and Tufts University Medical Center housestaff
• Prepare and conduct teaching sessions for institutional educational conferences
• Train and participate as small group facilitator for the NWH Serious Illness Conversation Training Program
• Committee and Divisional QI project participation as designated by Chief of the Division

 Interested candidates should send a cover letter and CV to Jacqueline Storella, Director of Physician Recruitment, at jstorella@mgb.org

Mass General Brigham HealthCare System is an Equal Opportunity Employer & by embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead.?  Women, people with identities underrepresented in medicine, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Successful candidates must be committed to working with a diverse student and community populations. Newton-Wellesley is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive educational, work, and clinical care environment.

You belong at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, where your talent is valued, your professional growth is honored, and where your career will thrive in one of the country’s best academic community hospitals. We hear it over and over again. People love working at Newton-Wellesley Hospital because of the strong sense of belonging they experience here. Dedicated health care professionals appreciate our:

• Easy-to-reach suburban location
• Superb resources
• Status as an outstanding teaching hospital
• Commitment to compassion and mutual respect

Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) is a member of Mass General Brigham HealthCare System, a nonprofit organization founded by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). Serving its community for more than 130 years, NWH provides a multitude of services including medical, surgical, obstetric and gynecological, cardiovascular, emergency, orthopaedic, neonatal, pediatric, hematology/oncology and psychiatric care—with a medical staff of over 1,000 physicians practicing a full range of specialties. NWH is a major teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine and has established post-graduate training programs for MGH and BWH residents, teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical School.

Through our collaboration with MGH, Mass General Hospital for Children, and BWH, NWH offers a full range of superior medical, surgical, and specialty programs and services close to home. Our mission is to treat and care for all our patients and their families as we would a beloved family member. Our vision is to build an innovative health care delivery system that provides patients and consumers with high-quality, safe, accessible care and an exceptional experience—what they want, need and deserve. And, to make NWH the best place to work and provide care.

Mass General Brigham HealthCare System is an Equal Opportunity Employer & by embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law.