Hospice Physician Opportunity

St. Peters Health Partners is seeking a part-time Hospice Physician for its Albany/Rensselaer location. This is an exciting opportunity to join a respected and compassionate team of caregivers as it continues to provide service to the Capital District.

The Community Hospice is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that serves eight counties in the Capital Region of upstate New York through three regional offices and is accredited by the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP). We are part of St. Peter's Health Partners and are privileged to work with every hospital in the region to provide hospice services. We also collaborate with 43 skilled nursing facilities and many assistive living/adult homes across our service area. And the majority of our patients are served where they prefer to be at end of life to maximize quality of life – their home. We serve over 4,000 patients annually, with an average daily census of 540 patients. Our service area covers: Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Columbia, Greene, Washington, and Montgomery Counties.

Physicians meet routinely with the entire hospice interdisciplinary group (nurses, social workers, chaplains) for care planning to meet each patient's and family's specific needs, serves as a resource to and collaborates with the hospice patient's community medical providers (including prescribing medications), is responsible for certifying the hospice patient's initial and ongoing eligibility for hospice services, helps to determine the appropriate level of hospice care, and may serve as the hospice patient's attending physician.

Our physicians visit patients in their homes, nursing homes, and hospitals as necessary, and routinely participate in the education of medical students, NP and PA students, as well as residents and Geriatrics Fellows. On-call responsibilities will be shared by a group of 5 hospice physicians.

The Community Hospice is an innovative organization, directing a well-established Palliative Care Partners service line across our affiliated health system (inpatient, outpatient, and home-based). We provide a thorough orientation and supportive work environment.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right physician to join St. Peter's Health Partners! 

RECRUITMENT PACKAGE

St. Peter’s Health Partners offers a comprehensive salary and compensation package that includes:

• Starting Bonus and Competitive Salary with incentives.
• Compensation for 0.5 FTE is between $129,000 and $132,000
• The posted salary reflects the starting range of the total compensation and does not include productivity bonuses, incentives related to quality and performance, extra shift incentives, and other forms of cash compensation as applicable to the position. In addition, providers typically receive a CME allowance and other benefits offered by their medical group employer. Please note that this salary range is provided in accordance with State law and is subject to variation due to the factors noted above.
• Excellent benefits; including health/vision/dental insurances
• Paid malpractice, including post-SPHP employment tail coverage
• CME time & expense allowance
• Paid time away from the practice
• Two-part retirement savings program with employer matching program
• Relocation assistance is available

St. Peter’s Health Partners, the region’s largest private-sector employer, with more than 12,500 employees, has more than 125 locations across seven counties. The system has an annual budget of nearly $1.1 billion. St. Peter’s Health Partners was created on October 1, 2011 by the merger of Northeast Health, St. Peter’s Health Care Services, and Seton Health. The merger created the region’s largest and most comprehensive not-for-profit network of high-quality and advanced medical care, primary care, rehabilitation, and senior services.

These state-of-the-art services and programs are provided through Albany Memorial and St. Peter’s Hospitals in Albany, NY; Samaritan and St. Mary’s Hospitals in Troy, NY; Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital in Schenectady, NY; and The Eddy system of continuing care and The Community Hospice.

Capital District, New York – includes the cities of Albany, Schenectady and Troy and the surrounding areas, including Clifton Park and Saratoga Springs.

The Capital Region has excellent year-round outdoor recreation available, including excellent golf, water-sports of all kinds, camping, hiking, and great downhill skiing and snowboarding. It offers a wealth of cultural offerings and activities, including several renowned museums and theaters, fine dining, and a year-round events calendar full with music and sporting events.

Excellent public and private schools are available, as are affordable homes and reasonable taxes. This region is a part of New York's Tech Valley and is abound with Higher education opportunities.  The Capital District is a short drive to the scenic Adirondack, Berkshire, and Catskill Mountains.

Centrally located, Albany is less than three hours from New York City and Boston.  Come find out why Forbes Magazine lists Albany as one of “America’s Most Innovative Cities”, and one of “America’s Best Places to Raise a Family” and why Brookings has described Albany as one of its “Strongest Performing Metro Areas” and Portfolio.com calls Albany one of its “Best Markets for Young Adults.”

To learn more about the Capital Region visit www.albany.org, www.albany.com, www.techvalley.com, www.renscochamber.com, www.visittroyny.com.

Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. We serve people and communities in 22 states from coast to coast with more than 90 hospitals and 100 continuing care facilities – including home care, hospice, PACE and senior living facilities and programs that provide nearly two and a half million visits annually. Trinity Health employs more than 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians.

Our mission: We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. We support this mission by living our core values of Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Justice, Stewardship, and Integrity. Committed to recruiting talented physicians, we are looking for physicians who share our values and want to help us fulfill the health care needs of the communities we serve.

At Trinity Health, we value the physician relationship and focus on partnering with our physicians. Whether you are a practicing physician looking to relocate or a medical resident, we offer opportunities with the flexibility to fit your individual needs. If you would like to be part of Trinity Health, we encourage you to explore this opportunity at www.trinity-health.org.

If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to submit your CV, please email docopps@trinity-health.org or call Trinity Health Physician Recruitment at (734) 343-2300.