Calvary Hospital
Attending Physician- Inpatient Palliative Care (Full-Time)
Bronx, New York, United States · Part-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 607 days ago
Patient CareCommunication
About the role
- For over 125 years, Calvary Hospital and Calvary @Home located in the Bronx, New York has been dedicated to the palliative care of advanced cancer and other terminally ill patients and their families.
- Through a caring, compassionate, philosophy of non-abandonment, the hospice provides a full spectrum of palliative services, including emotional, spiritual, and physical care.
- The hospice receives patients from referring institutions throughout New York City and the entire tristate area.
Responsibilities
- Planning To participate in developing policies and procedures for patient care and quality assessment and performance improvement.
- Communication To maintain ongoing communication with family members/significant others regarding patients= prognosis, the plan of care/treatment, medications, etc.
Requirements
- Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine or the American Board of Family Practice, or have demonstrated substantially equivalent training and expertise.
- Exhibits an ability and attitude relative to the spirit of caring and tradition at Calvary Hospital as required by specific job duties and functions.
Benefits
- Includes accrued vacation days, sick days, holidays, and free days Pension (vested after 5 years of full-time or part-time service) Participation in 403 (b) Voluntary
- Staffing/Performance To perform such additional duties as may be assigned by the Medical Director and Executive Medical Director.
- To make daily rounds on all patients; write orders as appropriate; and document findings and plan of care/treatment in the medical record.
- To share on-call coverage weekdays, weekends, and holidays.
- To abide by Calvary Hospital and Medical Staff By-laws, Rules & Regulations, Policies & Procedures, and duties as stated in hospital and department manuals.
- To provide liaison to the Calvary Hospital Department of Medicine; to participate in Medical Staff meetings and other meetings at the discretion of the Medical Director and Executive Medical Director.
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