Endeavor Health

Job Title: Palliative Care Physician

Type: Primarily Outpatient with some Inpatient

Hours: Monday to Friday

Location: Evanston, IL or any of the Northshore footprints

Endeavor Health Medical Group (NorthShore), the principal academic affiliate of The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, is currently seeking a full-time, dynamic, team-oriented Palliative Care physician to join the Department of Medicine. The successful candidate for this position will be board certified or board eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Join a collegial team of:

• 4 physicians that are board certified in Hospital and Palliative Medicine with specialties in geriatrics, oncology and hospital medicine
• 9 APNs with diverse backgrounds
• 1Social Worker.

Position Highlights

• Inpatient palliative care consultant service and inpatient hospice
• Opportunity for outpatient clinic and home-based palliative care
• Opportunity to be a hospice medical director for our hospice affiliate
• Participation in weeknight and weekend call, prorated on your FTE status
• Teaching of residents and palliative care fellows

Our Endeavor Health Palliative Care Service supports patients at any stage of a life-threatening illness and offers a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. Our Palliative Care specialists are available at the request of attending physicians to assist in coordinating and managing palliative care and hospice patients. The hospital system is extremely supportive of our service to patients in the hospital as well as in our community. A system focus on quality improvement and outcomes allows us to continue to grow and expand our program.

Experience and Qualifications

• Board certified in your primary specialty
• BE/BC for the ABIM Hospice and Palliative Medicine certification exam
• DEA license

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals – Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) – all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.

When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.

Endeavor Health is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please refer to the main career page for more information.

EOE: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets, VEVRRA Federal Contractor.

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