Hospice Palliative Care Physician - G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS at Department of Veteran Affairs

The G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS is seeking a full-time Hospice Palliative Care Physician.

Daily schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Duties:

• Provides overall guidance to and collaboration with various staff members within his/her service and across the facility, to include formal collaboration with Advance Practice Nurses approved to prescribe limited controlled substances in conjunction with full practice authority.
• Perform histories, examinations, assessments and plans for Hospice Palliative Care (HPC) outpatients and inpatients and coordinate all evaluations, diagnostic testing, clinical follow up, and care coordination.
• Participate in peer review and case review in Primary Care, Geriatrics, Palliative Care and upon request by Quality Management.
• Collaborate with the GEC nurse practitioners/ Physician Assistants
• Lead the Interdisciplinary Team in Palliative Care Consults and the day-to-day management of Veterans in the Hospice Palliative Care Unit.
• Help facilitate Palliative Care and Hospice admissions, post discharge care and specialty consultations as needed.

If interested, please e-mail your CV to Roberta.Ellis@va.gov or call (713) 265-8853.