# Attending Physician- Inpatient Palliative Care (Full-Time)

> Calvary Hospital · Bronx, United States · Full-time · Posted 2024-11-22

**Salary:** USD 225,000–250,000

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Medicine

## Description

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. **When you come to Calvary Hospital, you're not just getting a job, you're joining a family.**

**Benefits/Perks:** 

-   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 Benefits: Short Term Disability, Life Insurance, Cancer Insurance, Flex Spending, Transit Check
-   Free On-Site Parking

Primary responsibility to provide care to patients and participate in review, assessment, committee and educational functions as required.

**Safety**

-   Elicits recommendations regarding continuous improvement of patient safety from staff.
-   Encourages reporting of occurrences without fear of reprisal.
-   Participates in the development of recommendations for improvement in patient safety based on staff recommendations.
-   Participates in the implementation and monitoring of safety program.

**Planning**

-   To participate in developing policies and procedures for patient care and quality assessment and performance improvement.

**Staffing/Performance**

-   To perform such additional duties as may be assigned by the Medical Director and Executive Medical Director.

**Quality**

-   To provide primary care to those patients admitted to Calvary Hospital.
-   To perform and record a history and physical examination on all patients admitted.
-   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 prepare a complete and legible medical record for each patient, whose content shall be sufficient to justify the diagnosis, warrant the treatment and end result, and include plans for post-hospital care where appropriate.
-   To abide by Calvary Hospital and Medical Staff By-laws, Rules & Regulations, Policies & Procedures, and duties as stated in hospital and department manuals.
-   To participate in departmental and Hospital quality review, assessment, and performance improvement functions.

**Communication**

-   To maintain ongoing communication with family members/significant others regarding patients= prognosis, the plan of care/treatment, medications, etc.
-   To participate in interdisciplinary assessment and care of all patients with Nursing, Social Work, Nutritional Services, Pastoral Care, Clinical Review/Case Management, etc., as appropriate.
-   To ensure continuity of patient care by maintaining ongoing communication with covering physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
-   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.
-   To cooperate fully in the overall functions and activities of Calvary Hospital.
-   To cooperate with/coordinate The Joint Commission functional activities with advice, direction, and counsel.           
-   Works within legal, ethical practice standards to his/her position as well as Calvary’s Code of Conduct. Complies with appropriate policies and procedures and brings potential compliance matters to supervisor or compliance officer.

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Location:** Bronx Campus

**Status:** Full Time

**Salary:** $225-250K/Salary

  

**COVID-19 vaccination is strongly encouraged for all new hires prior to beginning employment at Calvary Hospital.**

## Requirements

**Qualifications:** 

-   New York State M.D. License.
-   Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine or the American Board of Family Practice, or have demonstrated substantially equivalent training and expertise.
-   Competent to care for patients suffering from advanced cancer.
-   Exhibits an ability and attitude relative to the spirit of caring and tradition at Calvary Hospital as required by specific job duties and functions.

**Education:** 

-   Medical degree from an approved educational institution.

## Apply

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