Palliative Care Physician

The Section of Palliative Care in the Department of Medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, seeks an energetic, team-focused, palliative medicine physician to join our interdisciplinary Palliative Care Service. Our team is comprised of Palliative Medicine physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, coordinating RNs, chaplains, social workers, and healing arts. You will join an established and nationally recognized system, committed to promoting excellence and innovation in clinical care, education and research.
We seek clinicians with the following attributes:

• A proven track record of sophisticated communication skills
• Expertise in symptom management
• Effective collaboration within an interdisciplinary framework
• Career interest in palliative care clinical practice and education

What Dartmouth Health has to offer you:

• Established patient base
• Collegial environment and referrals
• Ties to the Academic Medical Center
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages including relocation
• Dedicated CME time and funds

What New England has to offer you:

• Four seasons and an outdoor lifestyle
• Access to major cities and airports
• Proximity to mountains and hiking trails
• Driving distance to the seacoast/ocean
• The abundance of local lakes for boating and swimming

Dartmouth Health is an academic health system, serving patients across New England. A national leader in patient-centered health care, D-H is on a path to create a sustainable health system for the region and as a model for the nation. Founded in 1893, the system includes New Hampshire's only Level 1 trauma center and its only air ambulance service, as well as the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, one of only 41 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. As an academic health system, Dartmouth Health provides access to nearly 1,500 primary care doctors and specialists in almost every area of medicine, as well as world-class research with the Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

• Advanced clinical degree (MD or DO)
• Board-certified/board-eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine is required. The ideal candidate will have completed fellowship training in palliative care, and will have at least 2+ years of post-fellowship experience practicing in palliative medicine. For this position, completion of residency training and board certification is preferred in one of the following specialties: internal medicine, medicine/pediatrics, family medicine, or emergency medicine.
• Eligible for NH License and DEA

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities will include both inpatient and outpatient consultation, supervision of students and residents.
  • This position will function primarily in the outpatient setting but those clinicians interested in both inpatient and outpatient practice will also be considered

• Supervision of palliative care fellows and internal medicine residents
  • All attending physicians will carry a 10% teaching responsibility and will receive an academic appointment commensurate with experience

• Current or eligible for New Hampshire Medical License
• Current or eligible for ABMS Board Certification (to be obtained within 5 years)
• Active hospital staff membership