Pediatric Palliative Care Opportunity in Downtown Orlando, Florida

Position Overview

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children seeks a dedicated full-time (1.0 FTE) Palliative Care Physician to join our well-established, interdisciplinary palliative care team. This is an exceptional opportunity to contribute to a robust program that serves as a consultative service for maternal-fetal medicine patients, neonates, pediatrics, and young adults with complex palliative care needs.

About Our Program - Our palliative care team is recognized as one of the more comprehensive programs among children's hospitals, offering unique services including:

• An interdisciplinary care model with a dedicated nurse, chaplain, counselors, and child life specialist to enhance the quality of life of the patients served.
• Extensive perinatal palliative care with close maternal-fetal medicine partnerships in the Fetal Care Clinic at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
• Pediatric hospice management for patients who have a hospice plan of care
• Comprehensive bereavement support in the form of complimentary grief counseling, providing grief resources, and hosting multiple remembrance events throughout the year
• Automatic consultation for various NICU diagnoses (Periviable, CDH, Renal Replacement, ECMO, Complex Care, etc.)
• Outpatient services, including home visits for patients with a hospice plan of care

Key Responsibilities

• Providing patient palliative care services across all pediatric populations from neonates to young adults
• Collaborate with maternal-fetal medicine teams to provide excellent perinatal palliative care
• Provide expert pain and symptom management
• Facilitate goals of care and advanced care planning discussions with patients and families
• Provide outpatient palliative care services and collaborate with other pediatric subspecialists for children with medical complexities · Participate in direct management of pediatric hospice services
• Maintain professional consultation relationships across all hospital departments at both Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies

Qualifications:

• Education: M.D., D.O.
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited Pediatric Residency
• Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
• Board Certified or Board Eligible by the American Board of Pediatrics
• Board Certified or Board Eligible for Hospice and Palliative Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine
• Unrestricted FL medical license (or the ability to obtain one) and DEA

Benefits Package:

• Comprehensive benefits package includes health, vision, and dental insurance, malpractice coverage, disability coverage, deferred compensation, and matching retirement savings options starting from day one.
• Generous starting bonus.
• Annual CME stipend.
• Eligible employer under the Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program.

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Providing comprehensive medical, surgical and emergency care to the children, teenagers and young adults of Central Florida for more than 30 years, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is a nationally recognized and trusted name in children’s healthcare. Located on the downtown Orlando campus, the 156-bed hospital’s expert and compassionate team of caregivers provides award-winning care in more than 30 pediatric specialties in an environment built just for kids and delivered by a comprehensive staff that includes pediatric subspecialty physicians and a nursing team that is “Magnet” recognized for excellence in patient care.  

Specialty areas include heart care, cancer and blood disorders, neuroscience, orthopedics, endocrinology and diabetes, nephrology, digestive health and nutrition. Its numerous centers include subspecialty clinics and programs that focus on specific diseases and disorders affecting children, including a Level 4 Epilepsy Center, the highest rating by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers. As part of the Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center Level I Trauma Center, the Bert Martin’s Champions for Children Emergency Department and Trauma Center is the first and only facility in Central Florida to provide the highest level of emergency trauma care exclusively to children. 

The hospital’s numerous quality and safety recognitions most recently include: 

• Best Children’s Hospital – U.S. News & World Report, 2023-2024 

• Tied for the No. 3 spot in Florida and No. 12 in the Southeast region  

• Nationally ranked in four specialties: neonatology pediatric diabetes and endocrinology, pediatric orthopedics, pediatric pulmonology and lung surgery 

• Magnet Recognized – American Nurses Credentialing Center 

• Beacon Awards for Excellence – American Association of Critical-Care Nurses  

• Pediatric Hematology Oncology Unit – Gold 

• Pediatric Orthopedic/Neurology Unit – Gold 

• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit – Gold 

• Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care – Gold 

• Acute Pediatrics – Gold 

• Verified Children’s Surgery Center – American College of Surgeons 

• The Committee on Trauma, Verified Trauma Center – American College of Surgeons 

• Echocardiography accreditation – Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) 

• Get with the Guidelines®: Gold Achievement - Resuscitation – American Heart Association, 2023