Hospice Medical Director

Qualifications

• BC/BE physician required.
• Completion of Hospice/Palliative Medicine fellowship preferred.
• 1-3 years of hospice medical director experience preferred.

About Position

• Full time position serving as Hospice Medical Director for Avera Hospice Sioux Falls (80%) and Lead Hospice Medical Director for Avera Hospice system (20%).

About Avera Hospice Sioux Falls

• Join an established Sioux Falls Hospice team of part time physicians:

         Dr. Andrew Burchett                      

         Dr. Kenneth Kirton                       

         Dr. Eric Rupe

• Enjoy working with certified nurse practitioners, RNs, Case Managers, Social Workers, Pharmacist, Chaplain, Music Therapist, Massage Therapist, Home Hospice Aides and many volunteers.
• CMS Hospice 5 Star designation.
• 16 bed inpatient facility that provides all levels of care.
• Census between 130-150 home hospice patients.
• Contribute to the inter-disciplinary team and oversee clinical aspects of patient care, modeling excellent communication skills, integrity, compassion, and accountability.

About Avera Hospice and Avera @ Home

• Avera Hospice is in 10 communities in SD, NW IA and SW MN, 2 communities have 5-star ratings and 4 communities have 4-star ratings.
• Avera Hospice has 15 physicians serving in Medical Director or Associate Medical Director roles.
• Avera @ Home is in 15 communities in SD, NW IA, SW MN, and northeast NE.

Additional Information:

• Opportunities for academic appointments, teaching and mentorship are abundant through medical school and residency training programs.
• Research opportunities supported by a clinical research team.
• Total EPIC EMR for longitudinal care.
• Highly competitive salary, loan assistance, & a generous benefit package. No State Income Tax.

Sioux Falls Community:

• SD ranked #3 best state for Physicians to live, #4 least stressful state to live, and Sioux Falls is ranked #4 happiest city in the U.S. by Wallet Hub.
• One of the most business-friendly communities in the nation with a strong health services, financial, technology, communications, manufacturing & agriculture sectors.
• Recreational activities abound with 64 parks & a 21-mile bike path intertwined in the Big Sioux River. Local hiking & skiing.
• Wide variety of arts, entertainment & shopping. Host to professional basketball, baseball, & hockey teams.
• Excellent array of educational opportunities for all ages.
• Regional airport, providing connecting flights to major US cities.
• Nation’s Best Hunting and Fishing.

AVERA MCKENNAN HOSPITAL AND UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER

• Avera McKennan is a member of Avera Health, a regional family of more than 330 healthcare facilities in the five-state region. With over 20,000 employees, Avera Health has over three million clinic and inpatient visits each year at facilities known for medical excellence, technological innovation, and a commitment to meeting the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of all patients.
• Avera McKennan is a 545-bed, non-profit, Catholic facility and the regional referral center for the Avera Health System and surrounding five-state area. Our Careflight helicopter, ground and fixed wing aircraft transport patients from a service area with a population of one million to our Level II Trauma Center. With over 600 physicians on staff in all specialties and 8,000 employees, the hospital offers a full range of services including the region's only kidney and pancreatic transplant program, and bone marrow transplant program. , Avera McKennan is a designated Magnet Hospital and a Healthgrades Distinguished Clinical Hospital.

AVERA MEDICAL GROUP

As an integrated physicians’ network of Avera Health, Avera Medical Group includes:

• Strength of 330 locations in 100 communities across Avera’s five-state region of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota
• More than 1300 professionals providing focused patient care
• Facilities known for medical excellence, technological innovation and a commitment to meet the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of all patients

SIOUX FALLS

Sioux Falls is South Dakota’s largest city and the county seat of Minnehaha County. It serves as a healthcare, governmental, law enforcement and financial hub for the area. With a population of 280,000, the city has been judged by Money Magazine as the “best place to live in America” for its quality of life, including its low crime rate, high-quality education, clean air and water, lack of traffic congestion, and friendly residents.  Check out our community website at: www.siouxfalls.com. 

Sioux Falls offers a diverse blend of manufacturing, banking, financial industries, medical services, transportation, communications, and wholesale/retail trade for service and business opportunities. Because South Dakota has no corporate income tax,

NO STATE INCOME TAX, and no business inventory tax, over 2,500 new jobs are created each year with new businesses and expansions of existing businesses.

The city is a great place to raise a family. The public school system offers an array of educational opportunities, 23 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, 4 traditional high schools, an alternative high school, a project-based learning academy, a career and technical education academy, one post-secondary technical institute, and all other district-owned facilities. The post-secondary opportunities include five colleges, nearby state universities (including the University of South Dakota Medical School), and a number of business and vocational schools.

Recreational activities abound in Sioux Falls, thanks to the city’s system of 80 parks, many of which are based on the Big Sioux River Greenway that provides 29-mile paved Bike Trail wraps itself around the city along the Big Sioux River greenway, through scenic urban and wildlife areas. The trails are maintained for year-round outdoor enjoyment. View Our Parks Guide. Amenities in the parks include picnic areas, playgrounds, flower gardens, a Japanese Garden, fishing areas, sports fields, tennis courts, and swimming pools. Soccer and hockey are especially popular and are played on 29 soccer fields, nine skating rinks, and two hockey rinks. Sioux Falls offers 2 private and 5 public golf courses and features over 30 courses, which are located within a 45-minute drive. Also a regional sporting hub, Sioux Falls is host to professional teams: the Skyforce basketball team, the Canaries baseball team, the Storm indoor football team, the Stampede hockey team, and the Spitfire soccer team. The Avera Sports Institute is leading the way by providing comprehensive sports training, rehabilitation and enhancement programs in a 40,000 square foot year-round athletic training center.

The arts are prominent in Sioux Falls with the $32 million Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science. The Pavilion features a performing arts center, a domed Omni theater, a hands-on science museum, and an expanded display area for the Civic Fine Arts Center. The Sioux Falls Symphony Orchestra and the Community Concert Association perform in the Pavilion several times a year; other performing arts groups include the Friends of Traditional Music and the Sioux Falls Community Playhouse.

Shopping in Sioux Falls ranges from the convenience of the Empire Mall with 180 stores to the warmth of quaint shopping centers. There are over 230 restaurants, ranging from fast food to exquisite fine dining.

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