Physician – Palliative Care
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Job Description
Job Description
Join our Team at the Department of Veterans Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA as a Physician – Palliative Care!
The Extended Care and Palliative Medicine Service (EC&PMS) Palliative Care physician independently provides patient care to residents of the Extended Care and Palliative Medicine inpatient venues, inpatient hospital consultations, and in the outpatient clinical care area. The Palliative Care physician is responsible for being an attending of record for inpatients in the VAPAHCS inpatient hospice unit as well as have outpatient and consultation responsibilities for the hospital and the CLCs at Menlo Park and Livermore campuses.
Benefits and Features
- Expected Salary range from $260K to 300K (negotiable based on candidate's qualifications, credentials and experience).
- Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized.
- Work Schedule: Full-time. Schedule will be determined by supervisor.
- Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.
- Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME).
- Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
- Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
- Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory.
- CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification).
- Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
- Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.
We encourage you to consider VA employment in Palo Alto, CA. We offer both a mission you can put your heart into and a home for fun, new experiences. Join a team that values a healthy home/work life balance and be rewarded by your role in keeping the promise to those who served.