Hospice Team Physician, subcontractor- Johnstown, PA
Company: Interim HealthCare
Location: Johnstown
Posted on: May 19, 2025
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Job Description:
Description This position would not be the primary Hospice
Medical Director.
About 10 hours a month as a subcontractor in Johnstown/Somerset, PA
area.
$175/hour
Duties would include IDG meeting twice a month, cover for vacation,
on-call rotation, etc. As a Hospice Team Physician
(subcontractor)you will be called to care when you're needed most.
As part of Interim HealthCare, you'll support a full range of
patient services to bring comfort and dignity to our clients. To
supplement hospice physician services and/or in the absence of the
Hospice Medical Director, may act as the physician representative
of the Interdisciplinary Group 9IDG), providing medical direction,
including the care provided in the home, general inpatient care,
emergency services and respite care related to the terminal
condition. May be responsible for the hospice patient's medical
care and act as the primary medical resource to the IDG, providing
medical coverage and support during and after normal business
hours, as well as making visits to patients for medical assessment
and intervention whether in a facility or the home. What we offer
our Hospice Team Physician (subcontractor) :
· Certifies in writing that each individual considered for
admission to hospice or each patient considered for the continuing
hospice care is terminally ill in accordance with applicable law,
regulation, hospice policies and procedures, contact provisions or
the patient's benefit requirements.
· Provides oversight of physician services to hospice patients by
complementing attending physician care and ensuring continuity of
hospice medical services including appropriate management of
patient pain and symptoms related to the terminal condition.
· Documents an individual patient's progression in end-stage
disease in the patient/family record as appropriate.
· Maintains medical staff privileges in good standing at the
facility(ies) providing short term inpatient care to hospice
patients.
· Ensures qualified physician participation in the initial
development and ongoing review of the IDG Plan of care, and that
the plan of care is developed prior to the delivery of hospice
services.
· Actively participates in IDG meetings, including the update of
each patient's comprehensive assessment and plan of care as often
as a patient's condition requires and in accordance with applicable
law and regulation.
· When needed, participates in:
· The development, implementation and review of clinical
protocols;
· Patient continuing care decisions;
· The development of procedures and the related oversight of the
provision, adequacy, appropriateness and coordination of short term
inpatient care, emergency services and respite care;
· The quality assessment and performance improvement program
(QAPI);
· The resolution of patient/family or hospice program clinical and
ethical disputes or concerns; and
· The continuing education of the IDG, volunteers, and affiliated
physicians and employees of associated inpatient facilities.
· Acts as a patient's physician to meet general medical needs,
including pain and/or symptom management or other medical
intervention should a patient's attending physician not be
available or chooses to relinquish responsibility for a patient's
care.
· Acts as the liaison to community physicians.
· Completes other assignments as requested and assigned.
· Has access to and ability to disclose personal health information
("PHI") necessary to fulfill the above duties and responsibilities
and as defined by each organization. To qualify for a Hospice Team
Physician (subcontractor) with us, you will need :
Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
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Keywords: Interim HealthCare, Pittsburgh , Hospice Team Physician, subcontractor- Johnstown, PA, Healthcare , Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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