BJC Home Care

Additional Information About The Role

Palliative Care Physician – Full-Time

Missouri Baptist Medical Center | St. Louis, MO

Missouri Baptist Medical Center, is seeking a full-time Palliative Care Physician to join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team. This role focuses on providing compassionate, patient-centered care for individuals with serious illness, including symptom management, goals-of-care discussions, and care coordination across settings.

The physician will work closely with hospitalists, specialists, and support staff to deliver high-quality palliative care in an inpatient setting, with strong support from an established hospice and home care network.

Qualifications

• Board Certified/Eligible in Hospice & Palliative Medicine
• Training in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or related specialty
• Strong communication and team-based care skills
  
  

Enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a leading nonprofit health system.

Overview

BJC Home Care offers patients and their families a complete range of home care services, including skilled nursing services, adult and pediatric hospice and supportive care, rehabilitation therapy, home infusion therapy, infusion treatment rooms, home medical equipment and high-tech respiratory care. Specialty home care programs also are available, including adult and pediatric asthma, cardiac, diabetes, orthopedic and wound care programs.

BJC Home Care provides care to thousands of patients in both Missouri and Illinois. Serving more than 25 counties, it has become the largest home care network in the region and one of the largest in the country.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Ensures optimal care and promotes safety of patients admitted to assigned service in cooperation with the private attending staff and nursing staff. Communicates with staff, patients, and families.

Responsibilities

• Manages the medical care of assigned patients.
• Collaborates with patients, families, and members of the health care team to ensure excellent clinical outcomes.
• Performs and documents histories and physicals in the patient's medical record as required by hospital by-laws.
• Supervises and instructs medical students and residents assigned to service. Assists in the learning needs of residents and students as assessed.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Doctorate
• Medicine
  
  

Experience

• 2-5 years
  
  

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience
  
  

Licenses & Certifications

• Licensed Physician
  
  

Benefits And Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance
  
  

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The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer