Henry Ford Palliative Medicine Service is seeking a physician for the role Senior Staff Physician in Palliative Medicine. This position includes patient care, teaching, scholarly work, and clinical leadership within the Palliative Medicine Program at Henry Ford Hospital.
Highlights:
Opportunity to practice at an institution with one of the largest graduate medical education programs in the US and a main teaching site for Wayne State University Medical School
An experienced interdisciplinary palliative medicine team with two Nurse Practitioners and a Social Worker
Well-established Palliative Medicine service (started in 2000) and an institutional culture that is highly receptive to palliative medicine
Inpatient and outpatient Palliative Medicine Consultative Services
Opportunities for clinical and educational leadership roles
Protected time for academic work
Diverse patient population
The physician will:
Serve as an Attending Physician on the interdisciplinary inpatient Palliative Medicine Consultative Service at Henry Ford Hospital
Approximately 36 weeks on service annually
Monday – Friday; approximately 8:30AM – 5:30PM
Weekend call q5 with Saturday in-house coverage and Sunday phone coverage (often on-call with a fellow)
4 weeks’ vacation, 6 Official Holidays, 8 days CME (per HFMG policy)
See patients a ½ day per week in ambulatory Palliative Medicine clinic
Clinic often done in conjunction with a fellow or resident
1 hour new patient consultation, 30 minute follow-up visit
Supervise and train medical students, residents, and fellows (serving as core clinical faculty for our ACGME- accredited Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program with 2 fellows per year)
Participate in scholarly activities in education, quality improvement, and research
Based on interest and skills the physician may:
Assume the role of associate program director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship program
Serve as a member of the Henry Ford Ethics Committee
Become a facilitator for the innovative communication skills education program, CLEAR Conversations
Participate in the development/maintenance of hospital based protocols in pain, symptom management, advance directives, and other areas related to palliative medicine
Requirements:
Board certification in a primary specialty
Board-certification or Board-eligibility in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Internal Number: 185392
About Henry Ford Health System
Founded in 1915 by auto pioneer Henry Ford and now one of the nation's leading health care providers, Henry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation managed by Chief Executive Officer Nancy M. Schlichting and governed by a 21-member Board of Trustees, with volunteer-led advisory and affiliate boards providing additional leadership.
It is comprised of hospitals, medical centers and one of the nation's largest group practices, the Henry Ford Medical Group, which includes more than 1,200 physicians practicing in over 40 specialties. The System's flagship, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, is a Level 1 Trauma Center recognized for clinical excellence in cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, sports medicine, multi-organ transplants and cancer treatment.
With more than 23,000 employees, Henry Ford Health System is the fifth-largest employer in metro Detroit, and amongst the most diverse. Generating more than $1.7 billion of annual economic stimulus, it proudly acts as one of Michigan's anchor institutions.
