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Recently named by The Boston Globe as one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts, Good Shepherd Community Care is a community based, mission-driven hospice and palliative care organization seeking a Hospice Physician to join its growing team. 

Job Responsibilities:

The Hospice Physician is responsible for providing Hospice Physician services in cooperation with the Hospice Medical Director including the following:

• Provide hospice physician services (including IDT attendance, verbal and written CTIs, and education and consultation with nursing staff) on a regular and ongoing basis to at least one of Good Shepherd’s hospice teams.
• Provide Hospice Face to Face eligibility visits when needed
• Provide Hospice symptom management/goals of care visit when necessary.
• Act as the attending physician for hospice patients in need of one.
• Provide Hospice physician after-hour coverage for all of Good Shepherd’s hospice teams in conjunction/rotation with the Hospice Medical Director.
• Provide Hospice Physician coverage, including on-call coverage, IDT attendance and prescriptions in the absence of the Hospice Medical Director.
• Liaise with attending physicians and to ensure appropriate medical care when necessary.
• Serve as medical resource to Good Shepherd staff, clients, families, and attending physicians regarding pain and symptom control management.
• Assist in the resolution of complicated client care decisions.

Good Shepherd Benefits:  

• Competitive salary 
• Four weeks paid time off in first year
• 12 paid holidays 
• Health and dental insurance, coverage begins as of your start date
• Life insurance
• 403(b) with company match
• Flexible Spending Account 
• Short and Long Term Disability 
• Employee Assistance Program
• Partnership with Regis College for reduced tuition rates 

Industry:

Healthcare 

Employment Type:

Full Time

Job Functions:

CLINICAL - Healthcare Provider 

About Us:

Good Shepherd Community Care is one of the most trusted health care organizations in Greater Boston focusing on hospice and palliative care. Founded as Hospice of the Good Shepherd in 1978, we are the original Massachusetts hospice. After decades of caring for our community, we continue to remain an independent, not-for-profit, non-sectarian organization. Please note that Good Shepherd Community Care requires vaccination for Covid-19 as a condition of employment. We believe in the importance of mutual respect and acceptance and values diversity in our patients, families and caregivers, employees, volunteers, community, and partner organizations. We are committed to these values and honor the dignity of each individual through the care, support and education we provide.  Our team members benefit from a collaborative work environment in a welcoming office, easily accessible to I-95, with on-site parking in Newton.

Education, Skills and Experience:

• Licensed in Massachusetts as a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy
• Board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Experience in pain management and symptom control
• Experience with interdisciplinary team settings
• Must possess good communication skills and qualities of empathy and sensitivity regarding the needs of terminally ill people and their families
• Must have expertise in the medical care of terminally ill individuals

About Good Shepherd Community Care

MissionGood Shepherd Community Care is dedicated to the delivery of the highest quality of care, support and education for those experiencing or anticipating serious illness and loss. HistoryIn 1978, Hospice of the Good Shepherd was created as the first hospice in Massachusetts by a compassionate, visionary group of people from the Parish of the Good Shepherd, an Episcopal Church in Newton. Good Shepherd emerged from its community with the belief that the community wanted to, and could care for itself. That even in increasingly fragmented times, the power and strength of a community directed to caring can alter the experience of any illness.Though for many years, Hospice of the Good Shepherd carried its name from our neighboring Parish, we have always been an independent, community-based, not-for-profit, non-sectarian, hospice care agency. We have, at times, struggled with the reality that our name could create a misunderstanding that may alienate some people from our care when they need it most. The spiritual care we provide is driven only by the beliefs and preferences of our patients and their loved ones. At one point several years ago we considered dropping Good Shepherd from o...ur name to avoid creating any opportunity for misunderstanding for those who are Jewish, of another non-Christian faith, or non-religious.Over these past 41 years, however, this name has come to mean something to many members of our community and we believe that meaning holds more value than its potential for misperception subtracts. Because we expect both the diversity and depth of our programs to continue to grow, Good Shepherd Community Care is the name that we feel most reflects our identity. As reflected in the feelings of the families we serve, much of our work is to guide and shepherd our patients and families through times that are often otherwise dark and unfamiliar. We were named named a top place to work in Massachusetts in 2022 by The Boston Globe.

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