Hospice Physician- Staten Island University Hospital
Northwell Health
Application
Details
Posted: 11-Mar-23
Location: Staten Island, New York
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Preferred Education:
MD/DO
Internal Number: Hospice Physician SIUH
Hospice Physician- Staten Island University Hospital
Northwell Health’s University Hospice, a Joint Commission accredited not-for-profit healthcare organization, seeks an enthusiastic physician to join a well-respected Hospice program in Staten Island, NY. We are open to BC/BE Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Palliative, and Geriatric Physicians. Practice comprehensive end-of-life care, in a high quality and professional environment. Our integrated electronic clinical records system assures superior access to clinical information across the continuum of care.
Job Responsibilities:
Medical oversight of an eight-bed hospice residence
Direct and indirect patient care each day
Provide pain and symptom management
Management and collaboration with hospice interdisciplinary teams
Conduct home and face to face visits
Weeknight and weekend coverage on an on-call schedule.
Staten Island University Hospital has grown to become a 714-bed tertiary teaching hospital that spans two campuses, providing a vast array of services in health and wellness. Our 17-acre North campus houses Staten Island’s most modern emergency department, a state-of-the-art education center, and a medical arts pavilion. Our South campus boasts its own emergency department and offers a range of specialty programs, including geriatric psychiatry, behavioral health and substance abuse services.
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, more than 850 outpatient facilities and nearly 15,000 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 80,000 employees – 18,900-plus nurses and 4,200 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn
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We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked Diversity Inc’s #1 Hospital and Health System. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education, to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care, https://www.northwell.edu/education-and-resources/community-engagement/center-for-equity-of-care.
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, 830 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 76,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,800 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the bett...er. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.