Hospice Physician

Why Work For Us?

At Home Health & Hospice Care, we are committed to helping people in our community find a peaceful and dignified end to life’s journey. Our state-of-the-art Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH features a warm, welcoming atmosphere, comfortable living spaces and a skilled interdisciplinary staff that provides compassionate care for patients and their loved ones. We are proud to provide individuals of all ages a place where they can find comfort and peace as they approach the end of their lives.

Home Health & Hospice Care is one of the oldest Visiting Nurse Agencies in the US! With deep roots in the communities we serve, you are proud to say I work for Home Health & Hospice Care!

Why You'll Love Us:

1. Competitive pay rates!
2. Medical, Dental, Vision benefits starting the 1st of the month following your start date!
3. Accrued Earned time (PTO)!
4. 403b with matching (fully vested) and discretionary annual core contributions!

Responsibilities

• Provides consultative services and follow up visits for hospice and palliative care programs.
• Provides expertise regarding pain and symptom management to all referred patients.
• Acts as a resource to community physicians and clinicians regarding symptom management facilitating their understanding of hospice and palliative care.
• Consults with appointed attending physician and coordinates medical care provided by the Hospice IDT team for their patients, as director of that team (home, nursing home, or Community Hospice House).
• Acts as attending physician for patients presented to a Hospice program team without a local physician, and directs such patient’s care, when acting as that interdisciplinary team director.
• Determines patient’s initial and continuing eligibility for Hospice services in accordance with the program admission criteria.
• Acts as backup for interdisciplinary team medical director, working with the team to establish, implement and review the hospice plan of care for each patient, on that team. This includes participation in team conferences and relevant patient care conferences. Is available for consultation to Hospice staff and primary physicians on a 24 hr/day basis or is responsible to notify medical director if unavailable to take call on specific days.
• Guides and provides evidenced based practice and education to hospice staff.
• Maintains productivity standards.
• Completes consults and referred patient evaluations in timely manner and codes appropriately for reimbursement purposes.
• Promotes the growth and expansion of patient care and consultative services for hospice and palliative care programs.
• Demonstrates flexibility with personal schedule to support the needs of the hospice and palliative care.
• Provides oversight and mentors APRN(s) or physician assistant(s) as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Board certified in hospice and palliative care.

Required

• MD/DO degree from an accredited institution.
• Successful completion of an accredited residency and/or fellowship program.
• Physician licensed to practice medicine in New Hampshire with minimum courtesy privileges at hospitals.
• Unrestricted DEA provider registration and Controlled Substance License.
• Comprehensive knowledge of palliative care with special expertise in pain and symptom management, related pharmacology and in the psycho‑social aspects of the care of the terminally ill patients and their families.
• Comprehensive knowledge of primary care medicine with ability to develop collaborative relationships with physicians at area hospitals.
• CPR Certified.
• Favorable Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services check.
• Possess a valid state Driver’s License with proof of insurance.

We value diversity — in backgrounds and in experiences. Healthcare is a universal concern, and we need people from all backgrounds and swaths of life to help build the future of healthcare.