University of Minnesota Physicians (M Physicians) is a non-profit organization seeking driven individuals in both clinical and non-clinical areas to help transform health and medicine. Headquartered in Minneapolis, our organization employs more than 1,200 physicians, 300 advanced practice providers and 2,200 health professionals and staff throughout Minnesota and beyond.

Physician - Palliative Medicine

University of Minnesota Physicians

The Palliative Care Program at M Health Fairview is hiring a Palliative Care Medicine Physician to provide ambulatory palliative care in the Twin Cities metro area. The M Health Fairview Palliative Care Program is one of the first palliative care programs in Minnesota.  We are developing new models of collaboration with six hospitals and nine clinics, and growing our services across our integrated academic health system. 

Position Highlights:

• Provide palliative medicine consultation and clinical medical education in our interdisciplinary palliative care clinics, in the Twin Cities metro area. Our interdisciplinary palliative care clinics provide consultation and patient care for patients with cancer and other serious illnesses across the Twin Cities metro area, in a collaborative environment with oncology clinicians and other specialists.

• This position will be primarily based at the M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis.

• This is inpatient palliative care consultation role. Our palliative medicine physicians share call responsibilities, which involve evening "telephone call" as well as weekend rounding at the University of Minnesota Medical Center.

• Join a full interdisciplinary team of palliative care social workers, chaplains, advanced practice providers and physicians.

• Part time (.90 FTE) position (36 hours/week)

• Week day hours. 

• Provides care, assessments,  consultations and follow up for palliative care patients.  Will see a variety of patients with chronic illnesses, except no pediatric patients.

• Communicates with patients and families to explain diagnosis, procedures, expected diagnostic or therapeutic treatments and prognosis.

• Collaborates, consults and communicates with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers and staff throughout the continuum of care.

• Fully integrated electronic medical record (EPIC) is utilized.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited ACGME residency program and completion of a hospice and palliative medicine fellowship (preferred)

• Must be board certified/board eligible in Hospice & Palliative Medicine.

• Licensed or ability to obtain medical license and DEA in the State of Minnesota, and meet threshold criteria/qualifications for credentialing and privileges.

• Ability to receive work authorization in the United States from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and maintain legal status according to the requirements of VISA category while in the United States.?

M Health and Clinical Partnerships:

University of Minnesota Physicians providers practice at affiliated locations under the University of Minnesota Health (M Health) shared care delivery system.  M Health represents a collaboration between University of Minnesota Physicians, University of Minnesota Medical Center and Fairview Health Services to create a nationally renowned academic health system that combines academic and community resources to provide the very best clinical care to patients and communities, while also supporting research and education across the joint healthcare delivery system.

Community Information:

University of Minnesota Physicians is based in the beautiful Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, ranked as the #6 best place to live in America by U.S. News & World Report in 2019.  For more information about the vibrant culture, community, and recreation that Minneapolis-St. Paul has to offer, please click on the links below.

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Equal Employment Opportunity 

We welcome diversity in every area, from patient populations to our own physicians, and pride ourselves on being thoroughly inclusive. We gladly provide equal employment opportunities and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, sex, national origin, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, membership or activity in a local commission, disability, age, sexual orientation or veteran status.  

M Physicians offers competitive salary and excellent benefits and provides you with the opportunity to enhance your career in the exciting field of health care through rewarding and challenging assignments and the opportunities for advancement.

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