The Henry Ford Medical Group Division of Hospice and Palliative Medicine is seeking a physician for the role Senior Staff Physician in Hospice and 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
• Well-established Palliative Medicine service (started in 2000) and an institutional culture that is highly receptive to palliative medicine
• Inpatient Palliative Medicine Consultative Services and outpatient clinic
• Opportunities for clinical and educational leadership roles
• Diverse patient population

The physician will:

• Serve as an Attending Physician on the interdisciplinary inpatient Palliative Medicine Consultative Service at Henry Ford Hospital
• Serve as an Attending Physician on the Inpatient Hospice Unit at Henry Ford Hospital
• Supervise and train medical students, residents, fellows, and other interdisciplinary learners (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:

• Serve as an Attending Physician in the interdisciplinary ambulatory Palliative Medicine clinic at the Henry Ford Cancer Institute
• 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