Palliative Care opening in Des Moines, IA

**Palliative Care opening in Des Moines, IA**

**Responsibilities:**
- A consult-only role with strong referral base
- Dedicated team with Physicians, Advanced Practitioners, Nurse Coordinators, Social Worker, and administrative support.
- Experienced staff, both clinical and non-clinical who have strong relationships with the patients
- Primarily a Monday-Friday work week with a 1:6 week after hour call allowing for a positive work/life balance
- Working with a dynamic, inter-disciplinary team to provide excellent patient care.
- The candidate would have an academic appointment at the University of Iowa and the position involves teaching and mentoring residents and medical students.
- Average 3-4 new consults/day and 4-6 follow-up visits/day
- Palliative Care service consulting only

**Qualifications:**
- Candidates must be BC/BE in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
- Fellowship training is preferred but not required with experience.
- Looking for an adaptable team focused physician with excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.

**About the Group:**
A non-profit 900-member physician group practice serving 2,000,000 patients from 280 locations in Iowa and Illinois. Clinic has a base of primary care physicians in family practice, internal medicine and pediatrics. In addition, it offers physician services in subspecialty areas including pulmonology/Critical Care, endocrinology/diabetes, infectious disease, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry and rheumatology.