Palliative Care Clinical Director

Job description The Palliative Care Program at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio is seeking an experienced Palliative Care Physician to serve as its Clinical Director. The Director will be responsible for developing clinical protocols and procedures for UHCMC’s Palliative Care program. In collaboration with the Section Chief of Palliative Care, the Director will oversee expansion of programmatic collaborations with UH Harrington Heart Institute, UH Transplant Institute, UH Neurologic Institute, and UH Seidman Cancer Center. The Director’s responsibilities also include advising and strengthening relationships among UH Palliative Care programs across the network, and collaborating with key UH clinical partners including UH Home Care and UH Hospice.

Opportunity Highlights:

• Academic appointment at CWRU School Of Medicine

• Competitive income guarantee (2 years)

• Part of an academic, multi-specialty medical group including over 800 physicians and APPs

• Generous benefit package

• Relocation allowance (moving distance > 100 miles)

• Resident training of internal medicine residents in Palliative Care

• Participation in staff education and protocol development

• Participation in research and organizational quality improvement activities

UHCMC is a 900+ bed quaternary referral center for the UH health system, a 17 hospital network serving 1.2 million patients in Northeast Ohio. UHCMC is an academic affiliate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (CWRU SOM).

Academic appointment, rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and primary board certification. Compensation is highly competitive.

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Candidate Requirements State license requirements Ohio Board Certification Candidates must be board certified/eligible. Interview requirement In-person interview

Clinicial Workload - Inpatient This job consists of inpatient clinical work.