Palliative Care Physician (Inpatient)

As our Inpatient Palliative Care Physician, you will join Saint Joseph Medical Group, part of CommonSpirit Health, as a member of our collaborative Palliative Care team in Lexington, Kentucky. You will practice within a supportive medical staff and multidisciplinary care environment while making a meaningful impact on patients and families facing serious and complex illnesses throughout Lexington and the surrounding Central Kentucky region.

Every day you will provide inpatient Palliative Care consultation and management, partnering closely with patients, families, hospitalists, specialists, nursing, and other members of the care team to address symptom management, goals of care, complex medical decision-making, and advance care planning.

To be successful in this role, you will be a board-certified or board-eligible physician with training or experience in Hospice and Palliative Medicine who is committed to compassionate, patient-centered care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and service to the community. You will be comfortable caring for medically complex hospitalized patients and supporting patients and families through serious illness and difficult healthcare decisions.

• Monday through Friday schedule
• No call responsibilities
• 100% inpatient Palliative Care practice
• Join a collegial and collaborative team of providers
• Work alongside two experienced Palliative Care advanced practice providers
• Collaborate closely with hospitalists, specialists, nursing, case management, chaplaincy, and other interdisciplinary team members
• Provide symptom management, goals-of-care discussions, advance care planning, and support for patients and families navigating serious illness
• Epic electronic health record system

We are offering a competitive salary guarantee, an additional quality-based bonus, and a comprehensive recruitment package that may include a sign-on bonus, student loan assistance, a residency or fellowship stipend, and relocation assistance. You will also receive one week of CME with a $4,000 allowance, paid malpractice insurance with tail coverage, and potential eligibility for federal and state student loan forgiveness programs.

Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, health spending accounts, short-term disability, MyWellness benefits, mental health resources, and retirement options through Fidelity. Retirement benefits include traditional and Roth options with up to a 3% employer match, plus an additional annual company contribution equal to 3% of your salary toward your choice of a 401(k) or pension plan.

At CommonSpirit Health, our mission is to make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while advancing social justice for all.

Final compensation and recruitment incentives will be discussed directly with qualified candidates and may vary based on experience, training, location, and specialty.

Required

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an accredited institution
• Board-certified or board-eligible (does NOT have to be in Palliative Care)
• Experience working in Palliative Care 
• Active Medical License in the State of Kentucky, or ability to obtain prior to employment
• DEA certificate
• Completion of ACGME Residency (does NOT have to be Palliative Care-specific)

Welcome to CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group, a full service network of primary care services specializing in family, internal, geriatric and pediatric care serving 88 locations across central and Eastern Kentucky. CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group is dedicated to delivering customized care based on the unique needs of our patients and is recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for two years in a row (2023-2024). 

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. 

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states. 

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.