Hospice/Palliative Medicine Physician

Palliative Care Physician

Join our interdisciplinary team at Banner Desert Medical Center, part of Banner Health, one of the country's premier nonprofit health care networks. This position serves the growing Phoenix metropolitan area and offers an excellent opportunity for a compassionate, skilled clinician.

Job Description

• Provide primarily inpatient care helping patients and their families deal with serious life-threatening illness and symptom management.
• Build collaborative relationships and provide education to colleagues and patients.
• Comfortable working independently in a new start-up program.

Requirements

• BC/BE in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
• Fellowship training strongly preferred.
• Monday through Friday work schedule.
• Desire and ability to help grow Palliative Care within the community.
• Hospital privileges at Banner Boswell Medical Center, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, Banner Del Webb Medical Center, and Banner Estrella Medical Center.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with sign base plus incentives.
• Sign-on incentive and relocation assistance.
• Paid malpractice.
• Paid CME.
• 401K plan with 4% match after 1 year.
• Excellent benefit package options that provide security for you and your family.

Community Overview

Banner Desert Medical Center serves as a tertiary referral center for the East Valley of metropolitan Phoenix and treats the highest levels of acuity in the East Valley. The campus has 669-bed private rooms, with 248 beds dedicated to children (Cardon Children's Medical Center). It is ranked as one of the top five hospitals in Phoenix and recognized for eight high-performing specialties, according to U.S. News Best Regional Hospitals report. Located in Mesa, Arizona, in the heart of the East Valley of metropolitan Phoenix, it is Arizona's third largest city and enjoys the diverse people, cuisine, and cultural amenities of one of the West's great urban areas.

Join the Banner Health Team, where you will have the time to connect with your patients, your practice, your family, and the great outdoors! We offer dedication to work/life balance unmatched in our industry. Meaning you get to spend more time doing what you love. That's health care made easier; life made better!