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Title: Medicine - Palliative Medicine (Assistant/Associate Professor)
Division: Medicine
Work Location: Houston, TX
Requisition ID: 18844
Summary
The Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine is seeking exceptional candidates for a full-time faculty position as a Palliative Medicine Provider in the section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at an academic rank (Assistant or Associate Professor) commensurate with experience. As a Palliative Care Provider, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive palliative care to people with serious illness, focusing on symptom management, communication, and support for patients and their families. As a member of the Baylor academic community, you are expected to role-model and teach exceptional evidence-based care. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in clinical care and at least one additional area of focus - research, quality improvement, social justice, ethics, education or other.
Job Duties
- Provide expert clinical care to inpatients with serious illness, including pain and symptoms management, emotional support, and communication of treatment goals and options.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and other healthcare providers, to develop and implement patient-centered care plans that align with patients' goals and preferences.
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the healthcare team to facilitate shared decision-making and ensure that patients' values and preferences are respected.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives, including performance improvement projects and palliative care program development.
- Obtain detailed history and perform physical examinations.
- Perform, order, and interpret diagnostic procedures in accordance with relevant health concerns of the patient.
- Prescribe appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments.
- Maintain records and write orders and progress notes in patient charts as to status, treatments, and procedures.
- Monitor and ensure accuracy of recording on patient medical records.
- Potential for establishing patient care on an outpatient basis.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum Education: M.D. or equivalent
- Minimum Certification/Licensure: Licensed by the Texas Medical Board.,
- Must be board-certified or board-eligible in Palliative Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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