Hospice/Palliative Medicine Physician
Korn Ferry, New Orleans, LA, United States
Duration: Full Time
Tulane University School of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, invites applications for a Board Certified/Board Eligible Palliative Care physician to join our rapidly expanding Palliative Medicine & Supportive Care Program.
This is a unique opportunity to deliver compassionate, team-based care while contributing to the academic mission of one of the nation s most vibrant medical schools. Faculty rank and track will be commensurate with experience.
Position Highlights
Tulane offers the resources of a large academic medical center with the culture of a close-knit program where your contributions are highly valued.
This is a unique opportunity to deliver compassionate, team-based care while contributing to the academic mission of one of the nation s most vibrant medical schools. Faculty rank and track will be commensurate with experience.
Position Highlights
- Provide inpatient consultations on a busy palliative medicine service and outpatient continuity care in a supportive, team-based environment.
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team that includes advanced practice providers, social workers, chaplains, pharmacists, and nurses.
- Teach and mentor fellows, residents, and medical students with protected time for education and scholarship.
- Contribute to quality improvement, program development, and research initiatives across Tulane Health System.
- Participate in institutional leadership activities such as Cancer Center expansion, Academic Excellence Councils, and wellness initiatives including the Death Café series.
Tulane offers the resources of a large academic medical center with the culture of a close-knit program where your contributions are highly valued.
- Competitive salary with incentive opportunities
- Comprehensive benefits: health, dental, vision, life insurance, 403(b) retirement plan
- Tuition waiver for self and dependents at Tulane University for full-time physicians
- CME allowance and protected time
- Paid malpractice insurance
- Relocation assistance
- Physician wellness and work-life balance support
- Schedule/Call: Shared call rotation with collegial coverage; designed to protect work-life balance
- Team Model: Fully staffed interdisciplinary team (APPs, chaplains, social workers, pharmacist, nurses)
- Protected time for teaching, scholarship, and academic activities
- Mentorship for early career physicians: Work alongside nationally recognized leaders in Hospice and Palliative Care.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
- MD/DO degree from an accredited program and eligible for medical license in the state of Louisiana, CDS, and DEA.
- Ability to work as part of a professional team and to collaborate effectively with individuals within the University as well as with outside contractors.
- Commitment to teaching, mentoring, and serving diverse patient populations.