Palliative Care Physician (24-ZON-ONC-PC-01)

Description:

The Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program, Alberta Health Services, in collaboration with Covenant Health, is currently accepting applications for specialized, qualified Palliative Care Physicians to work in a variety of clinical settings on a full-time or part-time basis. The Program delivers comprehensive, integrated palliative care to adult patients in the community setting, acute care and oncology facilities, hospices, and a tertiary palliative care unit.

 Responsibilities/Duties:

The Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program requires recruitment of Palliative Care Physicians to work in a variety of clinical settings on a full-time or part-time basis to fill current gaps and accommodate changes in staffing across the zone (moves, retirements, LOA's and reduction of FTE's). This position will help reduce the current gaps in clinical coverage and ensure ongoing maintenance of present consult service availability and coverage. The Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program delivers comprehensive, integrated palliative care in the community where hospices are also supported, acute care and oncology facilities and a tertiary palliative care unit. 

Physicians working in Palliative Care Consult Services report to the Section Chief of Edmonton Zone Palliative Care. Clinical duties may include admission and ongoing care of patients in the Tertiary Palliative Care Unit, and completion of consults and follow-up visits on all other consultative services. In each site in the program, the physician will work with an interdisciplinary team and will be involved in teaching medical learners. Specific scheduling for weekday work will be dependent on the needs of the primary work site assigned. In addition, the successful applicant will share weekday on-call responsibility for their primary work site, and for the Edmonton Zone Palliative Care Program on weekends.