Palliative Care Physician

Overview:

You take care of patients.

We'll take care of everything else.

Including you.

You've spent years learning and training to provide outstanding care for your patients. That's why our model lets you focus on taking care of them. Our physicians have wrap-around practice and administrative support to do many of the things that aren't clinical, from answering emails to providing follow-up instructions, to helping secure social services for your patients.

We take care of you, too, with exceptional compensation packages, market-leading retirement contributions, gold-star health benefits, generous PTO, sabbatical opportunities, continuing medical education time and allowance, and leadership development through our in-house Northwest Permanente University.

Northwest Permanente, P.C. is currently seeking a Board Certified or Board Eligible Physician to join our growing medical group. This role will primarily focus on patients on the outer, east Portland region, out to the Gresham/Sandy/Molalla areas as part of the Home-based Palliative Care team. Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) Board Eligibility is required. Completion of an HPM fellowship is strongly preferred. You will need to have excellent communication and collaboration skills, flexibility, and a good working knowledge of the field of primary care (and how it intersects with palliative care).

Kaiser Permanente NW has its own hospice, home-based palliative care, integrated clinic-based palliative care, and an inpatient consultation service. This is an exciting time to work in the Department of Hospice and Palliative medicine at Northwest Permanente. The opportunities for palliative care clinicians are challenging and varied, and there is broad institutional support for our mission. We place a strong emphasis on a team-first, collaborative approach with an expectation that patient care will also entail up to 50% virtual care delivery.

As an essential member of our hospice palliative care team, you will practice end-of-life care in a supportive, collegial environment. We prefer to have consistency for scheduling and panel management while also expecting our physicians to have some flexibility to support our patient's needs as we grow and evolve our care delivery model. Our team prioritizes flexibility to support each other, when needed, across our robust Palliative Medicine program across our full range of patient needs. Our Palliative Care team has flexibility to work from home and conduct in-person patient visits. You will also share in our Hospice night/ weekend call with a group of 8 physicians, primarily from home.

All applicants must have experience with digital technologies (examples include telehealth and/or digital health). You will need to demonstrate both flexibility and adaptability to incorporate these into your practice as we continue to evolve our virtual care model. A comfort level with concurrent documentation is also needed for this role. We use a combination of face-to-face care and the latest virtual modalities to provide evidence-based, psychiatric treatments, including primary care consults, crisis interventions and medication consultation. Our physicians will provide a combination of onsite and virtual care.

Our integrated model fosters an environment that encourages and rewards innovation, providing our staff with ample opportunities to explore their interests. A (to name just a few), we put innovative ideas forward while doing the right thing for patients. And we want your voice at our table.

Working for Northwest Permanente, you'll enjoy:

$266,208 - $322,000 - Projected Annual Total Rewards Value*

$205,000 to $232,800 salary (1.00 FTE)

21% employer contribution to retirement programs, including pension (This is not a match; NWP contributes an additional 21% of clinician earnings to retirement programs regardless of employee contribution)

90%+ employer paid health plan

Paid annual education leave + $2K annual education allowance

In addition to Projected Annual Total Rewards value, New Hire Incentives include:

Student loan assistance programs - up to $125K

Or a generous sign-on bonus - up to $50K

Relocation allowance - up to $15K

Other Exceptional Benefits:

Leadership opportunities

Shareholder opportunities

Paid sabbatical after attaining shareholder status
• Projected annual total rewards value may be adjusted for FTE, experience, geography, and qualifications are subject to plan participation requirements. Speak to our physician recruiter for full details.

For more information about this position, contact Jason Dulin, Sr. Physician Recruiter,

Why Northwest Permanente Physicians Work Here

Practicing in an integrated health care model like ours means that our clinicians have instant access to dozens of specialties, which allows for a level of collaboration and comprehensive treatment not found just anywhere. But don't just take our word for it. about the collaborative environment they work in, and how this model not only makes their jobs easier - it makes them better doctors.

Join Our Medical Group

Northwest Permanente is a self-governed, physician-led, multi-specialty group of 1,500 physicians, surgeons, and clinicians, caring for 630,000 members in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation's preeminent health care systems, a benchmark for comprehensive, integrated, value-based, and high-quality care.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Northwest Permanente, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Northwest Permanente believes that equity, inclusion, and diversity among our employees are critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.