Physician - Palliative and Supportive Care

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West Virginia University School of Medicine and the Department of Medicine seeks a Palliative Care Physician (ranks available: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor). The successful candidate will be expected to practice in Morgantown, WV. Depending on operational needs, a successful candidate may also be assigned to provide services at additional worksites in West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. In such instances, travel would be anticipated and expected to fulfill said duties at these additional sites.

• Practice in the areas of Palliative Care medicine.
• Provide excellent patient care.
• Actively involve in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.

• Candidate must have an MD or DO degree or foreign equivalent and be eligible for state medical license.
• Must have completed residency in internal medicine or family medicine and fellowship in palliative care by the time of appointment.
• Must be board certified or eligible in Palliative Medicine.
• All qualifications must be met by the time of appointment.

The Section of Geriatrics, Palliative Medicine and Hospice at WVU has the main mission to advance health care and quality of life for older people and those with serious illnesses.

Our Palliative Medicine and Hospice team provides patient and family centered care that offers quality of life for patients with life limiting illnesses by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering. Inpatient and outpatient services are provided, including local nursing homes.

WVU Medicine is West Virginia University's affiliated health system and West Virginia's largest private employer. The WVU Health System is comprised of a network of 25 hospitals and their affiliated clinics, anchored by its flagship hospital, J.W Ruby Memorial in Morgantown, an 881-bed academic medical center that offers tertiary and qua ternary care. The WVU Medicine System has more than 35,000 employees, 4,000 clinicians, and serves hundreds of thousands of people annually from across the region and the nation with more than 4.5 million patient visits annually.

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West Virginia University & University Health Associates are an AA/EO employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran – and WVU is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE award for gender equity.

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Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

24

Shift:

Exempt/Non-Exempt: United States of America (Exempt)

Company: UHA University Health Associates

Cost Center: 8872 UHA Medicine Geriatrics and Palliative Care

Address: 1 Medical Center Drive Morgantown West Virginia

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