Job Description​

Saint Luke’s Physician Group in Kansas City, Missouri is actively seeking a palliative care physician to join our rapidly growing palliative care/hospice team.

About the position

• Join a well-established palliative care program with more than a decade of success, offering opportunities for leadership, program development, and career growth
• Play a key role in advancing the future of palliative medicine through quality improvement initiatives, service line expansion, population health strategies, and the continued growth of both inpatient and outpatient palliative care and hospice services
• Practice within a comprehensive, multidisciplinary care model while providing meaningful consultative care that enhances quality of life for patients and families facing serious illness
• Work closely with Saint Luke’s Hospice House, a beautiful 22,500-square-foot freestanding inpatient hospice facility designed to provide expert symptom management and compassionate end-of-life care in a peaceful, home-like environment
• Opportunity for an academic appointment with the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, helping educate and mentor the next generation of hospice and palliative care physicians.
• Fully integrated Epic EMR
• Saint Luke’s offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package, including guaranteed salary, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, malpractice insurance, a tax-deferred retirement plan with employer matching, generous paid time off, and CME time and allowance.

About Saint Luke’s

Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. Through its 10 hospitals and campuses, multiple health service organizations, and more than 100 primary and specialty care offices, Saint Luke’s provides the highest levels of quality and compassionate health care and health-related services for patients in urban, suburban, and rural communities in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report and is one of the elite hospitals in the region. Saint Luke’s is committed to the highest levels of excellence in health care and the advancement of medical research and education.

About Kansas City

Saint Luke's is proud to call Kansas City home. With locations on both sides of the state line, the health system serves more than 2.1 million people and 240 neighborhoods in Kansas and Missouri. USA Today has regularly named Kansas City a top area for affordability, high-quality schools, and low traffic. The greater Kansas City metro area is a vibrant, growing community known for its thriving arts scene, world champion sports teams, natural beauty, and exceptional quality of life.

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