Physician - Palliative Medicine

Cleveland Clinic, one of the world’s most distinguished academic medical centers, announces a search for a Pediatric Palliative Care physician to join our growing team allowing us to care for even more patients. This position provides the opportunity to work in a highly engaging and collaborative environment with the support and resources of the Children’s Institute to provide the best care for our pediatric and young adult patients.

The selected candidate will join a vibrant and growing program that currently includes 3 Pediatric Palliative Care physicians, 2 nurse practitioners, a nurse coordinator, and a dedicated social worker. Pediatric Palliative Care resides within the Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, and provides consultation at the Main Campus, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation, Fairview Hospital NICU, and Hillcrest Hospital NICU.

The candidate would join a team who collaborates with multiple subspecialists encompassing prenatal care and neonatology, hematology-oncology, cardiology, critical care medicine, and children with medical complexities. Consultation occurs at Main Campus in the inpatient and outpatient settings, and at outside hospitals housing neonatal and pediatric patients.  There is also collaboration with outside home hospice agencies who provide ongoing care to our patients along the trajectory of their chronic illnesses. Education and training of adult palliative medicine fellows, other pediatric subspecialty fellows, pediatric residents, and medical students are a priority.  A commitment to interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration, high quality pediatric palliative care, and outstanding communication skills are essential. 

The candidate should be at the Assistant, Associate, or equivalent level with strong clinical interests in palliative care.  There is an opportunity for research in this area. The candidate must be board-certified/board eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. A faculty appointment at a rank commensurate with academic accomplishments is expected at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Research opportunities are available within the Lerner Research Institute. Quality and Continuous Improvement efforts are also supported by Cleveland Clinic Children’s dedicated experts. Cleveland Clinic physicians enjoy a collegial work environment within the framework of a large group practice, with a competitive salary enhanced by a very attractive benefits package.

Cleveland Clinic Children’s is consistently ranked as one of the best children’s hospitals in the nation and is currently ranked in 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report. Cleveland Clinic Children’s is a tertiary and quaternary referral hospital on the Cleveland Clinic main campus with more than 360 physicians in 55 pediatric medical and surgical specialties providing over 1.1 million outpatient visits, 15,500+ in-patient admissions, 13,000+ surgeries, and accepting 840 transports per year from around the nation and globe. Cleveland Clinic Children’s has 389 in-patient beds in its network including its quaternary Children’s Hospital on the main campus, our free-standing Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation, and 2 other satellite hospitals across Northeast Ohio.

Interested Candidates should submit their Curriculum Vitae to: http://www.clevelandclinic.org/physicianrecruitment

If you have any question about this position, please free to contact Dr. Christine Traul, Director, Pediatric Palliative Care at [email protected]  or Jennifer Friedler, Physician Recruiter at [email protected]