Physician - Hospice

Outstanding Co-Op Opportunity – Education Incentives – Quality of Life

The Lexington, KY VA Healthcare System (LVAHCS) seeks a highly motivated physician to join our Geriatric Extended Care service.

• Serve as the Attending Physician for our 40-bed Hospice Care Inpatient Living Center, providing direct patient care while collaborating with Nursing, Social Work, and Physician Rehab services as needed.
• Provides a continuum of palliative care services across various settings to include but not limited to: Acute care, Inpatient Living Center, Outpatient consultative clinics, Home-Based Primary Care, Emergency Department, Geri Palliative clinic, as well as the Infusion room.
• Must be BE/BC Family or Internal Medicine. Highly qualified candidates will be BC Geriatrics or Palliative Medicine and have 2+ years of experience, including background in dementia care.
• Enjoy an excellent work-life balance with a set Monday-Friday schedule (7:30am-4pm), no weekends, and no on-call time.

Unrestricted licensure in any State is required.

Position is eligible for Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP).

Recruitment Incentives are available.

Pay: Current salary range $250-275K depending on experience and qualifications. Annual performance bonus. Regular salary increases.
Paid Time Off 50-55 days of annual paid time offer per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year, and possible 5-day paid absence for CME).
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.