The Hospice Physician is responsible for overall medical activities of patient care services, related medical administrative components, and medical liaison activities with members of the local medical community. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.  Other duties may be assigned:

• Assists in developing the Plan of Care for each patient admitted to the Hospice program and their family, with the coordination of the patient’s attending physician.  Maintains liaison with the attending physician and provide consultation with pain and symptom management.  The attending physician will be encouraged to provide primary care to his or her home care patient while admitted onto the hospice care program. 
• Attends and actively participates in interdisciplinary team meetings in discussion of the care of new and existing hospice patients.
• Reviews on a regular basis, the medical care for each patient currently admitted to the Hospice program.  Provides on-going communication with the patient’s attending physician to determine eligibility and statement of prognosis.
• Collaborates with hospice staff to provide effective coordination of services and evaluate delivery of care.
• Collaborates with physicians both internally and externally to facilitate referrals and continuity of patient care.
• Consults with team members on an on-call basis for medical issues relating to patient/family Plan of Care.