Physician / Administration / Massachusetts / Permanent / Chair Division Palliative Care and Geriatri

Medical Center is seeking an innovative physician leader to be the inaugural Chair of the newly forming Division of Palliative and Geriatric Medicine. This is a unique opportunity to expand the current Section of Palliative Medicine into an academic Division that develops both disciplines of geriatric and palliative medicine across clinical care, education and research. The section of palliative medicine, founded over 15 years ago has a long tradition of providing interdisciplinary palliative care throughout the medical center, with a team including nurse practitioners, clinical pharmacists and six physicians from diverse specialties of internal medicine, anesthesiology, and surgery.

Currently the team sees over 1000 inpatient consults a year with referrals from oncology, neurology, critical care units, our emergency department and surgical services. Outpatient palliative care is provided in a variety of settings including their own clinic, and collaborative models embedded into oncology, heart failure, and home care. The service is an important teaching rotation for Tufts medical students, advance practice students, as well as the Lahey internal medicine residency program, with plans to create a Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship as the division grows

The research program is focused on end of life communication, education and models of palliative care in geriatric surgery and trauma, and is supported by a surgical palliative care research fellow. This position has specific duties that impact the organization, including working with staff from across the system on diversity related planning and responsibilities that are specific to the development and implementation of ongoing diversity initiatives and programs.

With a team approach to care, we encourage learning and growth at all levels, and we offer competitive salaries and benefits. We adhere to the principles of a just and fair work environment for all colleagues, where respect is foundational and performance is rewarded.

• The successful candidate will have the collaborative leadership skills to develop and implement a strategic vision, building on the existing strengths of palliative care and our large geriatric patient base, to create a leading academic division in palliative medicine and geriatrics.
  
• They will be expected to recruit, retain and mentor an interdisciplinary team of physicians and nurse practitioners in geriatrics, and palliative medicine to expand innovative collaborative models of care across the system including home based palliative care, geriatric and palliative care outpatient clinics and expanded inpatient consultation capacity at medical center and its sister hospitals within our system.
  
• They should have the expertise to initiate and