Medical Director jobs in Gainesville, FL

Why Choose Haven?

Haven is based in Gainesville, FL and is one of the largest advanced illness/end-of-life companies in the U.S. Haven provides advance care planning, palliative care, transitions programs and hospice services, including five free-standing inpatient care centers. Serving advanced illness needs in North Florida since 1979, Haven has been the recipient of the Circle of Life Award from the American Hospital Association for its excellence and innovation and has been recognized as a Florida Pacesetter for its leadership in promoting advance directives.

Haven serves over 7,000 patients and families annually in 18 Florida counties: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Nassau, Putnam, Suwannee, St. Johns, Union and Volusia. Haven is a not-for-profit organization that is an affiliate of SantaFe HealthCare, which also includes SantaFe Senior Living Retirement Communities.

Haven cares for over 90 percent of patients in their home or wherever they call home. But when there is a need for short-term inpatient care, Haven offers hospice care centers in Gainesville, Palatka, Chiefland, Lake City and Orange Park. In these welcoming and home-like settings, Haven clinicians provide around-the-clock care to patients needing intense pain and symptom management as well as provide education and support to family and loved ones. The care centers offer overnight, respite care to provide a break to primary caregivers for up to five days.

Haven's commitment to all its communities extends far beyond providing hands-on clinical, emotional and spiritual care. Haven provides clinical education to future health professionals, including medical students, residents, and fellows.

At Haven Hospice, we feel that it’s an honor and a privilege to be invited into so many lives to provide end of life care. We strive daily to make the difference in the lives of our patients, their families and in the communities we serve.

As an Associate Medical Director - Access, you are responsible for ensuring that physician services are provided to the Patient Access/Admissions Department to facilitate timely access to care for eligible patients who have been referred to Haven Hospice. The Access Physician provides physician direction and education to admissions team members, assists in obtaining additional information, when required, in order to establish eligibility, and completes regulatory hospice physician documentation for each admission. The Associate Medical Director of Access also develops and implements education and consultation services to medical communities, professionals, and physicians in Haven’s service area.

At Haven, we want your career to be as rewarding as possible. We provide our Physicians with opportunities for growth, education and advancement including paid time off to complete CME courses and a CME stipend. We offer competitive salaries as well as a performance-based incentive plan. In addition, our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Option of HMO and HDHP medical plans
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Company-paid long-term disability and life insurance
• Generous PTO
• 401(K) plan with company match
• Gym Reimbursement
• Variety of supplemental plans including hospital, legal, identity theft protection and more

You Have:

• Education – Doctor of medicine or osteopathy from an accredited medical school
• Licensure & Certification – Current Florida license to practice medicine without restrictions
• Current DEA number
• Eligible for malpractice coverage under company policy terms
• Certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, preferred
• Knowledge and experience in oncology/hospice/palliative care and symptom management is important
• Ability to manage the emotional stress of working with and caring for terminally ill patients and their families
• Alignment with the Haven mission, culture and values of collaboration, accountability, respectfulness, ethical behavior and service-driven.
• Ability to work non-judgmentally with persons of varied cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds and lifestyles.

Location: Within Haven's service area

Haven Hospice is a smoke free campus/drug free workplace, EOE