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Austin, Texas

Hospice Visit Physician (Field)

Hospice and Palliative MedicineIncludes callPer Diem

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Job Description

  • Find Your Passion and Purpose as a Hospice Visit Physician
  • Location: Austin, TX
  • Coverage Area: Buda, TX and the surrounding areas
  • Salary: Per Visit
  • Schedule: PRN

What You Need to Know

AccentCare is seeking a hospice field visit physician that can provide compassionate, patient-centered medical care to individuals with serious, advanced, or terminal illnesses. This role is responsible for conducting hospice and/or palliative care visits, evaluating patients for hospice eligibility and recertification, managing pain and symptoms, and supporting patients and families through goals-of-care and advance care planning discussions.

  • If you meet these qualifications, we would love to meet you:
  • Must be a licensed Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) in the state(s) of practice, with training or experience in caring for chronically or terminally ill patients
  • Maintains active, unrestricted medical and DEA licenses in the state of X
  • Working knowledge of hospice and palliative care, including pain and symptom management.
  • Familiarity with hospice regulations and Medicare requirements.
  • Strong clinical judgment and decision-making skills.
  • Excellent communication skills for interaction with patients, families, and providers.
  • Ability to manage complex clinical and ethical situations in end-of-life care.
  • (Preferred) Hospice or hospice visit experience
  • (Preferred) Experience with business growth/development

Job Responsibilities

  • Evaluate patients for pain, symptom management, and hospice eligibility (admissions and recertifications).
  • Counsel patients and families on care options and advance care planning.
  • Order tests, initiate treatment, and conduct face-to-face visits as needed.
  • Serve as Attending Physician when appropriate.
  • Coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams and communicate with attending physicians to ensure continuity.
  • Manage patient medications.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and provide 24/7 availability when assigned.
  • Complete timely and compliant clinical documentation.

Why AccentCare?

Caring for others is more than what you do — it’s who you are. At AccentCare, you’ll join a purpose-driven, collaborative culture that sets the standard for excellence and gives you the trust and tools to do your best work. You’ll belong to a team that cares deeply for patients and each other; a team committed to consistently providing exceptional care.

We’re proud to be named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2025 by Newsweek — a reflection of our shared commitment to excellence, integrity and compassion as we shape the future of aging in place. When you thrive, so does the community of care we’re building together.

Key Responsibilities

The physician will conduct hospice and palliative care visits to evaluate patients for eligibility, manage pain and symptoms, and provide medical oversight. They will also coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams and counsel families on end-of-life care options.

Requirements

Candidates must be a licensed Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) with active, unrestricted medical and DEA licenses. Experience in hospice or palliative care and knowledge of Medicare regulations are preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Hospice carePain managementPatient assessmentInterdisciplinary team coordinationMedical diagnosisTreatment planningRegulatory compliance

Hospice and Palliative Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Texas, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$290k (61 salary observations; 294 listings), vs ~$293k nationally (1,554 salary observations; 5,436 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Hospice and Palliative Medicine Jobs

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.7
Below most Hospice And Palliative Medicine listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 119 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Austin

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$455k
Typical market rent
$1,586/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.