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Westminster, Colorado

Hospice Visit Physician (Field)

Hospice and Palliative MedicineIncludes callPer Diem

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

  • Hospice Visit Physician (Field)
  • Location: Greater Denver area
  • Compensation: 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 Colorado
  • 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

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 and manage pain and symptoms. They will also coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams and provide 24/7 on-call support as assigned.

Requirements

Candidates must be a licensed M.D. or D.O. with active, unrestricted medical and DEA licenses in Colorado. Experience in caring for terminally ill patients and knowledge of hospice regulations are required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Hospice carePain managementPatient assessmentInterdisciplinary team coordinationMedical decision makingMedicare regulations

Hospice and Palliative Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Colorado, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$302k (516 salary observations; 1,822 listings), vs ~$309k nationally (9,900 salary observations; 65,260 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score2.6 / 10 · above average in hospice and palliative medicineranked against 145 Hospice And Palliative Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedPhysician median $273k (middle half $230k–$280k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Colorado vs national$302k median in Colorado$309k nationally (−2%)516 state / 9,900 national salary observations
Cost of livingColorado index 103.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All physician listings in Colorado353 active22,231 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedColorado physician listings (all specialties): 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $25k) · 19% offer loan repayment353 active listings, Nov 2026
Hospice and Palliative Medicine hiring demandnot ranked this monthpostings stay open a median 46 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 57 postings, 26 closed
New Hospice and Palliative Medicine listings109 in the last 30 days74 the 30 days before (+47%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physician pay trend (all specialties)−2.8% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (145 Hospice And Palliative Medicine listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Colorado figures use all physicians: too few Colorado Hospice and Palliative Medicine postings state pay.

Top contract/1099 Hospice and Palliative Medicine Jobs

2 matches · ranked by pay
#1

Outpatient Palliative Care Physician

United Health Services · Binghamton, New York

$281k-$300k
#2

Physician

Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care · Colorado Springs, Colorado

$223k-$252k

Work-life snapshot

median 2.4this job 2.6
Better work-life than 50% of Hospice And Palliative Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 145 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Westminster

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$496k
Typical market rent
$1,872/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

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

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