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Westminster, Colorado

Hospice Visit Physician (Field)

Hospice and Palliative MedicineIncludes callPer Diem

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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 ~$315k (69 salary observations; 141 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 Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Hospice and Palliative Medicine Jobs

2 matches · ranked by pay
#1

Hospice & Palliative Care Physician

By the Bay Health · Larkspur, Colorado

$150-$160/hr
#2

Physician

Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care · Colorado Springs, Colorado

$223k-$252k

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 2.6
Better work-life than 40% of Hospice And Palliative Medicine listings

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

  • Includes call

Living in Westminster

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$501k
Typical market rent
$1,884/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
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.