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WellSpan Health
York, Pennsylvania

Palliative Care Physician

Palliative CareNo callNo weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

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Job Title: Palliative Care Physician

Location: York, PA

Employment Type: Full Time (1.0 FTE)

What You Can Expect at Your Practice

  • Established palliative care program that is part of a larger system-wide

Palliative Medicine team.

  • Fully consultative practice with no admitting or discharging responsibilities.
  • Approximately 75% inpatient and 25% outpatient care with flexibility based on physician interests and program needs.
  • Growing and increasingly complex medical environment with expanding ICU services in York.
  • Five dedicated Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) supporting the York program.
  • Collaborative team-based model with cross coverage support and dedicated

Nurse Coordinator assistance.

  • Utilization of Epic EMR with ambient AI documentation technology (Art for

Chart).

  • Work alongside and mentor Internal Medicine and Family Medicine residents.

Why Join Us?

  • Flexible scheduling and strong work-life balance.
  • Robust APP and nursing support infrastructure.
  • Collaborative interdisciplinary culture.
  • Expanding healthcare market with increasing clinical complexity.
  • Meaningful work improving quality of life for patients and families.

First in Class Benefits

  • Parental Leave up to 4 weeks
  • Six weeks STO, plus 6 standard holidays
  • Competitive compensation and incentive plan
  • $5,500 CME allowance

What Sets Us Apart

  • Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group recently recognized WellSpan as one of

America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care for 2025 – a distinction

WellSpan has been honored with for the third year in a row!

  • WellSpan Health has once again been recognized by the American Medical

Association (AMA) as a Joy in Medicine™ organization for its efforts to promote the wellbeing of its team members through targeted initiatives and programs that reduce burnout and stressors in the workplace

  • WellSpan Well-being: We focus on promoting overall health and wellness. Our initiatives and activities provide resources and support to help individuals improve their physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

Discover Your Dream Location

York, PA

  • Affordable and convenient location near the Maryland/ Pennsylvania line–

Hanover offers a low cost of living with easy access to major cities like

Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., making it ideal for commuters and families.

  • Outdoor recreation and community events – Residents enjoy scenic parks, the

Heritage Rail Trail for biking and hiking, and seasonal festivals like the

York Fair, America’s oldest fair.

Confidentially Connect with Our Recruiter

Name: Elyse Chadderdon

Email: echadderdon@wellspan.org

Website: joinwellspan.org

Qualifications

Qualifications

Minimum Education

  • Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) Required or
  • Doctor of Medicine (MD) Required

Licenses

  • Licensed Medical Physician and Surgeon Upon Hire Required or
  • Licensed Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Upon Hire Required

Courses and Training

  • Diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice or Internal Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice or Internal Medicine. Upon

Hire Required And

  • Hospice and Palliative Care Certification through the American Board of

Medical Specialties (ABMS) or if a DO, through the Osteopathic Board process.

Upon Hire Required And

  • Completion of a Family Practice or Internal Medicine residency. Upon Hire

Required And

  • Must qualify and be a member of the Medical Staff of the Hospital. Upon Hire

Required And

  • Harvard Palliative Care Training. Upon Hire Required and
  • Proof of Added Competency in Palliative Care (e. g., Decisions Near the End of

Life Faculty, EPEC faculty, CMEs related to Palliative Care/End of Life Care, other). Upon Hire Required

  • Minimum of 15 CME/1 year in Palliative Care. Upon Hire Required

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

MentoringInterdisciplinary collaborationHospice carePatient care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Palliative Care Physician at WellSpan Health a 7.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Palliative Care — ranked against 95 active Palliative Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Palliative Care — Physician Career Context

In Pennsylvania, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$308k (373 salary observations; 2,528 listings), vs ~$294k nationally (13,888 salary observations; 57,204 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Palliative Care Jobs

3 matches · ranked by pay
#1

Physician: Palliative Care Opportunities - Northwestern Health Network Medical Group

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare · Chicago, Illinois

$260k-$300k
#2

Outpatient Palliative Care Physician

United Health Services · Binghamton, New York

$281k-$300k
#3

Physician

$223k-$252k
+ 1 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 7.3
Among the best 10% of Palliative Care listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 95 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends

Living in York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$274k
Typical market rent
$1,381/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.0
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · York-Hanover, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About WellSpan Health

Medical Practices
York, Pennsylvania
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Parental Leave up to 4 weeks
Six weeks STO, plus 6 standard holidays
Competitive compensation and incentive plan
$5,500 CME allowance
Flexible scheduling
Robust APP and nursing support
Collaborative interdisciplinary culture