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St. John, Indiana

Palliative Care Physician | Interdisciplinary Support & Inpatient/Clinic Mix | Greater St. John, Indiana

Palliative CareIncludes callIncludes weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

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Job Description

Posting Title: Palliative Care Physician | Interdisciplinary Support & Inpatient/Clinic Mix | Greater St. John, Indiana

  • Location: Greater St. John Area, Indiana
  • Specialty: Palliative Care
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Job Type(s): Full-time, Permanent

Work Schedule

  • Full-time | Inpatient care plus roughly 1–3 clinic days weekly
  • Call Schedule: Inpatient weeknight/weekend rotation approximately 1:3–1:5
  • EMR/EHR: Not specified
  • Compensation: Competitive compensation | Salary amount not specified
  • New Grads/Practicing: BE/BC in Palliative Care | New graduates welcome to apply
  • Visa Sponsorship(s): No visa sponsorship available

Description

Healthcare United is seeking a BE/BC Palliative Care Physician for a full-time, permanent role we have available in the Greater St. John area of Indiana.

Deliver meaningful Palliative Care across inpatient consultation and clinic follow-up. Chaplain and Social Work collaboration support a team approach to complex patient and family needs.

H-1B visa transfers are accepted; new H-1B sponsorship and J-1 waivers are not available.

What You Can Expect

  • Patient/Case Volume: Approximately 5–10 inpatients daily and 5–10 outpatients weekly
  • Procedures / Clinical Scope: Inpatient Palliative Care consultation and outpatient follow-up; procedures not specified
  • Support Staff / Resources: Palliative Care colleagues, Chaplain services, and Social Work
  • Practice Setting: Inpatient and Outpatient
  • Professional Development: Bioethics certification is provided.

Contact Healthcare United with your current CV to discuss the clinical team, compensation package, and next steps.

Requirements

  • MD or DO
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in Palliative Care
  • Completed U.S. residency/fellowship training applicable to the specialty
  • Active or eligible Indiana medical license
  • Palliative Care background with Internal Medicine or Family Medicine training
  • Board eligibility must be current and meet immediate post-training examination requirements
  • Current American Heart Association BLS certification required upon hire
  • Current CV required
  • No visa sponsorship available

Benefits

  • Compensation and benefits may include the following, subject to position-specific terms and eligibility:
  • Competitive compensation
  • Paid malpractice coverage
  • Customized marketing support
  • Leadership development through board and committee opportunities

Key Responsibilities

The physician will deliver palliative care through a mix of inpatient consultations and outpatient clinic follow-ups. They will work collaboratively with chaplains and social workers to address the complex needs of patients and their families.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Palliative Care Physician | Interdisciplinary Support & Inpatient/Clinic Mix | Greater St. John, Indiana at Healthcare United a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Palliative Care — ranked against 94 active Palliative Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.

Palliative Care — Physician Career Context

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

The cost-of-living index for Indiana is 93.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.4% of Indiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Palliative Care Jobs

3 matches · ranked by pay
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#2

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.5this job 6.4
Better work-life than 80% of Palliative Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 94 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in St. John

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$415k
Median resident rent
$989/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

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