Palliative Care Physician - Saint Luke's - Kansas City, MO
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Job Description
Saint Luke’s Physician Group in Kansas City, Missouri is actively seeking a palliative care physician to join our rapidly growing palliative care/hospice team.
About the Position
Join a well-established palliative care program with more than a decade of success, offering opportunities for leadership, program development, and career growth
Play a key role in advancing the future of palliative medicine through quality improvement initiatives, service line expansion, population health strategies, and the continued growth of both inpatient and outpatient palliative care and hospice services
Practice within a comprehensive, multidisciplinary care model while providing meaningful consultative care that enhances quality of life for patients and families facing serious illness
Work closely with Saint Luke’s Hospice House, a beautiful 22,500-square-foot freestanding inpatient hospice facility designed to provide expert symptom management and compassionate end-of-life care in a peaceful, home-like environment
Opportunity for an academic appointment with the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, helping educate and mentor the next generation of hospice and palliative care physicians.
Fully Integrated Epic EMR
Saint Luke’s offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package, including guaranteed salary, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, malpractice insurance, a tax-deferred retirement plan with employer matching, generous paid time off, and CME time and allowance.
About Saint Luke’s
Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States.
Through its 10 hospitals and campuses, multiple health service organizations, and more than 100 primary and specialty care offices, Saint Luke’s provides the highest levels of quality and compassionate health care and health-related services for patients in urban, suburban, and rural communities in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas.
Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report and is one of the elite hospitals in the region. Saint Luke’s is committed to the highest levels of excellence in health care and the advancement of medical research and education.
About Kansas City
Saint Luke's is proud to call Kansas City home. With locations on both sides of the state line, the health system serves more than 2.1 million people and 240 neighborhoods in Kansas and Missouri. USA Today has regularly named Kansas City a top area for affordability, high-quality schools, and low traffic.
The greater Kansas City metro area is a vibrant, growing community known for its thriving arts scene, world champion sports teams, natural beauty, and exceptional quality of life.
Job Requirements
Applicable Experience
- Less than 1 year
- Licensure managed by MSO - N/A (Information only, Not certificate)
- Doctorate Degree
Job Details
- Full Time
- Day (United States of America)
Key Responsibilities
The physician will provide consultative palliative and hospice care within a multidisciplinary model, including both inpatient and outpatient settings. They will also lead quality improvement initiatives and contribute to program development and medical education.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Doctorate degree and have less than one year of applicable experience. The role requires a commitment to compassionate end-of-life care and clinical excellence.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Palliative Care Physician - Saint Luke's - Kansas City, MO at Saint Luke's Health System a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Palliative Care — ranked against 88 active Palliative Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Palliative Care — Physician Career Context
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.1 / 10 · above average in palliative care | ranked against 88 Palliative Care listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Physician median $235k (middle half $220k–$280k)14 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Missouri index 90.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| All physician listings in Missouri | 364 active | 22,495 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Missouri physician listings (all specialties): 31% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 18% offer loan repayment364 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Palliative Care hiring demand | not ranked this month | postings stay open a median 54 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 18 postings, 41 closed |
| New Palliative Care listings | 136 in the last 30 days | 83 the 30 days before (+64%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Physician pay trend (all specialties) | −2.3% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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Work-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 88 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- No call
About Saint Luke's Health System
Benefits & Perks
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Living in Kansas City
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $247k
- Typical market rent
- $1,446/mo
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 92.5
- State income tax
- Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).
BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.