Palliative Care Physician (MD/DO) - Texas

4 days ago
TexasFull TimePalliative Care
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

Job Description

About the Role

Join Commonwealth Medical Services as a Palliative Care Physician – Symptom Management and Goals-of-Care in United States.

Key Responsibilities

  • limiting illnesses in inpatient, outpatient, or community settings Provide expert management of complex symptoms including pain, dyspnea, nausea, fatigue, anxiety, and depression Conduct goals
  • care discussions, advance care planning, and code status conversations Support patients and families with decision

Requirements

  • eligible or board
  • centered approach Ability to work effectively within interdisciplinary teams Work Environment Hospital inpatient units, outpatient clinics, and community
  • based procedures Visual and auditory acuity sufficient for patient assessment Must maintain state certification and/or licensure.

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Commonwealth Medical Services as a Palliative Care Physician – Symptom Management and Goals-of-Care.

Key Skills

Symptom ManagementSerious Illness CareCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsGoals-of-Care DiscussionsAdvance Care PlanningInterdisciplinary CollaborationPatient EducationFamily SupportClinical DocumentationQuality ImprovementPatient SafetyProgram DevelopmentMedical LicensureDEA Registration
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Position Insights

WeekdayDoc rates Palliative Care Physician (MD/DO) - Texas at Commonwealth Medical Services a 4.0/10 for work-life balance — below average.

This position offers no on-call requirements, no weekend shifts.

Key skills for this role include Symptom Management, Serious Illness Care, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Goals-of-Care Discussions.

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About Commonwealth Medical Services

Hospitals and Health Care
2-5
4.0

Work-Life Balance Score

Below Average

Protective Factors (2)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

Interpretation: Position shows moderate burnout protection with 2 validated protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Full-time

Posted

4d ago