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WellSpan Health
York, Pennsylvania

Palliative Care Consulting Physician

Palliative Care 8.7 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsPer Diem

Compensation

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Supported. Rewarded. Investing in You.

Palliative Care Physician

York, PA

Per Diem (0.001 FTE)

Why You’ll Love This Opportunity

  • Inpatient consultative palliative care for adult patients
  • Daytime-only schedule: 7:30 AM–5:30 PM; Flexible PRN commitment: 4–6 shifts/month (minimum 2)
  • No call, no nights, no weekends, and no outpatient responsibilities
  • Focus on high-impact, patient-centered care
  • Care for seriously ill patients in ICU, oncology, and med-surg units
  • Emphasis on goals-of-care conversations and expert symptom management
  • Manageable volume: up to 4 new consults and ~7 patient visits per day

Qualifications

  • MD or DO; preference for 4+ years of hospice or palliative care experience
  • Strong inpatient experience
  • Passion for compassionate, high-quality end-of-life care

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.

Confidentially Connect with Our Recruiter

Elyse Chadderdon

echadderdon@wellspan.org [echadderdon@wellspan.org]

570-590-1774

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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

Hospice careInpatient careCompassionate careClinical consultation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Palliative Care Consulting Physician at WellSpan Health a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Palliative Care — ranked against 95 active Palliative Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Palliative Care — Physician Career Context

In Pennsylvania, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$308k (372 salary observations; 2,528 listings), vs ~$294k nationally (13,898 salary observations; 57,269 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 1.6% 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 contract/1099 Palliative Care Jobs

3 matches · ranked by pay
#1

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$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 8.7
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
  • No nights

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.