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Accent Care
St. Louis, Missouri

Hospice Visit Physician (Field)

Hospice and Palliative MedicineIncludes callPart-Time

Production pay · no annual figure stated

$50 - $150/visit

The week · per this posting

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Job Description

  • Find Your Passion and Purpose as a Hospice Visit Physician
  • Location: St. Louis, MO
  • Coverage Area: Counties of Jefferson, St. Louis, Charles
  • Reimbursement: $50-$150 per visit (per Medicare fee schedule)
  • Schedule: 20 visits per week
  • Offer Based on Years of Experience

What You Need to Know

AccentCare is seeking a hospice visit physician that can provide compassionate, patient-centered medical care to individuals with serious, advanced, or terminal illnesses. This role is responsible for conducting hospice and/or palliative care visits, evaluating patients for hospice eligibility and recertification, managing pain and symptoms, and supporting patients and families through goals-of-care and advance care planning discussions.

Job Responsibilities

  • Evaluate patients for pain, symptom management, and hospice eligibility (admissions and recertifications).
  • Counsel patients and families on care options and advance care planning.
  • Order tests, initiate treatment, and conduct face-to-face visits as needed.
  • Serve as Attending Physician when appropriate.
  • Coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams and communicate with attending physicians to ensure continuity.
  • Manage patient medications.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and provide 24/7 availability when assigned.
  • Complete timely and compliant clinical documentation.
  • If you meet these qualifications, we would love to meet you:
  • Must be a licensed Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) in the state(s) of practice, with training or experience in caring for chronically or terminally ill patients
  • Maintains active DEA license

Valid Driver’s License

  • Working knowledge of hospice and palliative care, including pain and symptom management.
  • Familiarity with hospice regulations and Medicare requirements.
  • Strong clinical judgment and decision-making skills.
  • Excellent communication skills for interaction with patients, families, and providers.
  • Ability to manage complex clinical and ethical situations in end-of-life care.
  • (Preferred) Hospice or hospice visit experience

Why AccentCare?

Caring for others is more than what you do — it’s who you are. At AccentCare, you’ll join a purpose-driven, collaborative culture that sets the standard for excellence and gives you the trust and tools to do your best work. You’ll belong to a team that cares deeply for patients and each other; a team committed to consistently providing exceptional care.

We’re proud to be named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2026 by Newsweek — a reflection of our shared commitment to excellence, integrity and compassion as we shape the future of aging in place. When you thrive, so does the community of care we’re building together.

Key Responsibilities

The physician will conduct hospice and palliative care visits to evaluate patients for eligibility and manage pain and symptoms. They are responsible for coordinating care with interdisciplinary teams and providing 24/7 availability through an on-call rotation.

Requirements

Candidates must be a licensed Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) with an active DEA license and a valid driver's license. Experience in hospice or palliative care is preferred, along with strong clinical judgment and communication skills.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Hospice carePain managementPatient evaluationInterdisciplinary team coordinationMedication managementMedical diagnosisEthical judgment

Hospice and Palliative Medicine — Physician Career Context

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.0% 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).

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysician median $274k (middle half $235k–$285k)14 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in Missouri383 active22,543 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMissouri Physician listings: 30% state a sign-on bonus (median $40k) · 18% offer loan repayment383 active listings, Nov 2026
Hospice and Palliative Medicine hiring demandnot ranked this monthpostings stay open a median 46 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 57 postings, 26 closed
New Hospice and Palliative Medicine listings122 in the last 30 days74 the 30 days before (+65%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physician pay trend−3.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-life snapshot

median 2.4this job 1.4
Below most Hospice And Palliative Medicine listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 148 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Accent Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Dallas, Texas
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Per visit reimbursement
20 visits per week
Mileage reimbursement (implied by field role)

Living in St. Louis

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$255k
Typical market rent
$1,292/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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