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Northside Hospital
Canton, Georgia

Inpatient Palliative Medicine Physician - Canton, GA

Palliative Care 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

Join Northside Hospital as a Full-time Palliative Care physician at Northside Cherokee Hospital campus in beautiful Canton, GA.

As a nationally recognized leader in multiple specialties, Northside Hospital works to collaborate with the best of providers, to help us continue to advance our model of high quality and compassionate care into the future with a passion for Excellence, Innovation, Community, and Teamwork.

Northside Cherokee Hospital

Our Cherokee Hospital was built in 2017 and is committed to advancing health care in Cherokee County. The 332-bed, full-service community hospital has 1,400 physicians and more than 3,800 employees.

Position Overview

  • Mon-Fri Schedule
  • Generous compensation including a fully funded pension plan
  • Comprehensive team including chaplain and social workers and APP's
  • Light call schedule with collegial team

Requirements

  • IM or FM Residency Completion (IM preferred)
  • Palliative Care Fellowship Required
  • Board Eligibility/Board Certification
  • Active GA license or the ability to obtain one

Why Choose Northside Hospital?

Northside is so much more than just a hospital. It’s an extensive network of state-of-the-art facilities staffed with skilled, caring professionals who are dedicated to the health and wellness of the communities we serve. Excellent compensation and benefits package available.

Northside Hospital System Includes

  • Five not-for-profit, acute-care hospitals, located in Atlanta, Cumming, Canton, Duluth and Lawrenceville
  • Over 250 Northside Hospital-affiliated outpatient centers and medical office buildings throughout the Atlanta Region
  • 3,900 providers on staff and more than 24,000 employees
  • Northside serves more than 4 million patients annually
  • Nationally recognized expertise in Cancer Care, Maternity Services, Radiology, Surgery and Women’s Health
  • Northside is recognized by US Newsweek as World’s Best Hospital, Best Workplace for Diversity/Culture, and Best Workplace for Women
  • Contact Morgan.Dudkowski@northside.com for more information.

Qualifications

Requirements

  • IM or FM Residency Completion (IM preferred)
  • Palliative Care Fellowship Required
  • Board Eligibility/Board Certification (Required after 5 years of practice)
  • Active GA license or the ability to obtain one

Work Hours

8 a - 5 p

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Internal MedicineFamily MedicinePatient CareClinical Collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Inpatient Palliative Medicine Physician - Canton, GA at Northside Hospital a 8.0 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

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

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 8.0
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 Canton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$421k
Typical market rent
$1,986/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Northside Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Atlanta, GA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Fully funded pension plan
Comprehensive team including chaplain, social workers, and APPs
Generous compensation