Physician - Outpatient Palliative Care-Oregon

Palliative CareIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 6mo ago

Job Description

Job Title: Outpatient Palliative Care Physician (MD/DO)

Position Summary:
We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Outpatient Palliative Care Physician to provide comprehensive, patient-centered care for individuals with serious or life-limiting illnesses. This physician will focus on symptom management, goals-of-care discussions, and coordination of care in an outpatient clinic setting, working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary care team.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Evaluate and manage patients with serious or chronic illnesses in an outpatient palliative care setting.
  • Provide expert symptom management, including pain, dyspnea, nausea, fatigue, anxiety, and depression.
  • Conduct goals-of-care conversations and advance care planning, including discussions regarding prognosis and treatment preferences.
  • Collaborate with primary care providers, specialists, social workers, nurses, and other interdisciplinary team members.
  • Support patients and families with complex medical decision-making and care coordination.
  • Refer and coordinate with hospice services and community resources as appropriate.
  • Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant medical documentation.
  • Participate in quality improvement initiatives, program development, and continuing medical education.

Qualifications:

  • Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree from an accredited institution.
  • Completion of residency training in a relevant specialty (Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Neurology, Oncology, or related field).
  • Board certification or eligibility in Palliative Medicine or primary specialty; fellowship training in Hospice and Palliative Medicine preferred.
  • Active medical license to practice in the state of employment.
  • Strong communication skills, empathy, and experience managing complex chronic illness.

Work Environment:

  • Outpatient clinic setting with potential for interdisciplinary team-based care.
  • Primarily weekday schedule with limited or no inpatient responsibilities.
  • Collaborative and supportive clinical environment.

Requirements

Must maintain state certification and/or licensure.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

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 Oregon is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.0% of Oregon clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Palliative Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 94 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Medford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$409k
Typical market rent
$1,678/mo
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.4
State income tax
Up to 9.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Medford, OR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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