Summary

Kaiser Permanente-Washington Permanente Medical Group is seeking a 0.8 FTE Continuing Care Physician (Hospice and Palliative Care) to join our Palliative Care - Dignified Journeys team at Bellevue Medical Center in Bellevue, Washington.

Job Summary

Washington Permanente Medical Group, the Pacific Northwest's top-rated multi-specialty group, is currently seeking a BE/BC Internist or BE/BC Family Medicine physician, with experience working in Geriatric and/or Hospice/Palliative medicine, to join our Post-Acute Care program (or Continuing Care team). This 0.8 FTE position combines outpatient hospice and palliative care and supports care for a complex patient population

The Home-Based Hospice and Palliative Care service is highly dependent on interprofessional collaboration. The physician will be a key partner in shaping the care model through active participation in interdisciplinary team meetings as well as process and quality improvement opportunities. In addition to fostering a culture of collaboration and a high functioning team within the Hospice-Palliative Care Service, the Hospice-Palliative Medicine physician will be an ambassador within the medical group to promote awareness, knowledge, and skill in delivering palliative and end-of-life care.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Professional Competence:

• Demonstrates consistent and reliable diagnostic and therapeutic judgment.
• Supports clinical initiatives.
• Actively works to continually learn and apply new skills.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and participates in KPWA business initiatives.
• Practices in accordance with KPWA approved procedures, guidelines and protocols.

Teamwork and Collaborations:

• Demonstrates flexibility and ability to work effectively and as a team member.
• Regularly attends and participates in team and medical group meetings.
• Partners with team to develop protocols.
• Supports goals of the department.
• Models inclusive qualities including self-awareness, humility and curiosity.
• Values the perspectives of diverse stakeholders including clinical teams, patients and their communities.
• Encourages front line staff to improve where they work.
• Enthusiasm and ability to teach/host learners from various disciplines.

Service Excellence:

• Communicates effectively with patients, clinicians, families, nursing, and all levels of clinical staff.

• Participates in problem solving of consumer complaints.
• Actively participates in initiatives to increase patient access.
• Partners with patient in management of care.
• Demonstrates that patients come first.

Resource Utilization and Operational Excellence:

• Actively builds a culture of equity by understanding health disparities and creates interventions to address them.
• Ensures all pertinent patient care information is documented in the patient medical record in accordance with current standards and uses technology to manage the clinical practice.
• Promotes the use and understanding of evidence-based medicine to provide high-quality care.
• Evaluates procedural requests and reviews medical records to ensure appropriate plan of care is developed.
• Develops, implements, reviews and maintains associated informed consent orders and instructions.
• Complies with all state and federal regulations, in addition to KFHPW/WPMG practice standards.
• Seeks and offers appropriate and timely consultations consistent with protocols.
• Orders medication within prescriptive authority and promotes the use of the KPWA formulary.
• Orders lab, pharmacy, radiology, and special tests appropriately.
• Participates in medical staff quality improvement and review activities.
• Supports and promotes LEAN principles.

Knowledge/Skills Required

Leadership:

• Ability to collaborate and be influential across structures and roles. Possesses high professional standards and maintains respect of provider colleagues, demonstrated understanding of the changing medical environment such as medical/legal issues, staff concerns, customer demands, sensitivity to timing, etc.

Delivery Systems:

• Knowledge of delivery system operations, healthcare delivery systems and trends.

Business Acumen:

• Knowledge of business process and rapid cycle improvement and systems thinking Knowledgeable about care delivery across the continuum.

Decision Making Communication:

• Ability to challenge established ways and lead change. Demonstrated effective problem solving and decision-making skills. Proven negotiation and conflict resolution skills. Excellent communication skills.

Project Management:

• Must possess outstanding project management and data analytics skills. (preferred)