**Description** **PeaceHealth Medical Group is seeking a 0.5 FTE MD/DO Palliative Care Medical Director to lead the Columbia Network Palliative Care service.** **Job Summary:** Responsible for providing clinical leadership for the Palliative Care Service and for planning, developing and directing patient care programs in alignment with quadruple aim objectives. The Medical Director – Palliative Care must ensure that quality and performance improvement activities meet their target conditions. Responsible for providing professional medical direction including, but not limited to, implementing, maintaining, and refining approved quality assurance/utilization management programs; keeping abreast of and ensuring compliance with federal and Joint Commission regulations. **Essential Functions:** • Implement and oversee an on-going formal evaluation of clinical quality operational performance and provide feedback and recommendations for providers evaluations. • Establish and demonstrate behavioral standards and participate in system-wide networking groups to insure the achievement of organization-wide clinical and service quality goals. • Foster effective working relationships among the parties and facilitate resolution to problems. May conduct periodic team meetings with physicians, nurses, support staff and applicable hospital personnel, and implement such other communication methods as are necessary. • Ensure the administration and operation of the department in an efficient and effective manner subject to the policies, procedures, and instructions. • Assist the operational leadership in the development, management, marketing, budgeting and financial performance of the department. • Ensure the development and administration of a fair and equitable work schedule and the timely communication of the schedule and any adjustments to it throughout the organization. • Performs other duties as assigned. **Experience:** • Experience and success in leading and facilitating group of physicians - Required **Credentials:** • Basic Life Support within 30 Days – Required or Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 30 Days – Required or Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 30 Days - Required **Skills:** • Excellent verbal, negotiation, and written communication skills, particularly with key stakeholder groups such as physicians, other clinicians, and quality improvement staff - Required • Strong customer service focus - Required **Working Conditions:** • Lifting • Consistently operates computer and other office equipment. • Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. • Sedentary work. **Environmental Conditions:** • Predominantly operates in an office environment. • Some time spent on site in medical/hospital setting. **Mental/Visual:** • Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information. • The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. **Mission Statement and Disclaimer:** At PeaceHealth, we carry on the healing mission of Jesus Christ by promoting personal and community health, relieving pain and suffering, and treating each person in a loving and caring way. The fulfillment of this Mission is our shared purpose. It drives all that we are and all that we do. Caregivers of PeaceHealth embrace the spirit of these words and share our commitment to Exceptional Medicine and Compassionate Care, and are willing to learn and grow as a member of the PeaceHealth family. **DISCLAIMER:** The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed within this job class. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of caregivers assigned to this job. REQNUMBER: 102066