Medical Director Palliative Care

Company: Providence Health & Services
Location: Issaquah
Posted on: July 10, 2025

Job Description:

Swedish Medical Group is seeking an Experienced Medical Director and Physician Leader for Palliative Care, a role that will be held concurrently with a Palliative Care Float Physician position. The Medical Director will work clinically with inpatient teams across four hospital campuses throughout the year, ensuring the achievement of program goals while upholding the core values of compassion, dignity, justice, excellence, integrity, and safety. This leadership role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the field of palliative care within a supportive, patient-centered environment. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced physician leader to contribute to the culture-building, care standardization, and strategy development and implementation of a large palliative care team. Full time position split Medical Director and Clinical FTE The Medical Director position will be held concurrently with a Palliative Care Float Physician position with the expectation that Medical Director will work clinically with the inpatient teams at each of the 4 hospital campuses Lead a mix of inpatient and outpatient care Palliative Care provides leadership and oversight to the care of patients in the inpatient and outpatient settings at Providence Swedish Central Service Area and Providence Swedish. Sign on bonus Compensation is between $257,009 and $318,396 per year The compensation amounts listed may include productivity or quality/service incentives, call pay, extra shift incentives, as applicable to the position. In addition, providers may have CME benefits available to them Where Youll Work Swedish Medical Group is an integrated team of more than 1,300 physicians and advanced practice clinicians serving the greater Seattle area. As part of Swedish Health System, medical group providers benefit from centralized system support and a shared EMR (Epic). With easy access to seven Swedish Medical Center campuses, providers are able to serve northwest Washington residents with superior integrated, coordinated care. Where Youll Live Seattle is the Pacific Northwests largest urban center, with a metro population of 3.25 million, and is home to world-class arts and entertainment, a robust economy and an outstanding school system. The city hugs Puget Sound and offers magnificent mountain views to the north, east and south. Home to the worlds biggest tech giants, Seattle offers some of the highest minimum wages in the country, along with a notable music and arts scene, outdoor lifestyle and amazing coffee. Who Youll Work For Swedish is a comprehensive health network with a long history of excellence. The Seattle-based system operates five hospitals with more than 1,500 beds, and more than 115 primary and specialty care clinics. Part of the Providence family, Swedish is world-renowned for its innovative and ground-breaking diagnoses, treatments and medical research at its five award-winning institutes: cancer, digestive health, heart and vascular, neuroscience and orthopedic. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of each person it serves. Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran Lets get in touch. If you have questions about this specific job or others, Im all ears. Send me a note and well be one step closer to the right opportunity.

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