Palliative Care Physician - Martinsburg, WV

Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia

Role overview:
Provide inpatient and/or outpatient palliative care consultations for adults with serious or life-limiting illness. Manage complex symptoms, lead goals-of-care and advance care planning discussions, develop individualized care plans, and coordinate care across settings in partnership with an interdisciplinary team.

Key responsibilities:

• Conduct palliative care consultations and follow-up visits for adult patients
• Assess and manage complex pain and non-pain symptoms
• Facilitate goals-of-care conversations and advance care planning
• Provide end-of-life care and symptom control
• Communicate prognosis and treatment options to patients and families
• Coordinate care with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, and other team members
• Document care plans and maintain appropriate clinical records

Required qualifications:

• MD or DO
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or a related specialty
• Active West Virginia medical license or eligibility to obtain one
• DEA registration as required

Desired skills:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience managing medically complex adult patients
• Collaborative approach to interdisciplinary care

Focus:
Quality of life, symptom relief, patient-centered decision-making, and family support.