Medical Director Physician
Company: University Hospitals
Location: Cleveland
Posted on: January 16, 2026
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Job Description:
Description Position: Director of Palliative Care UHMG/UHCMC
Clinical Department: Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care The
Director of Palliative Care oversees the clinical, operational and
administrative activities of the palliative care program to ensure
the delivery of high quality care in a compassionate, efficient and
cost effective manner. The Director will engage in the activities
outlined in the sections below. The Director may be asked to
perform additional duties at the discretion of Departmental or
Hospital leadership. Physician Leadership: 1. Collaborate with
hospital leadership on the improvement and growth of the system
wide model for palliative care. 2. Recruit palliative care
certified faculty for the hospital and system wide program 3.
Support and mentor the palliative care medical staff within the
section 4. Provide specific guidance for the regional medical
directors performance expectations 5. Collaborate with regional
medical directors to formalize supervision, education, and career
development of palliative care NP's 6. Work collaboratively to
advance the clinical and academic mission of the section. Clinical
Quality and Operations: 1. Formalize the model of care for the
palliative care unit(s) with the regional directors. 2. Develop a
coverage model, in collaboration with the regional medical
directors, to assure an appropriately sized professional staff to
meet the clinical and administrative needs of the hospitals and
system. 3. Collaborate with Hospital leadership to ensure clinical
care is compliant with UH system, regulatory and accreditation
standards. 4. Collaborate with Departmental and Hospital leadership
as a participant in quality assurance and peer review activities
related to care. Develops a process to provide documented feedback
when opportunities for improvement are identified. 5. Formalize a
quality metrics dashboard for hospitals/system wide palliative
care. Education, Information and Communication: 1. Ensure
appropriate supervision of all trainees and allied health
professionals in the delivery of clinical care. 2. Responsible for
assuring clinical competency for new faculty. 3. Maintain, improve
and grow the educational program/curriculum for residents/fellows
in all specialties as well as hospitalists. 4. Maintain and oversee
the fellowship program in palliative care. 5. Ensure necessary
infrastructure for palliative care documentation. 6. Participates
with divisional faculty in local and regional CME events and
physician outreach activities. Qualifications Board certified or
board eligible Physician Active Ohio Medical License in good
standing upon effective date of employment Excellent clinical and
teaching skills Must be able to enrich the inter-collaborative
culture of the Division New and experienced geriatric trained
physicians are welcome to apply Additional Salary Detail: The
salary range and/or hourly rate listed reflects a good faith
estimate of the potential base compensation for this physician
position at the time of posting. This range is subject to change
and may be updated in the future. Actual compensation will be
determined by various factors, including (but not limited to)
location, specialty, academic rank, board certification, years of
relevant experience, education, credentials, internal equity, etc.
Unless otherwise noted, this figure does not include incentive pay
or the value of University Hospitals' comprehensive benefits
package. Click here to view complete wellness and benefits
details.
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