Children’s National Hospital (CNH)
Medical Director of the Pediatric Palliative Care Team

Position Summary:  The Medical Director of the Pediatric Palliative Care Team will oversee the palliative care team at Children’s National Hospital. This person must be board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine ideally with experience in Pediatric Palliative Care. Applicants should have leadership experience with the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.  They should demonstrate a high level of emotional intelligence and have strong clinical experience. Responsibilities include overseeing operations and staffing, providing program development and quality assurance, supporting professional development of the team, and facilitating pediatric palliative care education both within the hospital and the surrounding community.

The Palliative Care Team provides approximately 2200 inpatient consults yearly at Children’s National Hospital as well as telemedicine consults throughout Virginia and Maryland. The team consists of 6 providers of which 4 are physicians and 2 are Advanced Practice Providers who have various clinical, scholarship, and educational goals and interests.

Direct Supervisor:  Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, Children’s National Hospital

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Operations
   1. Hiring/Onboarding/Orientation – Assist in the recruitment and interview process for new hires. Provide guidance during the credentialing/onboarding process and provide orientation to the site.
   2. Schedule – Manage schedule requests and build daily schedule while aligning with the division’s needs at CNH. Facilitate coverage when there are gaps or callouts.
   3. Staff Management – Conduct regular staff meetings to provide situational updates and allow discussion. Provide regular reminders and updates on key topics or events.
2. Program Development and Quality Assurance
   1. Quality/Process Improvement – Identify and implement quality and process improvement initiatives as needed. Assist with updates and development of policies and protocols.
   2. Clinical Care – Review clinical care issues and concerns that arise. Identify systems/process with opportunities to improve and implement changes and growth of the program as needed.  Provide regular feedback and updates to the team.
   3. Subspecialty and Multidisciplinary Care - Collaborate with subspecialists and multidisciplinary teams to support and provide excellent, evidence-based pediatric palliative care to patients in the hospital.
3. Faculty Development and Scholarship – Promote and support the faculty development of members in the group through role modeling and mentorship. The applicant should have experience in dissemination of scholarship with nationally recognized expertise.
4. Education
   1. Physician/Community – Facilitate and coordinate pediatric palliative care educational opportunities for physicians and providers both within the team as well as other departments and in the surrounding community.
   2. Multidisciplinary – In collaboration with unit managers and educators, facilitate and support pediatric palliative care educational opportunities for multidisciplinary staff as needed.
   3. Student/Resident – Oversee and provide support to the GME office at CNH. Facilitate conversations to support other trainee educational initiatives.

Deliverables:

• Participate in regular department and hospital-wide committees to potentially include, but not limited to: Ethics, Provider wellbeing, opioid stewardship
• Lead and develop Palliative Care team yearly goals
• Compile and submit annual performance metrics to senior leadership

Washington DC and the surrounding region is a great place to live with a variety of options for lifestyle and recreation. In addition to numerous art museums, galleries, theatres and restaurants, DC has easy access to the Blue Ridge Mountains and the beaches of the Eastern Shore. The climate is mild with warm summers and snowy winters, along with beautiful falls, springs, and notably the renowned Cherry Blossoms.  Uniquely, as the home to the US government, DC also offers numerous opportunities to be involved in advocacy work. DC is close to 3 major airports and easily accessible to NYC, Boston, and Philadelphia by car/train.

Children’s National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

Interested applicants, please email your CV and cover letter to:
hospitalmedicine@childrensnational.org

About Children's National Medical Center

Children’s National Medical Center is a tertiary care teaching hospital and serves as the primary pediatric teaching site for the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Children’s National is the only hospital in the greater DC region exclusively dedicated to the care of children and was named as a top 10 children’s hospital in the U.S. News and World Report Survey for the fourth year in a row. We deliver comprehensive, world-class health care in more than 30 pediatric specialties. Children’s National Health System is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law.