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Palliative Medicine Physician

Job ID 389221 Date posted 08/14/2026
  • Rochester, Minnesota
  • Full Time
  • Hospice & Palliative Care
  • Remote: No
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Benefits Highlights
  • Medical: Multiple plan options.
  • Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
  • Vision: Affordable plan with national network.
  • Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
  • Retirement: Competitive retirement package to secure your future.


Responsibilities

The Palliative Care team at Mayo Clinic seeks a board-certified Hospice and Palliative Care physician to join a robust practice impacting patients with serious illness across the care continuum.  Housed within the Department of Medicine, Division of Community Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Palliative Care at Mayo Clinic operates a sizeable interprofessional clinical practice, robust educational programs impacting trainees across the learning trajectory, a track record of clinical and educational innovation, as well as a growing research program to advance the science of Hospice and Palliative Care. 

 The practice includes interprofessional palliative care teams across several distinct service lines. Our clinical practice includes:

  • Three fully-staffed, interprofessional Palliative Care consult teams.
  • A primary inpatient Palliative Care service.
  • An extensive outpatient Palliative Care practice with embedded outpatient clinic models in Oncology, Cardiology and Neurology.
  • A regional Hospice practice with opportunities to impact patient care along a continuum of serious illness in partnership with our community practice & Geriatrics teams.
  • Novel artificial intelligence models designed to proactively help identify patients who could benefit from Hospice and Palliative Care within various care settings.

Our Palliative Care practice includes 17 full-time physician faculty, eight hybrid physician faculty, and a diverse interprofessional team including 20 NP/PAs, 14 RNs, social workers, chaplains, pharmacists, and a full-time integrated music therapy team.

Palliative Care at Mayo Clinic supports an ACGME-accredited physician fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine that attracts outstanding candidates from all over the country and is integrated in an interprofessional fashion with a NP/PA Palliative Care fellowship. In addition, numerous resident and fellow rotators from a diverse array of specialties allow physician faculty to become actively involved in teaching, and robust faculty development supports their growth as educators.

 Palliative Care at Mayo Clinic faculty are involved in over a dozen active research protocols, and our practice serves as a site for several national palliative care trials. This vigorous and well-supported academic practice provides faculty ample opportunity to engage in academic and educational pursuits. Additionally, there is dedicated support for clinician sustainability and unmatched financial support for CME.

 Other highlights:

  • An opportunity to participate across the breadth of our practice, including inpatient, outpatient, and hospice practice environments tailored to the individual’s strengths and desired growth edge.
  • An environment of unparalleled support within the institution for the value of Hospice and Palliative Care.
  • Opportunities for leadership and career sponsorship within the program commensurate with an individual’s strengths and professional interests.
  • Robust communication skills expertise among faculty, with opportunities to partner with colleagues to conduct training within the institution.

An ideal candidate has a passion for clinical and academic palliative care, along with a track record of scholarship in education and/or research, as well as a publication bibliography sufficient to enter at an associate professor rank. We will consider promising candidates with a trajectory of growth at the assistant professor rank as well.



Qualifications

  • Must be MD, DO, or equivalent.  
  • Must be board certified or board eligible in Hospice/Palliative Care.  
  • Preference given to candidates who have completed a Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship. 
  • Must be able to obtain an unrestricted MN medical license. 


Exemption Status

Exempt

Compensation Detail

The minimum starting salary for Primary Care specialties may range from $231,000 to $319,117. This range reflects full-time total base compensation prior to consideration of additional experience or duties. Pay for the selected candidate will vary based on specialty, experience, FTE, internal equity, or external market data.

Benefits Eligible

Yes

Schedule

Full Time

Hours/Pay Period

80

Schedule Details

As scheduled

International Assignment

No

Site Description

Just as our reputation has spread beyond our Minnesota roots, so have our locations. Today, our employees are located at our three major campuses in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, Jacksonville, Florida, Rochester, Minnesota, and at Mayo Clinic Health System campuses throughout Midwestern communities, and at our international locations. Each Mayo Clinic location is a special place where our employees thrive in both their work and personal lives. Learn more about what each unique Mayo Clinic campus has to offer, and where your best fit is.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Learn more about the "EOE is the Law".  Mayo Clinic participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.


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Jennell Prentice Endrizzi
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