PALCARE
The Jimmy S Bilimoria Foundation
Job Title: Palliative Care Physician
Role: Doctor
Name of Organisation: The Jimmy S Bilimoria Foundation (Palcare)
Essential Qualification: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from an Indian institution recognized by the Medical Council of India
Experience Required: 2 – 3 years
No. of Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Mumbai
State / Union Territory: Maharashtra
Job Description:
Nature of Job: To look after patients with serious, life limiting conditions, particularly cancer patients, at their homes, in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region so as to relieve their pain and manage their symptoms, ensuring quality of life and dignity in death.
Remuneration: Your salary will be generous and commensurate with your years of experience.
Reporting to: Senior Physician and General Manager, PALCARE.
Place of Job: Mumbai Metropolitan region, Accommodation is not provided and applicants must make their own arrangements.
Job Description: You will be the team leader of a medical palliative care team comprising you, as the doctor, two nurses and one psycho-social counsellor. You will visit patients at their homes. There, you will provide compassionate and expert medical care so as to relieve their pain and manage their symptoms, ensuring that they have quality of life and die in dignity. You will be assigned a zone close to your home to minimize travel time to patients. This is a 9:30 am to 5:30 p.m. job – leaving your evenings free.
Additional Information: Personal characteristics–
- Have excellent medical knowledge and skills
- Be willing to learn the discipline of palliative care medicine and be prepared to undergo specialised training and regular refresher courses thereon
- Show compassion and personalised care to patients and their families
- Have effective communication skills, preferably in English, Hindi / Marathi
- Be dedicated to the job and be hard working
- Must be willing to make a commitment to the organization for a minimum of 3 years
Our patients and their loved ones shower us with their blessings for the smile that we bring to their faces, and you will feel very satisfied to be part of a team that has made a difference to the patient and family.
Where & How to send application: Interested candidates may send their Curriculum Vitae mentioning – “Application for the post Palliative Care Physician at PALCARE” as subject with detailed information on experience through email to: gracy.palcareindia@gmail.com and elaine.palcareindia@gmail.com