Skip to content

Doctors

Palliative Care Physician

MedStar Health$225,000/yrWashington, DCFull timePosted 2mo agoStill open, checked every night

How this pay compares

This posting does not state an hourly rate. Open physician jobs in District of Columbia post a median of $204 an hour, the middle half $144.24–$313.13, across 12 jobs that state their pay. Physicians employed in District of Columbia earn a median of $37.23 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).

Physicians in District of Columbia: pay by town and employer

The Physicians & Surgeons job market: pay, applicant demand and hiring, researched nightly

Physician and surgeon jobs in our research

  • How long these jobs stay listed: Still listed at 7 days 85.5%
  • Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 0.17x · Clicks 9
  • How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 39.2% · Stating an hourly rate 12.0%

From every open job we read and every apply click on this site, as of 11 Nov 2026. Every figure for Physician and surgeon jobs

About the job

About the Job

Palliative Care Physician, Palliative Medicine

MedStar Washington Hospital Center | Washington, DC

About MedStar Washington Hospital Center

MedStar Washington Hospital Center is a 912-bed, not-for-profit academic medical center and one of the nation's leading tertiary and quaternary care hospitals. Located in the heart of Washington, DC, the Hospital Center serves as a major referral center for some of the region's most complex medical and surgical patients.

The organization is nationally recognized for excellence in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, trauma, critical care, transplantation, and burn care. Its distinguished programs include:

  • Nationally recognized cardiology and cardiac surgery services, including the highest three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
  • The region's first Comprehensive Stroke Center, certified by The Joint Commission.
  • The District of Columbia's only Cardiac Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) program.
  • MedSTAR, a nationally verified Level I Trauma Center with advanced air and ground transport capabilities.
  • The region's only adult Burn Center.

Physicians joining MedStar Washington Hospital Center become part of an innovative academic environment dedicated to exceptional patient care, research, education, and quality improvement.

Opportunity

MedStar Health is seeking exceptional candidates for staff positions within the Division of Palliative Medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

We are recruiting for

  • Staff position, Palliative Care Physician, Palliative Medicine

About the Program

MedStar Palliative Care is an established, highly respected program with a national reputation for innovation, clinical excellence, education, and interprofessional practice. The Washington Hospital Center team includes physicians, advanced practice providers, social workers, chaplains, pharmacists, and dedicated administrative support working collaboratively to care for patients with serious illness.

The program is deeply integrated throughout the health system and is highly valued by hospital leadership, referring specialists, and interdisciplinary partners. The ACGME-accredited Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship has trained numerous successful academic and clinical leaders and continues to attract highly competitive applicants from across the country.

Faculty have opportunities for clinical, educational, quality improvement, and research collaboration, including partnerships with:

  • MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
  • Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Critical Care, Trauma, Transplantation, and Neuroscience Programs
  • Ongoing health services, communication, and serious illness care research initiatives

Minimal Qualifications

Education

  • Graduation from an accredited school of medicine and palliative medicine fellowship - required

Experience

  • 1-2 years Practice experience - preferred

Licenses and Certifications

  • MD - Physician - State Licensure License to practice medicine in Washington D.C. required
  • Board certification in primary care specialty preferred

Why Join MedStar Palliative Care?

This is an exceptional opportunity to lead one of the region's premier academic palliative care programs while helping shape the future of serious illness care, research, and education within MedStar Health. Leaders will work alongside nationally recognized clinical, educational, and research partners while making a meaningful impact on patients, families, trainees, and the broader healthcare system.

Compensation: $225,000.00+ potential incentives, quality, and administrative pay.

#DOX-2

#LI-IC1

This position has a hiring range of

USD $225,000.00 - USD $225,000.00 /Yr.

From MedStar Health's job posting, checked 13 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

Selected agencies hiring now

All agencies and apps →
  • GQR Healthcare logo

    GQR HealthcareHealthcare staffing agency

    A healthcare staffing firm placing RNs, LPNs, allied professionals and locum tenens providers.

    Places: Nurses, Allied health, Doctors, NPs & PAs

  • Uniti Med logo

    Uniti MedTravel nursing agency

    Places travel nurses, allied professionals and locum providers on contracts and permanent jobs.

    Places: Nurses, Allied health, Doctors, NPs & PAs

These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.

Sponsored

Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay CareJobs.Now when you click one.

Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.

New physician and surgeon jobs in District of Columbia, by email

One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.

About MedStar Health

MedStar Health hires nurses, therapists and imaging techs in Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia.

Hires in Maryland, District of Columbia, VirginiaPay on its listings: shown on each listing that states it

More open jobs at MedStar Health

More physician and surgeon jobs

A licensed physician?

One profile for every employer here. Hospitals, clinics and care companies ask us for people with a specific license, specialty, language or schedule: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.

Create my profile

MedStar Health openings, sent to you weekly

Each week we send the newest postings from MedStar Health's own careers site, along with similar openings at other hospitals and care employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.

Palliative Care Physician at MedStar Health in Washington, DC | CareJobs.Now