August 10, 2026Ref: PLM 27088

Palliative Medicine Physician - Alabama

  • Birmingham, Alabama
  • Physician
  • Palliative Medicine
  • Academic Position
  • 240000 - 270000

Position Highlights:

Academic Palliative Medicine Faculty

University of Alabama-Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

 

Few programs have influenced the specialty of Hospice & Palliative Medicine quite like UAB.

Established in 2002, the Center for Palliative & Supportive Care is one of the nation's oldest academic palliative care programs and one of only six CAPC Palliative Care Leadership Centers in the country. Join a nationally recognized team where physicians can build careers around inpatient medicine, outpatient supportive care, education, research, leadership, and program development.

Position Highlights: 

  • Nationally Recognized Program: Join one of the nation's most established academic palliative care programs and one of only six CAPC Palliative Care Leadership Centers nationwide.
  • Career Flexibility: Opportunities available in inpatient palliative medicine, outpatient supportive care, hybrid practice models, teaching, research, quality improvement, and leadership.
  • Unique Practice Environment: Dedicated 12-bed Palliative & Comfort Care Unit and a comprehensive interdisciplinary Supportive Care Clinic.
  • Academic Growth: Teach fellows, residents, and medical students while developing your own academic niche and scholarly interests.
  • Collaborative Culture: Work alongside approximately 45 faculty members, 19 APPs, 10 PhD faculty members, and a highly integrated multidisciplinary team.

Compensation & Benefits:

  • Competitive Compensation: Academic salary model with productivity incentives and leadership opportunities.
  • Industry-Leading Retirement: Employer match plus a 13.05% institutional retirement contribution.
  • PSLF Eligible: Qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
  • Robust Benefits Package: Relocation support, CME funding, generous PTO, and comprehensive health and retirement benefits.

Qualifications: 

  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in Hospice & Palliative Medicine
  • Eligible for Alabama medical licensure
  • Passion for interdisciplinary care, serious illness communication, and academic medicine
  • Experienced and early-career physicians encouraged to apply
  • Visa support considered on a case-by-case basis

About Birmingham, Alabama

  • The Best-Kept Secret in Academic Medicine: A metro of more than one million people offering major-city amenities without the cost and congestion of larger academic markets.
  • Exceptional Quality of Life: Affordable housing, outstanding purchasing power, and short commutes that allow physicians to enjoy life outside of medicine.
  • Premier Neighborhoods & Schools: Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills, Homewood, and Hoover are consistently among the region's most sought-after communities.
  • Outdoor Recreation & Dining: Enjoy golf, lakes, hiking, cycling, and a nationally recognized culinary scene.
  • Easy Southeastern Access: Known as "The Heart of the Southeast" with a short drive to Atlanta, Nashville, and Gulf Coast beaches, plus direct access through Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.

Why UAB?

Build your career within one of the programs that helped shape modern palliative medicine. Whether your interests are clinical care, education, leadership, research, or program development, UAB offers the flexibility, infrastructure, and academic support to create a long-term career path that is uniquely your own.

Job Reference #: [PM 27088] 

About the Community

Academic Palliative Medicine Faculty

University of Alabama-Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

 

Few programs have influenced the specialty of Hospice & Palliative Medicine quite like UAB.

Established in 2002, the Center for Palliative & Supportive Care is one of the nation's oldest academic palliative care programs and one of only six CAPC Palliative Care Leadership Centers in the country. Join a nationally recognized team where physicians can build careers around inpatient medicine, outpatient supportive care, education, research, leadership, and program development.

Position Highlights: 

  • Nationally Recognized Program: Join one of the nation's most established academic palliative care programs and one of only six CAPC Palliative Care Leadership Centers nationwide.
  • Career Flexibility: Opportunities available in inpatient palliative medicine, outpatient supportive care, hybrid practice models, teaching, research, quality improvement, and leadership.
  • Unique Practice Environment: Dedicated 12-bed Palliative & Comfort Care Unit and a comprehensive interdisciplinary Supportive Care Clinic.
  • Academic Growth: Teach fellows, residents, and medical students while developing your own academic niche and scholarly interests.
  • Collaborative Culture: Work alongside approximately 45 faculty members, 19 APPs, 10 PhD faculty members, and a highly integrated multidisciplinary team.

Compensation & Benefits:

  • Competitive Compensation: Academic salary model with productivity incentives and leadership opportunities.
  • Industry-Leading Retirement: Employer match plus a 13.05% institutional retirement contribution.
  • PSLF Eligible: Qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
  • Robust Benefits Package: Relocation support, CME funding, generous PTO, and comprehensive health and retirement benefits.

Qualifications: 

  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in Hospice & Palliative Medicine
  • Eligible for Alabama medical licensure
  • Passion for interdisciplinary care, serious illness communication, and academic medicine
  • Experienced and early-career physicians encouraged to apply
  • Visa support considered on a case-by-case basis

About Birmingham, Alabama

  • The Best-Kept Secret in Academic Medicine: A metro of more than one million people offering major-city amenities without the cost and congestion of larger academic markets.
  • Exceptional Quality of Life: Affordable housing, outstanding purchasing power, and short commutes that allow physicians to enjoy life outside of medicine.
  • Premier Neighborhoods & Schools: Mountain Brook, Vestavia Hills, Homewood, and Hoover are consistently among the region's most sought-after communities.
  • Outdoor Recreation & Dining: Enjoy golf, lakes, hiking, cycling, and a nationally recognized culinary scene.
  • Easy Southeastern Access: Known as "The Heart of the Southeast" with a short drive to Atlanta, Nashville, and Gulf Coast beaches, plus direct access through Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.

Why UAB?

Build your career within one of the programs that helped shape modern palliative medicine. Whether your interests are clinical care, education, leadership, research, or program development, UAB offers the flexibility, infrastructure, and academic support to create a long-term career path that is uniquely your own.

Job Reference #: [PM 27088] 

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