Palliative Care Medical Director
MedStar Health · Leonardtown, MD
Posted October 17, 2026
MedStar St. Mary's Hospital · 25500 Point Lookout Rd, Leonardtown, MD, US, 20650
- Pay: $225,000 – $300,000 per year
- Schedule: Full Time, Day (Rotating Weekends)
- Location: MedStar St. Mary's Hospital
- MedStar Job ID: 158823
Palliative Care Medical Director, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital – Leonardtown, MD
MedStar Health offers a uniquely rewarding career in a major marketplace. Shape your future in health care in the kind of setting that’s right for you and your practice. Become part of an organization that welcomes your experience, input and leadership — as a clinician and healthcare expert.
The MedStar Health Palliative Care program has an integrated, patient-centric, and interdisciplinary model of care distributed throughout the Baltimore-Washington region. With over 50 team members, MedStar Health has one of the largest palliative care programs in the country.
By joining MedStar Health you will receive many great benefits to include:
- Guaranteed base compensation
- Signing and other bonuses
- CME paid time off and stipend
- Much more!
The goal at MedStar Health is to provide patients with easy access to highly qualified physicians focused on an excellent patient experience, while delivering world-class quality care.
Position highlights
- Be a part of the largest and strongest academic community hospitals in the region
- Ability to care for medically complex patients
- Join a very strong, supportive, experienced team
The candidate will be the on-site Medical Director and enjoy providing clinical care at MedStar St. Mary's Hospital. The position will be 90% clinical and 10% Medical Director.
As a MedStar Palliative Care physician leader, you will
- Build effective relationships with referring physicians, identify opportunities to improve patient care, and improve efficiency and effectiveness of the service.
- Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and clinical policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate best practices and actively engage in teaching other team members and learners in the process.
- Collaborate with others as appropriate to ensure that palliative clinical protocols, utilization review, case management, quality assurance, and compliance programs are implemented according to hospital policies.
Be a part of a nationally-recognized health system and the largest provider of health services in the Baltimore/Washington region. With our vast resources and capabilities at your disposal, you can expand your clinical expertise. Enjoy a rich career and a quality of life unique to Baltimore and the Mid-Atlantic region, which features a mix of urban, suburban and rural communities.
This position has a salary range of $225,000 - $300,000.
Employer
MedStar Health
MedStar Health is the largest health system and the largest provider of healthcare services in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore region. A non-profit organization, MedStar brings together 30,000 associates working at 10 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care sites, more than 700 access points of care across more than 225 zip codes in 17 counties in Maryland, D.C. and Northern Virginia.
The MedStar system includes:
- Hospitals including MedStar Washington Hospital Center, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Union Memorial, MedStar Franklin Square, MedStar Good Samaritan, MedStar Harbor, MedStar Montgomery, MedStar Southern Maryland and MedStar St. Mary's
- MedStar Medical Group, one of the nation's 15 largest medical groups, plus ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care and primary care practices across the region
- One of the largest graduate medical education programs in the country, with major research and innovation platforms
Why physicians and advanced practice providers choose MedStar:
- Published hiring ranges on every position
- The largest employed anesthesia group in the region, with MDAs, CRNAs and CAAs employed directly by the health system
- Productivity and quality incentives, paid malpractice, CME time and allowance, and 403(b), 457(b) and 457(f) retirement plans on many roles
- Student loan forgiveness eligibility as a non-profit employer
Recognition: MedStar Health has been named one of "America's Greatest Workplaces" by Newsweek (including Inclusion and Diversity, Women, Parents and Families, Mental Wellbeing and Healthcare) and one of "America's Best Employers" by Forbes. MedStar is committed to equity for all people and communities.