Director of Hospice

Corus Health • Albuquerque, NM

2d

About The Position

At Corus Health, the Director of Hospice leads the team supporting patients and families through the end-of-life journey, ensuring care is compassionate, high quality, and compliant. The Director partners closely with the Executive Director and serves as the Executive Director’s designee when needed. This role sets the standard for hospice care at Corus and is suited to an experienced hospice leader who combines compassion with disciplined leadership.

Requirements

• A Registered Nurse license in the state of practice, or another clinical license that meets state hospice requirements.
• A bachelor’s degree in nursing, healthcare administration, or a related field.
• 3 to 5 years of progressive leadership experience in hospice or end-of-life care, including at least 1 year in a clinical management role.
• Ability to develop people, build trust, and bring calm to competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort with EMR systems and Microsoft Office.
• A valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and ability to travel locally between patient homes, care facilities, and offices.

Nice To Haves

• A master’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team, including the Clinical Manager, chaplain, social work, bereavement, volunteer, scheduling, and nurse practitioner colleagues.
• Oversee hiring, orientation, evaluation, and development of hospice staff, including staffing patterns and on-call rotations.
• Ensure individualized care plans are developed and updated in accordance with physician orders and Medicare Conditions of Participation.
• Direct interdisciplinary group meetings, family care conferences, and quality assurance and performance improvement activities.
• Review clinical records and monitor practices to protect outcomes, patient and family satisfaction, and compliance.
• Build relationships with physicians, referral partners, community organizations, and the Professional Advisory Committee.
• Represent hospice in community education to help people understand the hospice benefit.
• Coordinate with other providers and service lines to support seamless transitions of care, including to and from palliative care.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• PTO
• 401(k)
• Mileage reimbursement
• Access to the Duke City Urgent and Primary Care Partnership at no cost if enrolled in a Corus medical plan
• Verizon employee discount
• Hardship Fund available once per year with no repayment required
• Monthly birthday celebrations, potlucks, community outreach events, and an annual “Balloons and Breakfast” during Balloon Fiesta

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director