Director - Post-Acute & Community Partnerships

Luminis Health • Annapolis, MD

2h • $130,000 - $180,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Post-Acute & Community Partnerships is responsible for enterprise-wide post-acute performance, including strategy, governance, partner alignment, and financial outcomes under Maryland’s Total Cost of Care (TCOC) and AHEAD models. The Director leads structured collaboration with Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs), Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals (LTACHs), and Home-Based Care partners to reduce avoidable readmissions, improve post-acute throughput, optimize episode performance, and strengthen system-wide care integration. This role serves as the enterprise owner of post-acute performance, accountable for measurable improvements in length of stay, readmissions, and total cost of care across the system.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 3 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience in one or more: Post-acute strategy, Population health, Care continuum operations, Value-based payment models, Healthcare network development
• Proven ability to influence executive and external partner stakeholders.
• High ethical standards and a commitment to compliance
• Excellent organizational, time management and problem-solving skills
• Ability to function effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree strongly preferred (MBA, MHA, MPH, Nursing, or related field).
• Experience in Maryland’s TCOC or similar global budget environment strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and direction to post-acute network performance team, including Manager-level and professional staff responsible for execution of enterprise strategy.
• Establishes and leads enterprise post-acute governance structures, including performance standards, escalation pathways, and partner alignment strategies to drive outcomes beyond the hospital stay.
• Accountable for achieving measurable financial and operational outcomes, including reduction in avoidable inpatient days, readmissions, and post-acute utilization costs.
• Establishes enterprise-wide quality and patient safety frameworks and ensures effective execution of clinical and organizational improvement initiatives through operational leadership.
• Accountable for building and sustaining a data-driven, performance-based post-acute network model aligned to system financial sustainability and clinical quality goals.
• Develops a preferred partner tiering strategy and leads a system-wide preferred network or collaborative.
• Provides leadership oversight for recruitment and retention efforts for care navigation, clinical transitions, and post-acute network performance staff.
• Serves as a strategic partner to executive clinical and operational leadership (CMO, Care Management, Service Line Leaders) to drive system-wide performance in readmissions, length of stay, and post-acute utilization.
• Leads and contributes to the development and execution of long-range strategy for post-acute and community partnerships in collaboration with executive leadership.
• Represents the post-acute and care transitions team at departmental, hospital and health system meetings with other leaders.
• Ensures enterprise post-acute partnership strategy complies with federal and state regulatory requirements, including patient choice protections, anti-kickback statutes, and CMS discharge planning regulations.
• Provides structured decision support through scenario modeling, risk analysis, and performance forecasting related to post-acute utilization and discharge disposition trends.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance Benefits
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs and more

What This Job Offers

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