Hospice Director Clinical Services
About The Position
JourneyCare Hospice is seeking a Hospice Director of Clinical Services in Deerfield, IL. This role involves ensuring care is provided in accordance with all relevant guidelines, managing clinical staff, monitoring business operations for financial stability and progress towards strategic goals, and fostering effective communication. The Director is responsible for adequate staffing, staff supervision, and comprehensive staff development, including orientation, in-service training, continuing education, competency testing, and quality improvement. This position also involves managing the hospice program's clinical operations, demonstrating exceptional service to patients and families, participating in case referrals, reviewing patient information, assigning personnel, conferring with the Medical Director on eligibility, and ensuring Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) meetings are conducted and records maintained.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited registered nursing program.
- One year hospice experience required.
- Two years healthcare management experience required.
- Must have good knowledge of hospice Medicare, Medicaid, State and Federal guidelines.
- Maintains a current CPR certification.
- Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
Nice To Haves
- BSN preferred.
Responsibilities
- Ensures that care is provided in accordance with Medicare, Medicaid, Federal and state guidelines.
- Ensures that all direct care clinical staff are assigned appropriately.
- Monitors business operations to insure financial stability.
- Monitors operational progress toward accomplishing operational and strategic goals.
- Establishes and maintains effective, open channels of communication.
- Ensures adequate and appropriate staffing and staff supervision.
- Ensures complete, appropriate, and adequate staff development, including orientation, in-service, continuing education, competency testing and quality assessment performance improvement.
- Responsible for the management of the hospice program in matters of clinical operation.
- Demonstrates exceptional service to patients, families, referral sources, co-workers, and other customers.
- Assists team members as needed to ensure that this level of service is consistently provided.
- Active participant in receiving case referrals.
- Reviews available patient information related to case, including home visits, to determine hospice/home care needs.
- Assigns appropriate hospice personnel to case as needed.
- Conferences with Medical Director regarding any questions about an individual's eligibility for services.
- Ensures that Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) meetings are regularly conducted, and records maintained.
- Attends IDG meetings to facilitate coordination of care and discussion of interdisciplinary group involvement.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, disability)
- 401(k) retirement plan with a generous company match
- Generous time off accruals
- Paid holidays
- Mileage reimbursement
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Referral Program Bonus Eligible
- Hospice Certification benefit and salary increase
- Merit Increases
- Employee Discount Programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
