Travel Hospice Program Director

Care Initiatives • Iowa City, IA

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About The Position

Care Initiatives is hiring an experienced Travel Hospice Program Director to support and lead teams across nine hospice locations throughout Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska. The role provides operational and clinical leadership in varied settings, with a focus on operational excellence, quality patient care, and team success.

The director assists with clinical manager responsibilities and the day-to-day operations of assigned hospice locations. This position develops clinical and operational strategies and directs teams to ensure patients receive consistently high-quality care. The role also calls for cultivating teamwork and continuous improvement, serving others compassionately, and promoting staff skill development and personal growth. Travel throughout Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska, including overnight stays, is required.

Requirements

• Active RN license in the state or states in which the candidate will operate.
• Active CPR certification.
• Hospice or palliative care experience.
• Two years of recent clinical leadership experience in hospice, oncology, home health, or public health nursing.

Nice To Haves

• Hospice experience is preferred for candidates with recent clinical leadership experience in hospice, oncology, home health, or public health nursing.

Responsibilities

• Support and lead teams across nine hospice locations throughout Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska.
• Assist with clinical manager responsibilities and day-to-day operations of assigned hospice locations.
• Develop effective clinical and operational strategies and direct teams to provide consistently high-quality patient care.
• Promote teamwork, continuous improvement, compassionate service, and staff skill development and personal growth.
• Support employee engagement and retention, census growth and case mix diversification, business and people development, regulatory compliance and survey readiness, and effective financial management.
• Strategically allocate resources, build high-performing teams, and foster relationships with staff, patients, families, referral partners, healthcare providers, and community stakeholders.
• Travel throughout Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska, including overnight stays.

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Retirement savings.
• Basic Life and AD&D coverage.
• Voluntary Life and AD&D coverage.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage.
• On-demand pay.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed