Vice President of Patient and Family Experience

Affinity Hospice • Birmingham, AL

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About The Position

The Vice President of Patient and Family Experience will develop and lead an organization-wide strategy focused on enhancing the patient and family experience across all stages of the hospice journey. This role also provides executive oversight for Volunteer Services, ensuring seamless integration and alignment with the organization's mission. The position is a key member of the executive leadership team, contributing to overall organizational strategy and decision-making. The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of patient-centered care, service excellence, and quality improvement principles, with a proven ability to lead diverse teams and drive measurable improvements in patient, family, and volunteer outcomes.

Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of patient- and family-centered care and service excellence principles.
• Understanding of hospice, healthcare, post-acute care, or other patient-centered service environments.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute organization-wide strategic initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead diverse teams and develop leaders.
• Strong understanding of quality improvement and performance management.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, metrics, surveys, and performance indicators to drive decisions and improvements.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong presentation, public speaking, and facilitation skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, caregivers, volunteers, employees, physicians, executives, and community partners.
• Strong decision-making, problem-solving, conflict-resolution, and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and competing organizational needs.

Nice To Haves

• Affinity Hospice is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead an organization-wide Patient and Family Experience strategy aligned with organizational priorities, serving as a primary advocate for the patient, family, and caregiver voice.
• Establish and promote standards for patient- and family-centered service excellence across the hospice journey, from referral and admission through end-of-life care and bereavement.
• Monitor patient and family satisfaction, feedback, complaints, grievances, and other experience data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop service recovery and improvement strategies and partner with Clinical and Operations leadership to address barriers to exceptional patient and family experiences.
• Establish measurable experience goals and monitor organizational performance to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
• Provide executive oversight and strategic direction for Volunteer Services, including leadership of the Area Volunteer Coordinator team.
• Develop and oversee volunteer recruitment, orientation, training, engagement, utilization, supervision, evaluation, and recognition programs.
• Monitor volunteer recruitment, retention, utilization, and engagement metrics and ensure accurate documentation and compliance with applicable regulatory and organizational requirements.
• Ensure volunteer services are effectively integrated into the hospice interdisciplinary model and aligned with the needs of patients, families, caregivers, and the communities served.
• Promote and expand volunteer services through organizational and community engagement initiatives.
• Utilize patient/family experience, volunteer, satisfaction, complaint, grievance, and other performance data to identify opportunities and drive measurable improvement.
• Develop, implement, and monitor action plans to address identified gaps and improve patient, family, caregiver, and volunteer outcomes.
• Partner with Clinical, Quality, Operations, and other leaders to align experience initiatives with quality outcomes and organizational priorities.
• Support regulatory and accreditation readiness related to patient rights, satisfaction, experience, and volunteer services.
• Promote a culture of accountability, compassion, service excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a member of the executive leadership team and contribute to organizational strategy, decision-making, and strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with Clinical, Operations, Education, Quality, and other departments to promote consistent patient, family, caregiver, and volunteer experiences.
• Provide leadership, direction, and accountability for assigned teams, programs, budgets, and organizational initiatives.
• Build and maintain relationships with patients, families, caregivers, volunteers, employees, physicians, community partners, and other stakeholders.
• Represent the organization in community and professional settings and identify opportunities to strengthen engagement and organizational relationships.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Chief Executive Officer.

What This Job Offers

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