Medical Director

Job Description

Job Description

Medical Director Hospice

POSITION TYPE : Physician

SPECIALTY UNIT : Medical Director

LOCATION : Carmel, IN

SHIFT : Days

JOB TYPE : Part Time

Job Summary :

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Medical Director to lead our Hospice department. Oversees the implementation of the entire physician, nursing, social work, therapy, and counseling areas within Hospice to ensure that these areas consistently meet patient and family needs.

Responsibilities :

• Responsible for the palliation and management of terminal illness and conditions related to the terminal illness.
• Assumes overall responsibility for the medical component of the Hospice patient care program, functions as part of the Hospice IDG, and acts as a consultant for medical care.
• Oversees the implementation of the entire physician, nursing, social work, therapy, and counseling areas within The Care Team to ensure that these areas consistently meet patient and family needs.
• Responsibility for the medical component of The Care Teams patient care program.
• Participates in and acts as a medical resource to the IDG and Hospice leadership.
• Reviews the clinical information for each Hospice patient and provides written certification that it is anticipated that the patients life expectancy is 6 months or less if the illness runs its normal course. The physician must consider the following when making this determination :
• The primary terminal condition.
• Related diagnosis(es), if any.
• Current subjective and objective medical findings.
• Current medication and treatment orders.
• Information about the medical management of any of the patients conditions unrelated to the terminal illness.
• Before the recertification period for each patient, the Medical Director or physician designee must review the patients clinical information.
• Participates in the establishment and implementation of the plan of care, which is coordinated with the attending physician and IDG before providing care.
• Participates in conjunction with the attending physician and IDG to review, update, and sign the plan of care when changes are made and at least every fifteen days.
• Consults with attending physicians, if requested.
• Is available to patients on a 24-hour basis to manage their terminal illness and medical needs to the extent that the attending physician is absent or not able to meet these needs.
• Acts as a liaison with other physicians in the community serviced by Hospice and facilitates communication.
• Participates in educational programs for staff, when requested.
• Is a member of and participates in designated interdisciplinary group activities.
• Provides advice, guidance, and assistance to Hospice staff until a satisfactory resolution is reached when a medical order :
• Is of a questionable nature.
• Contains a discrepancy.
• Lacks clarity.
• Continues to be a concern for the staff after consultation with the primary physician.
• Provides medical consultation and direction when the attending physician or their designee cannot be reached and there is a change in the patients condition requiring medical attention.
• When the Medical Director is not available, a physician designated by The Care Team assumes the same responsibilities and obligations as the Medical Director.
• The clinical record shall contain notes for each service provided. A clinical note will be completed for each visit made to a patients home (including a private residence, assisted living facility, group homes, or skilled nursing facility) within 48 hours of the visit.

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