Hospice Clinical Program Director

SUMMARY:

Management, supervision and leadership of a hospice transdisciplinary team. Demonstrates

knowledge of and commitment to organization's mission, culture, fiscal, customer service and

management principles. Also represents hospice to hospitals, medical community and external

providers. Demonstrates knowledge of Human Resources related to employees and policies.

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:

. Maintains open communication and networking with other hospice offices. Coordinates

cross coverage as needed.

. Assists with consultation and coordination of services involving any agency providers, nursing

facilities and/or physicians.

. Provides management and leadership of a hospice team.

· Coordinates and supervises all clinical staff in relation to program and clinical services.

Participates in the selection, orientation and evaluation of clinical staff.

· Oversees case assignments for team.

· Provides direct patient and family care as appropriate and may include supervised home visits

with staff members.

· Facilitates or oversees the facilitation of care conferences for team. Provides assistance to

the team in identification and resolution of problems and concerns in patient/family care and

in the plan of care.

· Provides clinical guidance/education through team and staff meetings. Provides consultation

to all team members related to specific patient/family care needs.

· Assists in staff development and educational programs for the team.

· Assists in the coordination of volunteers and volunteer training.

Oversees continuing compliance with internal and external regulatory standards including

Medicare, Medicaid, licensure, CHAP, corporate compliance and agency policies/procedures.

· Possesses a thorough understanding of Medicare hospice regulations and other regulatory

hospice requirements as it relates internally and to all external relationships.

. Coordinates the QAPI process pertinent to hospice service; focus on Quality Scores and Public

Reporting.

· Participates in public relations, community outreach and promotion of hospice.

· Assists with all survey preparation and coordination.

· Responsible for team's required documentation.

· Participates in on-call as assigned.

· Performs other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervises and provides leadership to all team members including nurses, social workers, aids,

spiritual and bereavement care staff and volunteers.

QUALIFICATIONS

(EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE)

· Hospice/Palliative Care experience preferred.

· Clinical background with Bachelor Degree preferred.

· Supervisory experience preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance

instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written,

oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in

standardized situations.

Job Type: Full-time