What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice/Palliative Care Medical Director position at Principle Choice Home Healthcare?
PRINCIPLE CHOICE HOME HEALTHCARE
Hospice/Palliative Care Medical Director
Who We Are:
Principle Choice Home Health partners with patients and families to provide comprehensive care in a compassionate atmosphere. We make a difference in our clients' lives by bringing hope, health and healing in the place that matters most - home.
We deliver exceptional care to our clients and their families that consistently exceeds expectations, while at the same time fostering a culture and environment that provides our team members with an incredible work experience.
Principle Choice is Different:
Compassion - We deliver compassionate care by attentively listening to our clients' needs, addressing all concerns, and providing emotional support and empathy during each step in their care.
Advocacy - We advocate for our clients by empowering them to be an active partner in their care and ensuring all treatment options are thoroughly explained, leaving our clients with the confidence to make well-informed decisions.
Principle Choice Home Health (PCH) is looking for self-motivated, confident, and accountable people to join our team and help us share our mission and values with everyone around us.
POSITION PURPOSE
The Hospice/Palliative Care Medical Director has an important leadership role in actively helping home health companies provide quality care. Regulations require each Home Health provider to have a Medical Director who is responsible for the implementation of client care policies and the coordination of medical care. These two roles provide the basis for the functions and tasks discussed in this guidance. The Medical Director’s roles and functions require the physician serving in that capacity to be knowledgeable about current standards of practice in caring for Home Health clients. The Medical Director plays a pivotal role in providing clinical leadership regarding application of current standards of practice for client care and new or proposed treatments, practices, and approaches to care. The medical director’s input promotes the attainment of optimal client outcomes.
ORGANIZATION
This position reports to the Nurse Administrator.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- The Medical Director collaborates with Home Health leadership, staff, and other practitioners and consultants to help develop, implement and evaluate resident care policies and procedures that reflect current standards of practice.
- The Medical Director helps the Home Health staff identify, evaluate, and address/resolve medical and clinical concerns and issues that: Affect client care, medical care or quality of life.
- Helping educate and provide information to staff, practitioners, clients, families and others.
- Providing information to the facility practitioners from sources such as nationally recognized medical care societies and organizations where current clinical information can be obtained
- Resolve issues related to continuity of care and transfer of medical information between the home health and other care settings.
- Documentation of progress notes with signatures on any patients which care has been overseen by the Medical Director
- Signing and dating all orders, such as medications, admission orders, and re-admission orders and face to face (for patients referred by the Medical Director)
- Attend case conference, once per quarter
- Review, update, sign policies in relation to PCH
- Order management for vaccines
- Other duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
- Graduate of an accredited medical school
- Active Oklahoma M.D. license- in good standing
- 1-2 years of experience required
- Home Health experience is a plus
- Active Oklahoma driver’s license
- Current car insurance and registration
- Required vehicle
- Medical knowledge, patience, compassion, kindness, critical thinking skills, knowledge of infection control practices, stamina, and physical endurance, observational skills, knowledge of occupational hazards and safety rules, communication skills, leadership, empathy
- Must be a U.S. citizen; work sponsorship is not available.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work requires moderately heavy physical exertion on a regular and recurring basis such as: extensive driving, assisting patient in transfer activities (wheelchair, to bed, to tub, to commode) and providing substantial support to individuals in ambulation. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, to handle or feel, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move over 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORKING CONDITIONS
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• General office, patient home setting, exposure to infectious diseases, automobile.
Security and privacy training will be provided as part of this role to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of PCS’ associate and customer data.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
Principle Choice Solutions is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, parental status, national origin, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other non-merit-based factors or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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Salary : $78,000 - $99,000
