Director - Palliative Care - Cleveland Medical Center

Position: Director of Palliative Care

UHMG/UHCMC Clinical Department: Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care

The Director of Palliative Care oversees the clinical, operational and administrative

activities of the palliative care program to ensure the delivery of high quality care in a

compassionate, efficient and cost‐effective manner.

The Director will engage in the activities outlined in the sections below. The Director

may be asked to perform additional duties at the discretion of Departmental or Hospital

leadership.

Physician Leadership:

1.      Collaborate with hospital leadership on the improvement and growth of the system wide model for palliative care.

2.      Recruit palliative care certified faculty for the hospital and system wide program

3.      Support and mentor the palliative care medical staff within the section

4.      Provide specific guidance for the regional medical directors performance expectations

5.      Collaborate with regional medical directors to formalize supervision, education, and career development of palliative care NP’s

6.      Work collaboratively to advance the clinical and academic mission of the section.

Clinical Quality and Operations:

1.      Formalize the model of care for the palliative care unit(s) with the regional directors.

2.      Develop a coverage model, in collaboration with the regional medical directors, to assure an

appropriately sized professional staff to meet the clinical and administrative needs of the

hospitals and system.

3.      Collaborate with Hospital leadership to ensure clinical care is compliant with UH

system, regulatory and accreditation standards.

4.      Collaborate with Departmental and Hospital leadership as a participant in quality

assurance and peer review activities related to care. Develops a process to

provide documented feedback when opportunities for improvement are

identified.

5.      Formalize a quality metrics dashboard for hospitals/system wide palliative care.

Education, Information and Communication:

1.      Ensure appropriate supervision of all trainees and allied health professionals in the

delivery of clinical care.

2.      Responsible for assuring clinical competency for new faculty.

3.      Maintain, improve and grow the educational program/curriculum for residents/fellows in all specialties as

well as hospitalists.

4.      Maintain and oversee the fellowship program in palliative care.

5.    Ensure necessary infrastructure for palliative care documentation.

       6.    Participates with divisional faculty in local and regional CME events and physician

outreach activities.