Job Description
Job Description
Hospice Medical Director
in Portsmouth, Ohio
Seeking a career with purpose that makes every day meaningful? As a Hospice Medical Director for Interim HealthCare®, you’ll play a lead role in helping individuals find the comfort and care they need to live their best during the final months of life.
Interim HealthCare is the nation’s first home care company and a top employer of hospice professionals. We are currently hiring a Hospice Medical Director to provide the overall medical direction of the hospice, including the care provided in the home, general inpatient care, emergency services and respite care related to the terminal condition, and ensure the highest quality of care to the patients and families we serve. Experience the rewards of using your skills to make a profound impact on others. You are made for this!
A Hospice Medical Director enjoys some notable benefits:
- An hourly rate as well as a monthly stipend
- Make a positive impact in the lives of others through the work you do
- Family-oriented work culture that values people and promotes work-life balance
- Online training
- Flexible work schedule
As a Hospice Medical Director, here is a big picture view of what you will do:
- Act as the physician representative of the Interdisciplinary Group (IDG)
- Act as the primary medical resource to the IDG
- Provide the overall medical direction of the hospice
- Provide the patient's medical care as it pertains to the terminal diagnosis
Essential Functions of the Hospice Medical Director:
- Patient certification and recertification
- Oversight of physician services by supporting the attending physician's care and ensuring continuity of hospice medical services.
- Documentation of patient progression in end stage disease
- Maintain medical staff privileges in good standing at facilities providing short term inpatient care to hospice patients
- Supervision of medical personnel including all hospice physician employees and any physicians under contract to ensure quality medical care and compliance with hospice standards
- Participates in the initial patient plan of care prior to delivery of hospice services and ongoing review of plan of care
- Actively participates in IDG meetings
- Participates in the development, implementation and review of clinical protocols and procedures
- Participates in the quality assessment and performance improvement program (QAPI)
- Assists in resolving patient, family, or hospice program clinical and ethical disputes or concerns
- Act as the patient's physician to address general medical needs, pain and symptom management, and other medical interventions should the patient's attending physician be unavailable or choose to relinquish care
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements for a Hospice Medical Director:
- A doctor of medicine or osteopathy
- Current license in good standing in the state of Ohio
- Board certified (related specialty preferred but not required)
- Hospice/palliative experience, preferred
Why Work for Interim HealthCare?
Founded in 1966, Interim HealthCare is the nation’s first home care company and a leading employer of Hospice Director of Healthcare Services/RN professionals. Operating through 300+ offices, our commitment to you is expressed through a family-oriented culture that values and appreciates hospice professionals, and a passion to make the final stages of life a treasured time for patients and their families. Join a nationwide network of Hospice Director of Healthcare Services/RN professionals who are making a significant difference in the lives of others through the compassionate work they do.
Interim HealthCare provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.