Director-Geriatric and Palliative Care-CAPC

The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is a national, non-profit membership organization that successfully uses social change principles to promote high-quality care for all people living with a serious illness, and their caregivers. The Director has a critical role as an internal subject matter expert and strategic leader on the CAPC team, and as a CAPC representative liaising with external audiences. 

About the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)

The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is a national organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality, equitable health care for people living with a serious illness. The organization maintains national membership to support the growth of palliative care programs in health care organizations across the country and the world, and we deliver palliative care education to tens of thousands of clinicians each year. As the nation’s leading resource in its field, CAPC provides health care professionals and organizations with the training, tools, and technical assistance necessary to meet the needs of patients with serious illness.

• Maintain a ‘finger on the pulse’ of threats and opportunities in the palliative care field, innovations in palliative care delivery, and educational needs across US health care, identifying and evaluating opportunities for CAPC action

• Participate on CAPC’s Enterprise Team – which has oversight of organizational finances, operations, team health, and strategy - by attending regular meetings, retreats, and planning sessions

• Serve as CAPC’s internal medical subject matter expert and provide strategic guidance for all departments, including:
  • Develop CAPC positioning on clinical topics related to education, policy advocacy and CAPC thought leadership, in collaboration with CAPC’s senior leadership and CAPC Directors of Clinical Education, Palliative Care Program Development, Health Equity, and Health Care Transformation
  • Participate in CAPC’s Opportunity Committee, a twice-monthly meeting to evaluate new project proposals
  • Collaborate with CAPC’s fundraising lead to identify and write proposals for foundation grants or donations that support CAPC strategic objectives
  • Support CAPC’s Member Services team through strategic guidance, participation in high-value member and prospective member conversations, and synthesis of member feedback as it relates to CAPC product and program development
  • In collaboration with CAPC’s Marketing team, lead selection of topics for CAPC’s blog and review all clinical content as clinical reviewer
  • In collaboration with CAPC’s Palliative Care Program Development team, provide oversight of CAPC’s virtual clinical practice education series, Interprofessional Grand Rounds. Actively support the identification and recruitment of expert faculty. 
  • Support CAPC’s Clinical Education team by:
    • Participation in CAPC’s clinical curriculum development committee
    • Participation in CAPC’s continuing education committee
    • Working with interprofessional faculty and subject matter experts to review CAPC clinical education courses, learning pathways and workshops
    • Serving as Course Director to meet continuing education accreditation requirements
  • Collaborate with the Palliative Care Program Development, Health Equity, and Health Care Transformation teams as needed to support development of new and/or review of existing technical assistance for palliative care program leaders
  • Participate in CAPC National Seminar Planning Committee to develop content and identify speakers, serving as Course Director for the conference

• Represent CAPC among external audiences through speaking, writing, media relations, social media, and partnership/relationship development

• Develop and maintain key relationships with palliative care field leaders and relevant organizations, to identify opportunities for mission-aligned collaboration 

• Uphold CAPC’s values of equity and inclusion in all professional activities and interactions

• Bachelor's Degree required Master's degree preferred
• Minimum 7 years of leadership in palliative care; experience in both inpatient and outpatient or community-based settings preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience in public speaking
• Capacity to persuasively communicate CAPC?s value proposition to prospective and existing partners and members
• Team-oriented with a demonstrated track record of inter-professional collaboration
• Thrives in a dynamic and fast-paced entrepreneurial remote environment
• Ability to travel up to once a month
• Remote position--Must be able to travel to Mount Sinai annually

Non-Bargaining Unit, 851 - Geriatrics and Palliative Care - ISM, Icahn School of Medicine