Regional Medical Director- Hospice
VITAS Healthcare
5 days ago
Full-time
On-site
Blue Bell, Florida, United States
Hospice
Description
- Advise in the recruitment and selection of program medical directors.
- Participate in the training of program medical directors, utilizing VITAS training materials as they are developed.
- Participate in assuring that program medical directors have appropriate competencies as defined by VITAS.
- Participate in the yearly evaluation of the program medical directors they work with.
- Establish and maintain direct communication with program medical directors as assigned by the Chief Medical Officer.
- Consult with and advise these program medical directors regarding certification and recertification standards for patients taken under care.
- Oversee and mentor program medical directors in implementing pain and non-pain symptom management guidelines.
- Assist each program medical director assigned in development of personal yearly work goals and mentor medical directors to the achievement of these goals.
- Assist in professional development of program medical directors in the areas of administration and management, leadership sld11s, and presentation skills.
- Assist and guide program medical directors in recruitment, selection and training of team physicians.
- Assist in assuring that all team physicians have appropriate competencies as defined by VITAS.
- Participate in role of internal consultant to program clinical staff in the areas of hospice and palliative care.
- Assist National Patient Care Administrators in the clinical development of team managers and primary care nurses.
- Assist Regional Directors of Market Development in their goals and projects to further education and information dissemination in the communities served.
- Participate in strategic meetings with potential collaborative partners in the various markets, and provide medical expertise, professional relationship building and public presentations
- Participate in strategic meetings with potential collaborative partners in the various markets, and provide medical expertise, professional relationship building and public presentations
- Provide updates and reports to the Chief Medical Officer on trends and issues unique to the region served and on strategic challenges and opportunities.
- Participate in VITAS committees and on projects as requested.
- Create a model that supports the organization's mission and values based on an internal and external needs assessment.
- Monitors the internal/external environment and identifies opportunities to fulfill the corporate strategy.
- Sets priorities for planning activities for assigned programs
- Participates in medical policy development
- Five to ten years as a practicing physician and demonstrate administrative/managerial responsibilities in a healthcare setting
- Demonstrated knowledge and well-developed skills in: general medicine and ppharmacology; Palliative medicine, pain and non-pain symptom control; Psychosocial and spiritual care for the dying
- Knowledge of: Healthcare law, Medicare and Medicaid/MediCal regulations as they relate to hospice and palliative medicine.
- Conditions of Participation in the Medicare Hospice Benefit
- Stark regulations
- Knowledge of policies and practices involved in the human resources function
- Ability to manage a staff in a positive and productive manner by motivating, developing and managing employees as they work
- Ability to utilize and administer the disciplinary action process through coaching and counseling to improve performance or terminate employment.
- Ability to communicate tactfully, verbally and in writing with department heads, managers, coworkers and vendors to resolve problems and negotiate resolutions
- Working knowledge of computers, internet access, and the ability to navigate within an automated systems as well as a variety of software packages such as Excel and Word.
- Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy degree
- Unencumbered licensed to practice medicine in primary state of Residence
- EOE/AA M/F/D/V