Hospice Medical Director

Job Title: Medical Director- Hospice

Job Location: Knoxville, TN

Job Type: Full-time

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Hospice Medical Director oversees clinical operations, ensuring quality medical care for hospice patients. This role provides leadership to the interdisciplinary team and promotes collaboration among medical and nursing staff.

A few position highlights include:

• Oversee the management of medical services for the hospice program, ensuring comprehensive care for hospice patients, including medical diagnosis, prognosis, medication management, procedures, and clinical progression.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among agency staff, volunteers, patients, families, caregivers, physicians, vendors, and other relevant departments and professionals.
• Evaluate cases through methods such as home visits, conferences, and record reviews; consult with attending physicians as necessary.
• Review and sign orders for medications, procedures, terminal illness certification and recertification, changes in level of care, and other supplemental orders in accordance with State and Federal guidelines.
• Maintain thorough knowledge of State and Federal medical practice regulations and hospice standards, serving as a resource for organization personnel and local medical professionals.
• Comply with all policies, standards, and regulatory requirements regarding patient care, professional conduct, safety, infection control, fire prevention, security, and risk management.
• Provide leadership and education to staff and community members through in-services, case conferences, and group discussions focusing on hospice philosophy, criteria, medical services, and pain/symptom management.
• Provide services within the scope of practice as defined by the state laws governing the practice of nursing, initiates and coordinates the plan of care, collaborates with the patient/family, attending physician and other members of the IDG in providing patient and family care daily.

THE MUST HAVES

• Current unencumbered Doctorate of Medicine (MD) in the state where services are rendered.
• Three years of relevant MD experience, with at least two years as a Hospice MD.
• Certification in hospice and palliative medicine is desirable.
• Must have the authority to prescribe in the state where services are provided. Must have obtained Medicare billing privileges.
• Must meet restrictive collaborative requirements specific to state assigned to work and supply a copy of all active collaborating physician agreements and indicate whether these will be transferable to your employment.
• Current CPR certification, driver's License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation.
• Must be able to reliably commute within the geographic area assigned.

University of TN Medical Center Home Care Services, an affiliate of The Pennant Group, is the employer for this position.

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.