Medical Director Hospice

1 month ago


Jackson, United States Henry Ford Health System Full time

Medical Director Jackson Home Hospice & Palliative

We are part of the Henry Ford Health System, located in Jackson, about 77 miles from Detroit. We have a very robust, reputable facility in Jackson, Michigan.

Michigan is a beautiful State full of outdoor activities. Henry Ford Health - Jackson are close-proximity to an international airport, Detroit Metro (55 minutes), Top Ten Universities within 45 minutes, affordable living, several lakes, golf courses, and parks in the community.

Henry Ford Hospital - Jackson is seeking a full-time Medical Director for Hospice and Palliative. This position will be 15% inpatient and 85% outpatient, Monday-Friday, and emergency weekend calls only.

Skills: Effective communicator, ability to envision, plan and implement program improvement opportunities, excellent and compassionate bed side manner, and ability to provide clinical leadership and governance over APPs.

Procedures: Perform history and physical examination, evaluate, diagnose, provide medical management and treatment, rehabilitation, and management of treatment of geriatric patients and patients in long-term care settings, act as an expert consultative resource for other physicians in the area of hospice and palliative care. Lead family goal-setting meetings. Function on an interdisciplinary and manage treatment plan. Manage common medical and neuropsychiatric co-morbidities and complications of end-of-life care. Wound care, pain, management, and medication management. Manage palliative care emergencies. Symptom management including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic modalities. Provision of appropriate advanced non-invasive symptom control techniques such as parenteral infusional techniques. Symptom management including patient and family education, psychosocial and spiritual support, and appropriate referrals for modalities such as invasive procedures.

Collaborate, manage patients holistically with the Hospice and Advanced Illness Management. Serve as the Medical Director Advisor for remote patients monitoring and Jackson at Home Services. Support Hospice, Palliative and Henry Ford Central Market at Home Medical Director in program and regulatory capacities.

Prefer candidate with at least 2-years' experience in Palliative or Hospice. Prefer candidate: obtain Hospice or Palliative certification within 3yrs.

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Additional Information

+ Organization: Henry Ford Allegiance Hospital

+ Department: HENRY FORD ALLEG AT HOME ADMIN

Additional Details

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Overview

Under the leadership of President and CEO Robert G. Riney, Henry Ford Health is a

$6 billion integrated health system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan, and 250+ sites

including medical centers, walk-in and urgent care clinics, pharmacy, eye care facilities and

other healthcare retail. Established in 1915 by auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, the health system

now has 32,000 employees and remains home to the 1,900-member Henry Ford Medical Group, one

of the nation's oldest physician groups. An additional 2,200 physicians are also affiliated with the

health system through the Henry Ford Physician Network. Henry Ford is also one of the region's

major academic medical centers, receiving between $90-$100 million in annual research funding and

remaining Michigan's fourth largest NIH-funded institution. Also an active participant in medical

education and training, the health system has trained nearly 40% of physicians currently practicing

in the state and also provides education and training for other health professionals including nurses,

pharmacists, radiology and respiratory technicians. visitHenryFord.com.

Benefits

Whether it's offering a new medical option, helping you make healthier lifestyle choices or

making the employee enrollment selection experience easier, it's all about choice. Henry

Ford Health has a new approach for its employee benefits program - My Choice

Rewards. My Choice Rewards is a program as diverse as the people it serves. There are

dozens of options for all of our employees including compensation, benefits, work/life balance

and learning - options that enhance your career and add value to your personal life. As an

employee you are provided access to Retirement Programs, an Employee Assistance Program

(Henry Ford Enhanced), Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Employee Health and Wellness, and a whole host of other benefits and services. Employee's classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is

committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to

race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,

weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,

or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.



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