Medical Director- Hospice- Westfield

2 weeks ago

Westfield, United States The Care Team Home Health & Hospice Full time

Come join our growing team Care Hospice partnered with The Care Team is looking for a Part-Time Medical Director - Hospice in the Westfield, IN area.
- Engaging Company Culture
- Competitive Compensation and Excellent Benefits
- Growth from within through training, supportive leadership, and collaboration with the best of the best in your field
- Independence, Autonomy, and Flexibility
- Innovation and industry-leading systems and technology

As a member of The Care Team, you will enjoy a wealth of great benefit choices including:

- A full benefits package including Health, dental, and vision
- 401k with company match
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Flexible spending
- Company Paid and optional Life and Long-Term Disability, Short Term Disability
- Accident Coverage

**Key Job Responsibilities**: Directs the medical aspects of The Care Teams patient care program. Serves as consultant and advisor to the Administrator, offering his/her expertise to assess and interpret medical problems. Serves as a consultant to the Interdisciplinary Group.

Additionally, the **Medical Director** will:
Oversees the implementation of the entire physician, nursing, social work, therapy, and counseling areas within Hospice to ensure that these areas consistently meet patient and family needs.
- Responsible for the palliation and management of terminal illness and conditions related to the terminal illness.
- Assumes overall responsibility for the medical component of the Hospice patient care program, functions as part of the Hospice IDG, and acts as a consultant for medical care.
- Oversees the implementation of the entire physician, nursing, social work, therapy, and counseling areas within The Care Team to ensure that these areas consistently meet patient and family needs.
- Responsibility for the medical component of The Care Teams patient care program.
- Participates in and acts as a medical resource to the IDG and Hospice leadership.
- Reviews the clinical information for each Hospice patient and provides written certification that it is anticipated that the patients life expectancy is 6 months or less if the illness runs its normal course. The physician must consider the following when making this determination:

- The primary terminal condition.
- Related diagnosis(es), if any.
- Current medication and treatment orders.
- Information about the medical management of any of the patients conditions unrelated to the terminal illness.
- Before the recertification period for each patient, the Medical Director or physician designee must review the patients clinical information.
- Participates in the establishment and implementation of the plan of care, which is coordinated with the attending physician and IDG before providing care.
- Participates in conjunction with the attending physician and IDG to review, update, and sign the plan of care when changes are made and at least every fifteen days.
- Consults with attending physicians, if requested.
- Is available to patients on a 24-hour basis to manage their terminal illness and medical needs to the extent that the attending physician is absent or not able to meet these needs.
- Acts as a liaison with other physicians in the community serviced by Hospice and facilitates communication.
- Participates in educational programs for staff, when requested.
- Is a member of and participates in designated interdisciplinary group activities.
- Provides advice, guidance, and assistance to Hospice staff until a satisfactory resolution is reached when a medical order:

- Is of a questionable nature.
- Contains a discrepancy.
- Lacks clarity.
- Continues to be a concern for the staff after consultation with the primary physician.
- Provides medical consultation and direction when the attending physician or their designee cannot be reached and there is a change in the patients condition requiring medical attention.
- When the Medical Director is not available, a physician designated by The Care Team assumes the same responsibilities and obligations as the Medical Director.
- The clinical record shall contain notes for each service provided. A clinical note will be completed for each visit made to a patients home (including a private residence, assisted living facility, group homes, or skilled nursing facility) within 48 hours of the visit.

**Professional Experience/Qualifications**
- Help optimize the capital structure and support strategic initiatives.
- Maintains the agencys mission, philosophy, and core values.
- Ensures compliance with agency policies and procedures regarding operations/processes, including but not limited to those regarding patient care, patient complaints, incidents, safety, and emergency management.
- Always maintains patient confidentiality, including all HIPAA regulations.

**Regulatory Requirements**
- Licensed or registered in the State of Indiana.
- Must pass a criminal background check & MVR check.
- Completed health statements acknowledging the abil

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