Medical Director

Overview

The Medical Director is responsible for modeling the 3 Company values of Compassion, Integrity, and Excellence, and for promoting the Hospice Compassus philosophy, using the 6 Pillars of success as the foundation. S/he is responsible for upholding the Code of Ethical Conduct and for promoting positive working relationships within the Program, between the Program and other Company departments, and between the Program and all external stakeholders.

The Medical Director assumes overall responsibility for the medical component of the hospice's patient care program including all multiple sites attached to the hospice's certification number. S/he does not replace the patient's primary physician, but serves in a consultative, supportive role. S/he functions as a liaison between the medical community and Hospice Compassus. The Medical Director provides support to both corporate and agency staff, intercedes with attending physicians and facilities, provides community and physician education and development.

S/he is responsible for applying the rules and regulations of state and federal regulatory agencies and other certified agencies.

• Supports corporate policies, goals, and objectives.
• Promotes a positive working relationship between corporate and agency personnel.
• Provides support and consultation to both corporate and agency personnel.
• Attends and participates in corporate staff meetings.
• Promotes hospice philosophy.
• Communicates identified needs and potential solutions to supervisor.
• Assumes overall responsibility for the medical component of the hospice’s patient care program including all multiple sites that might be attached to the hospice’s certification number.
• Develops proficiency in Clinical Services activities including, but not limited to Medicare/Medicaid regulations, corporate policies, provider contracts, and quality improvement.
• Makes determination regarding admission to hospice while considering the primary condition, related diagnoses, current subjective and objective medical findings, current medications and treatment orders, and information about the medical management of any conditions unrelated to the terminal illness.
• Provides written certification and composes narrative statement of eligibility that it is anticipated the patient’s life expectancy is six months or less if the illness runs its normal course.
• Provides medical guidance and expertise in decisions regarding patient care.
• Attends weekly team meetings.
• Reviews clinical information and composes narrative statement of eligibility before the recertification period for each patient and participates in recertification at appropriate intervals as specified by law.
• Meets the general medical needs of the patients to the extent that these needs are not met by the attending physician.
• Consults with the interdisciplinary team during a crisis situation when the primary physician cannot be reached.
• Makes home visits to patients if needed.
• Functions as liaison between the medical community and the hospice and promotes the hospice philosophy of care in the medical community.
• Offers insight from the medical community to the hospice staff.
• Consults with patient’s primary physician regarding appropriateness of specific treatments and procedures.
• Assists with physician and facility communication and public relations.
• Actively collaborates regarding the QAPI activities of the agency.
• Develops recommendations for resolution for the PIP resulting in agency intervention.
• Inputs into policy/procedure formulation.
• Oversees Associate Medical Director(s) or other hospice physicians, if any.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must be a licensed Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy in the state of employment.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide…