Job Title/Position: Hospice Associate Medical Director
Reports To: Administrator/Medical Director
JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
The hospice Associate Medical Director will assist the hospice Medical Director with overall responsibility for the medical component of the hospice program. The Associate Medical Director will support the Medical Director in providing oversight of physician services, complementing attending physician care, acting as a medical resource to the interdisciplinary group, assuring continuity of hospice medical services, and ensuring appropriate measures to control patient symptoms. The Associate Medical Director will serve as a hospice champion, promoting and representing the program to physicians, physician groups, discharge planners, and other referral sources, as appropriate.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES
- Devoting his/her best ability to the proper management of the program.
- Supporting the Medical Director in providing overall medical direction to the program.
- Assuring that the established policies, bylaws, rules, and regulations of the organization are followed in the program.
- Adhering to requirements, terms, and conditions required by Medicare Conditions of Participation, accrediting body, and federal and state statutes governing the provision of services.
- Co-establishing and continually reviewing policies and procedures related to patient care, medical education, and emergency procedures.
- Developing and continually reviewing, in cooperation with the Medical Director, Administrator and/or Clinical Director, criteria to monitor the quality of the education programs provided to physicians, personnel, and volunteers.
- Evaluating quality assessment performance improvement (QAPI) plans and monitoring to identify medical education needs in cooperation with the Medical Director, Administrator and/or Clinical Director. Participating in QAPI teams and activities, as needed.
- Proposing organizational programs to address the needs identified with the assistance and input of consultants in the specialties where medical education needs were identified.
- Working with the Medical Director, Administrator and/or Clinical Director, after implementation of the programs, to determine the impact of said programs on the quality of care.
- Serving as a hospice champion in the community.
- Acting as a liaison to community physicians by providing consultation and education to colleagues and attending physicians related to admission criteria for hospice and palliative care.
- Acting as a medical liaison with other physicians at Oasis Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc.
- Providing training regarding the medical aspects of caring for terminally ill patients to physicians, personnel, and volunteers.
- In conjunction with the Medical Director, reviewing patients’ medical eligibility for hospice services, in accordance with hospice program policies and procedures, and establishing the plan of care in conjunction with the attending physician and interdisciplinary group prior to providing care written certification of terminal illness.
- Providing written certification of the terminal illness for all subsequent benefit periods.
- Performing face-to-face encounters within thirty (30) days of the third and subsequent hospice benefit certification periods and attesting to the encounter.
- Consulting with attending physicians regarding pain and symptoms management for hospice patients.
- Managing oversight of the patient’s medications and treatments.
- Acting as a medical resource to the hospice interdisciplinary group.
- Attending interdisciplinary group meetings and working in a team approach with the group.
- In conjunction with the attending physician and interdisciplinary group, reviewing and updating the plan of care at least every 15 days, or more frequently as needed.
- Documenting care provided in the patient’s clinical record, providing evidence of progression of the end-stage disease process.
- Acting as primary physician for patients whose referring/attending physicians desire to relinquish that care and/or if the referring/attending physicians are not available for further contact.
- Maintaining current knowledge of the latest research and trends in hospice care and pain/symptom management.
- Reviewing and developing protocols for treatment, and proposing the most current options for interventions.
- Developing and implementing procedures and protocols regarding OSHA standards, including the handling of hazardous medications.
- Demonstrating knowledge in communications, and counseling patients and family/caregivers dealing with end-of-life issues.
- Participating in the resolution of interpersonal conflict and issues of clinical and ethical concern.
- In conjunction with the Medical Director, ensuring that competent physician services are routinely available on a 24-hour basis to meet the general medical needs of the hospice patient to the extent the needs are not met by the attending physician.
- Assisting with evaluation of protocols and procedures with respect to quality and cost outcomes.
The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
- Licensed as a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy in the state of Illinois without restriction or subject to any disciplinary or corrective action.
- Maintains controlled substances registration with state and federal authorities.
- Experience in hospice or palliative care and/or training in end-of-life care.
- Participates in ongoing medical education activities related to the medical care of hospice and palliative care patients.
- Not excluded from participating in the Medicare program.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $4,000.00 - $4,500.00 per month
Expected hours: 20 per week
Medical Specialty:
- Geriatrics
- Home Health
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Hospital Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Primary Care
Schedule:
- Holidays
- On call
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
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