Hospice Executive Director
Company: HEART OF HOSPICE, LLC
Location: Metairie
Posted on: May 4, 2024
Job Description:
We are hiring for an Executive Director - RN, with Hospice
experience. At Heart of Hospice, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a
culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful
connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their
families, each other, and the communities we serve it truly is all
about helping people. You can find a home for your career here. As
a leader, you can expect:
- leadership and engagement with diverse teams across the
operation
- opportunities to create strategies that drive best-in-class
care for patients & families
- flexibility for true work-life balance
- career and leadership development If you love nursing and have
an interest in healthcare operations, this is a great opportunity
for you.
The Executive Director (Registered Nurse, RN) in Hospice supervises
all aspects of patient care, all activities of professional staff
and allied health personnel, regulatory requirements compliance,
financial performance, and quality assurance performance
improvement activities for agency. The Executive Director or
alternate will be available on-site during business hours and
additionally, if needed.
- Responsible for compliance with all regulations, laws, policies
and procedures, that are applicable to hospice and Medicare /
Medicaid issues when applicable on a daily basis.
- Immediately available (or has Alternate Designee) to be on-site
during business hours or immediately available by telephone when
off-site conducting agency business, available after hours as
needed.
- Directs the day-to-day operations of the agency and acts as the
driver for the Care Management Process. The Executive Director or
designee RN, such as a Patient Care Manager, will receive daily
report on patients from staff. This process also includes review of
patient care paperwork, referral information, recertification
processes, discharge information, and event reporting, etc. on a
daily basis.
- Reviews monthly financials relative to all aspects of the
operation to assure that quality patient care is delivered in the
most cost-effective manner.
- Participates in the QAPI planning and processes, reporting, and
improvement action plans as indicated. This includes chart audits,
patient satisfaction, financials, contracts, patient/family
complaints, etc. and appropriate follow-up.
License Requirements
- Must be a licensed physician; licensed registered nurse;
licensed social worker; or a Bachelor's degree college graduate
with at least three (3) years of documented success in
discipline/field of study and a minimum of one (1) year of full
time experience in a hospice, home health, or other health care
delivery system setting.
- Three (3) years of health care leadership preferred.
- Current CPR certification required for Executive Directors who
may provide services to patients in the field.
- Current Driver's License and vehicle insurance, and access to a
dependable vehicle, or public transportation. Additional State
Requirements
- LA: A licensed social worker must have a Master s degree. A
college graduate with a Bachelor s degree must have three years of
documented management experience in health care service delivery.
May not serve more than two (2) licensed agencies.If the Executive
Director is also serving as the clinical supervisor, then the
following state specific additional requirements must also be met:
- LA: Must have at least three (3) years experience as a
Registered Nurse with one of these years consisting of full-time
experience in providing direct patient care in a hospice, home
health, or oncology setting. Must no be employed by more than one
(1) hospice provider. Associated topics: ceo, executive director,
executive vice president, front office, general management, manager
i, manager iii, overall, regional vice president, state
president
Keywords: HEART OF HOSPICE, LLC, Kenner , Hospice Executive Director, Executive , Metairie, Louisiana
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