Assistant Director of Clinical Services

Job Description

Job Description

$15,000 Sign-on Bonus!

Our groundbreaking hospice and palliative care programs offer a significant difference when dealing with a life-limiting condition. We offer a broad range of services in the community or facility-based to help patients and their families ease the burden of managing a life-limiting illness or end of life care.

Assistant Director of Hospice Clinical Practice is a leader for hospice and palliative care

operations / Clinical

with total accountability for successfully implementing, achieving and sustaining the MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care mission, vision, and strategic plan for quality / compliance outcomes.

This Assistant Director of Hospice Clinical Practice is a nurse that leads by exuding the core values of MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care and inspires and motivates all staff to be “world class”. The Assistant Director reports to the Director of Clinical Services and works closely with the management team.

• Creates, revises and communicates policy reviews and updates for management and staff. Educates staff as needed with policy & procedures manual.
• Communicates with all directors and managers in disseminating policies from the Director of Clinical Services, facilitating the process of Clinical Practice Council.
• Assuring continuity of care for all patients, involving any and all departments necessary to insure quality and continuity of patient / family care.
• Assures that the teams utilize appropriate resource services (ambulance, IV therapy, DME, inpatient facilities, and resource agencies) to implement orders.
• Assures the care delivered in a hospital, long term care facility, Residences, In-Patient or Assisted Living Facility is appropriate, meeting the needs of the patient / family as well as the facility in accordance with the goals set forth by the Director of Clinical Services.
• Plans, organizes, and communicates with the Director of Clinical

Services / management

staff in order to meet and exceed the needs of the patient / family, referral sources and the community with complete customer satisfaction.

managerial / administrative

experience required.