Director Hospice

About the role

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the McLaren Health Care vision, mission and values. Promotes positive relationship with patients, families, staff, physicians and volunteers
• Assures the provision of safe, reliable, compassionate hospice care. Establishes, monitors and plans appropriately for objective quality and operational indicators. Reports and analyzes data and intervenes to continuously improve Hospice clinical services and financial performance
• Provides leadership and problem solving in advances of hospice clinical processes and quality standards. Continuously works to enhance the image of the organization as a hospice leader and accomplishes quality goals
• Assures consistency in hospice protocols and standards aligned with standards of practice and regulatory requirements
• Keeps current in all fields of federal, state and insurance rules, regulations and reimbursement criteria and assists in keeping staff and program updated and in compliance with such regulations
• Interprets and translates agency policies and procedures to staff. Develops and implements applicable policies and procedures to meet operational and regulatory hospice needs
• Travels regularly to offices within service delivery area, facilitates and leads hospice meetings as necessary to accomplish hospice goals
• In partnership with the VP, formulates and achieves strategic plan initiatives related to Hospice area
• Assumes primary responsibility for development, management and administration of hospice operating budget. Demonstrates ability to optimize utilization of human and capital resources
• Teaches, coaches, mentors and inspires Hospice service line and managers. Creates an environment of self-directed work teams and promotes participation in related activities
• Works collaboratively with MHG Quality/Education department for identification and implementation of annual quality/regulatory and education plan based on hospice strategic plan, hospice needs assessment, QAPI requirements, CMS quality reporting requirements and hospice best practice/industry standards
• Oversees staffing needs and interviews, recruits, employs, assigns and supervises staff when necessary. Performs disciplinary functions up to, and including, employee terminations. Evaluates annually when due
• In partnership with VP, operationalizes expansion of MHG Hospice service area as appropriately identified and ensures compliance and regulatory requirements met. Operationalizes mergers or acquisitions of new locations
• Assumes beeper responsibilities on a rotational basis when indicated
• Assumes a leadership role and actively participates in fund development programs, related to Hospice

Required Qualifications

• BSN, MSW or Bachelor’s degree in hospice clinical related field; or Associate degree in nursing and related experiences, and working towards Bachelor’s degree
• Holds applicable licensure and/or registration in clinical field
• Minimum of three years hospice experience
• Minimum of three to five years management experience
• Valid Michigan driver’s license and proof of current automobile insurance

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree focus in Nursing, Business Administration or Health Care Administration or related field
• Master’s Degree

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.