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Hospice Administrator

Singing River Health System · Ocean Springs, MS · 2 wk ago
HealthcareFull-time

Job Description

The Hospice Administrator manages the Hospice Program on a day-to-day basis, providing excellent hospice care; coordinating hospice patient care with the patient's attending physician and the Hospice Medical Director; training all hospice employees and volunteers; providing caregiver assistance as needed; conducting hospice-related educational programs as needed; and complying with all hospice standards.

The Administrator ensures that charges are made as appropriate for care given to the hospice patient. The administrator shall be responsible for compliance with all regulations, laws, policies, and procedures applicable to hospice specifically and to Medicare/Medicaid issues when applicable. He/she reviews, formulates, and implements policies and organizational changes while working within the delegated general authority. The Administrator defines and implements marketing and sales initiatives and champions program development and growth to ensure the highest quality in patient outcomes. The administrator is largely responsible for the finances of Hospice.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor degree required.
  • Licensed physician, a licensed registered nurse, or a social worker with a Bachelor Degree.
  • Must complete and maintain BCLS certification upon hire and/or transfer.
  • College graduate with a bachelor’s degree and two (2) years of health care management experience or an individual with one (1) year of healthcare management experience and three (3) years of healthcare service delivery experience that would be relevant to managing the day-to-day operations of a hospice.

Experience

  • Two (2) years of health care management experience or one (1) year of healthcare management experience and three (3) years of healthcare service delivery experience that would be relevant to managing the day-to-day operations of a hospice.

Reports To

Hospital Administrator

Supervises

  • Hospice of Light staff and volunteers

Physical Demands

  • Work involves using many physical motions in performing daily work activities;
  • Subject to exposure of body fluids, sputum and tissues, which may carry the hazard of infectious disease;
  • Work involves using repetitive motions: substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and or fingers while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard;
  • Must be able to be active for extended periods of time without experiencing undue fatigue;
  • Work involves being able to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels, with or without correction.

Mental Demands

  • Must demonstrate keen mental faculties/assessment and decision making skills in the management of financial responsibilities, staff, and/or patients;
  • Must possess emotional stability conducive to dealing with high stress levels associated in dealing with employee issues and demands of maintaining effective working relationships with peers, staff, managers, physicians, and other healthcare associates;
  • Must demonstrate knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.

Special Demands

  • Work requires the ability to function independently, adapt to workload demands, set priorities, understand and set goals;
  • Must possess highly developed organizational, planning and management writing skills, excellent oral communication skills, and the ability to create/maintain a collaborative work environment;
  • Must be on-site during business hours or immediately available by electronic communication when working within the geographic service area;
  • Must have liability insurance of personal vehicle used in Hospice activity.

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