Hospice Medical Director Designee, Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Provide comprehensive medical leadership for the hospice program while ensuring compliance with organizational policies, bylaws, rules, and regulations.

• Guarantee adherence to Medicare Conditions of Participation, standards set by accrediting bodies, OSHA regulations, and relevant federal and state laws.

• Assess hospice eligibility and issue written certifications of terminal illness for both initial and subsequent benefit periods.

• Conduct or supervise face-to-face consultations within the mandated timelines for benefit periods.

• Create, review, and update patient care plans in collaboration with attending physicians and the interdisciplinary team.

• Supervise medications and treatments while providing consultation on pain and symptom management.

• Act as the primary physician when the attending physician is unavailable or has transferred care.

• Participate in interdisciplinary group meetings, offering medical insights on clinical and ethical matters.

• Ensure the availability of physician services 24 hours a day.

• Assess and engage in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) plans, teams, and initiatives.

• Develop, review, and implement patient-care policies, protocols, and procedures, evaluating quality and cost outcomes.

• Create, review, and deliver medical education programs for physicians, staff, and volunteers.

• Act as a hospice advocate and liaison for community and attending physicians as well as referral sources.

• Stay informed about the latest research and trends in hospice care and pain and symptom management.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be licensed as a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy in California without any restrictions or disciplinary actions.

• Requires a California physician license and a minimum of 2 years of full-time hospice or palliative leadership experience.

• Must maintain registration for controlled substances with state and federal authorities.

• Should have experience in hospice or palliative care and/or training in end-of-life care.

• Must engage in ongoing medical education related to the medical care of hospice and palliative care patients.

• Must not be excluded from participation in the Medicare program.

• Must reside in the Bay Area.

🏝️ Benefits

• Not eligible as this is a consultant role for the company.