Home Health and Hospice - Hospice Medical Director, Physician

Contracted Position

Since 1984, CommuniCare Health Services has provided superior, comprehensive management services for the development and management of adult living communities. The CommuniCare Family of Companies currently owns/manage numerous World-Class Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers, Specialty Care Centers and Assisted Living Communities throughout Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

CommuniCare is currently recruiting a Medical Director for Dignity Care Hospice in Cincinnati, OH.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Participate in developing patient care policies, admission and discharge policies, scope of services offered, emergency care, clinical records, personnel qualifications, and program evaluation.

Participate in meetings with the administrator, the governing body, or other professional staff to discuss clinical and administrative issues, specific patient care problems, and professional staff needs for education or consultants. Offer solutions to problems and identify areas where policies should be developed.

Support the Agency's preparation for, review of, and response to federal, state, and local surveys, and inspections.

Communicate regularly with administrator regarding actions, recommendations, and concerns of the medical director.

Update skills and knowledge regularly regarding federal and state regulatory requirements and professional service and administrative requirements of third party payors.

Develop, amend, recommend to Agency staff, and implement appropriate clinical practices and medical care policies to help ensure that each patient's medical assessment and regime is incorporated appropriately into the plan of care on a timely basis.

Monitor that services provided or arranged by Agency meet professional standards of quality and are provided by qualified persons.

Participate in quality assurance activities to identify care issues related to individual residents and care throughout the Agency and take appropriate and timely action as needed to implement recommendations.

Other activities and duties as deemed necessary by the administrator or the governing body of the Agency.

Qualifications:

M.D. or D.O. required

Hospice and/or geriatric experience preferred

Gerontology certification preferred

ABMS Board Certified in: Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Geriatrics or Hospice/ Palliative

Benefits

As a CommuniCare employee you will enjoy a competitive salary and PTO plans. We offer full time employees a menu of benefit options from life and disability plans to medical, dental, and vision coverage from quality benefit carriers. We also offer 401(k) with employer match and Flexible Spending Accounts.

About Us

A family-owned company, we have grown to become one of the nation’s largest providers of post-acute care, which includes skilled nursing rehabilitation centers, long-term care centers, assisted living communities, independent rehabilitation centers, and long-term acute care hospitals (LTACH). Since 1984, we have provided superior, comprehensive management services for the development and management of adult living communities. We have a single job description at CommuniCare, "to reach out with our hearts and touch the hearts of others." Through this effort we create "Caring Communities" where staff, residents, clients, and family members care for and about one another.