Inspira Health by BAYADA Home Health Care has an immediate opening for a full-time Hospice Medical Director to join our team in the West Deptford, NJ area.

Inspira Health by BAYADA provides the highest quality end-of-life care so our patients can remain at home with comfort, grace, and dignity. With a variety of care and comfort services delivered through an interdisciplinary team of health care professionals and volunteers, the goal of hospice is to support a patient's quality of life. We are currently hiring a Hospice Medical Director to join our team of dedicated, compassionate caregivers to collaborate with office and field staff to ensure excellent client service, clinical care, quality and adherence to policies, procedures, hospice eligibility documentation, and Medicare Conditions of Participation. In this integral leadership role, you will manage hospice Associate Medical Directors, consulting physicians and collaborating mid-level providers. You will have the opportunity to improve access to hospice services through business development, networking, and educational outreach to physicians, hospitals, facilities, and community groups.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversee, coordinate, review and evaluate the medical care provided to Hospice patients
• Manage terminal illness and conditions related to the terminal illness of Hospice patients
• Assist with admissions and discharges
• Document patient care services and all other treatment services rendered in accordance with policies and procedures and Medicare rules
• Serve as a key medical resource to hospice staff, patients, families, and attending physicians regarding pain and symptom control management
• Function as the attending physician as needed
• Provide hospice and/or palliative care consultations pursuant to the attending physician's orders, or as requested; provide visits to Hospice patients
• Participate as a member of an Interdisciplinary Team
• Facilitate family meetings
• Oversee other Hospice physicians; assist in physician recruiting, training, supervision and evaluation
• Actively participate in Hospice's senior leadership meetings and strategic planning
• Some on-call required (by phone only)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy without restriction in the state of New Jersey. Proof of current licensure will be required.
• Graduate of an accredited and approved medical program as required, based on New Jersey state regulations
• Board certification in internal medicine, family medicine, emergency medicine preferred
• Specialty board certification in hospice and palliative care preferred
• Minimum of two (2) years of recent, verifiable, related clinical experience, preferably at least one (1) year in hospice, palliative, and/or home care
• Prior experience as a Hospice Medical Director strongly preferred
• Must maintain a valid registration with the DEA and any applicable state agency without limitation to prescribe drugs under such registration. Will provide proof of such registration upon request
• Must remain a qualified Medicare and Medicaid provider
• Will maintain unrestricted medical staff membership and clinical admitting privileges at any of Hospice's inpatient contracts

Why you'll love BAYADA:

• Competitive Salary: $196,000 - $240,000
• Inspira Health by BAYADA offers the stability and structure of a national company with the values and culture of a family-owned business.
• Award-winning workplace: proud to be recognized by
  • Newsweek's Best Place to Work for Diversity
  • Newsweek's Best Place to Work for Women
  • Newsweek's Best Place to Work (overall)
  • Newsweek's Best Place to Work for Women and Families
  • Glassdoor Best Places to Work
  • Forbes Best Places to Work for Women
• Weekly pay
• Work life balance: Monday-Friday 8:30-5pm hours
• AMAZING culture: we are a mission driven nonprofit organization, focused around three core values of compassion, reliability, and excellence.
• Strong employee values and recognition: we utilize a BAYADA Celebrates page for daily recognition, along with Hero spotlights, Key Action of the Week meetings to connect back to our mission and celebrate staff, discounts/perks and partnerships, an Awards Weekend trip, and more.
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging: Join groups like our Women in Limitless Leadership Employee Resource Council, Lean In circles, Racial and Ethnic Diversity (RED) Council, Pride LGBTQIA+ Council, Military Community Network, Solutions and Accessibility for Equality (SAFE) Council, Fostering Acceptance Inspiring Trust and Harmony (F.A.I.T.H), and more.
• Growth opportunities: advancement opportunities, continued education opportunities, Udemy courses, webinars, and more
• Check out our blog: https://www.bayada.com/search?q=Newsweek
• Benefits: Inspira Health by BAYADA offers a comprehensive benefits plan that includes the following: Paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, vision, dental and medical health plans, employer paid life insurance, 401k with company match, direct deposit and employee assistance program
  • To learn more about Inspira Health by BAYADA, https://www.bayada.com/benefits