We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for a RN Hospice Administrator to join our leadership team. This role is ideal for a licensed Registered Nurse (RN) with strong leadership experience in hospice care, home health, or clinical operations management.
If you're a natural leader who is passionate about patient-centered care, team development, and clinical excellence, we invite you to bring your talent to a place where you can truly make a difference.
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Provides hands-on leadership for a hospice program with growth opportunity, accountable for clinical quality, operational performance, and sustainable census expansion.
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Demonstrates a commitment to excellence through focusing on quality care and/or service.
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Incorporates continuous quality improvement principles in day-to-day activities.
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Promotes and monitors compliance with requirements and standards established by accrediting or licensing agencies, regulatory agencies and state or federal law relevant to areas of responsibility.
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Uses statistical and qualitative information to manage quality.
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Requires employees to exhibit technical knowledge and effective skill education related to their job.
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Ensures policies and procedures are followed.
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Accepts responsibility for remaining current in the latest trends, developments and technologies relative to area of work by: Actively pursuing self-development, attending in-services, and circulating relevant information to appropriate employees.
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Develops, recommends and implements policies and procedures, in collaboration with the Governing Body, that guide and support the provision of services.
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Manages Human Resources effectively.
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Shows consistency between words and actions.
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Promotes positive communicationsand keeps employees informed of changes by ensuring meetings with appropriate staff are conducted and documented. Is available to employees when issues arise.
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Promotes/provides for core orientation plus location and job specific orientation, in service training and continuing education for employees, volunteers and contract personnel.
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Conducts educational programs for outside agencies as deemed necessary.
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Recommends a sufficient number of qualified and competent persons to provide services.
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Responsible for the selection, supervision, and evaluation of interdisciplinary team members.
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Collaborates with the Governing Body, Corporate leadership and employees to establish goals and standards for performance; reviews and monitors progress regularly and redirects efforts where goals are not being met.
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Determines qualifications and competence of employees.
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Completes all performance evaluations prior to due date.
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Takes appropriate and timely action in disciplinary situations; documents actions taken in accordance with policy.
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Makes appropriate assignments among employees in accordance with their personal abilities and limitations; ensures fair and consistent workload distribution.
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Manages Office Operations effectively
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Directs the multiple teams of the assigned location, if applicable.
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Plans and organizes tasks and resources to achieve strategic goals and objectives.
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Consistently demonstrates the ability to recognize, establish and deal with priorities.
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Measures progress toward set goals; takes corrective action on projects, as appropriate.
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Considers the impact of department/location/provider decisions on the overall functioning of the company and its hospice affiliates.
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Reviews and analyzes facts of a situation when developing a plan of action; considers all relevant information to make the most informed decision possible.
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Achieves predetermined objectives and goals.
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Participates in selecting outside sources for needed services.
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Ensures contract management is maintained for services from outside vendors/providers.
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Assesses and improves branch/department performance as well as individual team's performance.
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Ensures documentation of services is accurate and timely.
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Monitors and supervises quality of patients' care of assigned location(s).
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Processes emergency calls and requests for assistance.
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Assists with problem solving for patients in all settings
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Prepares, monitors, and reviews monthly bills, supply costs, expense requests, mileage reimbursement, payroll and other expenses.
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Makes recommendations for service area regarding market opportunities for new programs or service.
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Ensures accuracy of marketing materials, public information materials and activities.
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Provides a safe environment for patients, visitors, customers and employees.
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Investigates and completes detailed reports of any incidents/accidents, grievances, complaints, medication errors and other problems within the time frames established by policy, and implements corrective and/or preventive action immediately.
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Works with physicians, patients, families, staff and others regarding problems, needs and concerns.
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Responsible for supervision and evaluation of family satisfaction surveys.
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Incorporates safety topics into staff meetings.
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Regularly reviews safety policies and procedures (to include the Emergency Preparedness Plan); ensures that all employees are oriented to and understand their role in safety policies and procedures.
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Manages Financial Resources prudently and effectively.
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Completes financial reviews on recommended schedule.
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Budget worksheets are completed and submitted by scheduled deadlines.
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Annual expenditures are within annual budget except where variances are volume driven and have been approved.
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Resource needs are anticipated and budgets are planned to meet those needs within known parameters.
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Budget variances are justified on a regularly scheduled basis.
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Continually seeks ways to reduce costs without affecting quality.
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Controls use of overtime and temporary personnel except when justified by increased volume or decreased staffing levels.
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Recommends space and other resources for needed services.
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May be asked to perform routine visits to patient homes or institutional setting and/or participate in on-call schedule.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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Education:
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Registered Nurse with minimum of Associate's Degree in Nursing required
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Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing preferred.
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Experience:
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Three to five years' healthcare sales/ management experience preferred.
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Minimum one year management/supervisory experience required.
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Two or more years' experience in hospice/home care required
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Meets all state-specific requirements for the Administrator role.
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Three years' experience in direct patient care in a clinical setting preferred.
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Strong understanding of hospice regulations, compliance, and Medicare conditions of participation
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Proven ability to manage teams, budgets, and interdisciplinary operations .
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Exceptional communication, organizational, and leadership skills
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Commitment to high-quality, compassionate care for patients and families.
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Licenses, Certifications and/or Registration:
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Current license to practice nursing in the state of requested employment, if applicable
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CPR Certification
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Current automobile insurance and valid driver's license
If you're an experienced healthcare leader looking for your next challenge, we want to hear from you. Join a team that values compassion, leadership, and meaningful work-when life matters most.
