National Medical Director

Overview

Salary Range: $ - $ / Salary/year. Position Type:
Full Time. Job Shift: Day.

Opportunity to lead the Future of Hospice Care Nationwide

Are you a visionary physician ready to shape the standard of hospice care across the country? As our National Medical Director, you’ll provide clinical leadership and strategic direction for multiple locations, ensuring exceptional patient care and regulatory excellence. This is your opportunity to collaborate with top clinical leaders and executive teams, driving innovation and quality in end-of-life care. Join us and make a profound impact—nationwide.

Bristol Hospice is a nationwide industry leader committed to providing a family-centered approach in the delivery of hospice services throughout our communities. We are dedicated to our mission that all patients and families entrusted to our care will be treated with the highest level of compassion, respect, and dignity. For more information about Bristol Hospice, visit  or follow us on Linked In.

Our culture is cultivated using the following values:

• Integrity: We are honest and professional.
• Trust: We count on each other.
• Excellence: We strive to always do our best and look for ways to improve and excel.
• Accountability: We accept responsibility for our actions, attitudes, and mistakes.
• Mutual Respect: We treat others the way we want to be treated.

An Average Day: (Includes, but not limited to)

• Supervise all hospice physician employees and contract hospice physicians.
• Act as a medical resource person to the IDT/IDG and attend IDT/IDG conferences.
• Assure overall continuity of the hospice medical services.
• Assure that the patient receives appropriate measures to control uncomfortable symptoms.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to develop and execute the organization's clinical strategy.
• Contribute to the growth and expansion of hospice services by identifying opportunities for new programs or services.
• Collaborate with the IDT/IDG to ensure that the medical needs of the patient are met and provide oversight of the plan of care.
• Certify that the patient meets the medical criteria for hospice admission based upon available diagnostic and prognostic indicators, related diagnosis(es) if any, current subjective and objective medical findings, current medication and treatment orders, information about the medical management of any of the patient’s conditions unrelated to the terminal illness.
• Collaborate with the patient’s attending physician to develop and update the patient’s plan of care, to identify needs not met by the attending physician, and to ensure pain and symptom management and control.
• Re‑certify patients, as appropriate, for continuation of Medicare Hospice Benefit at appropriate levels of care.
• Serve as a medical resource to hospice staff, patients, families and attending physicians regarding pain and symptom control management.
• Ensure the provision of direct medical services to patients either directly or through arrangements, as appropriate, in the absence of the patient’s attending physician.
• Participate in plan of care development and managing oversight of medications and treatment.
• Document care provided in the patient’s clinical record providing evidence of progression of the end‑state‑disease process.
• Maintain current knowledge of the latest research and trends in hospice care and pain/symptom management.
• Participate in performance improvement programs, as indicated.
• Provide consultation and education to colleagues and attending physicians related to admission criteria for hospice and palliative care.
• Develop and implement clinical protocols, policies, and procedures to ensure the highest standards of care.
• Demonstrate knowledge in communications and counseling of the patient/family in dealing with end‑of‑life issues.
• Participate in resolution of interpersonal conflict and issues of clinical and ethical concern.
• Participate in the development and updating of patient care policies and emergency procedures.
• Participate in the development of physician identification, contracting, onboarding.
• Act as a liaison to physicians in the community.
• Other duties as…