Gentiva
Overview
We are looking for a Hospice Medical Director to join Gentiva Hospice. This Medical Director serves as a medical resource to the hospice team, patients, families, and attending physicians regarding pain and symptom management. The Medical Director attends, participates in, and collaborates with the Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) meetings to ensure the medical needs of patients are met and provides oversight of the plan of care. The Medical Director partners with the patient’s attending medical director/physician to develop and update the plan of care, certifies patient meets the medical criteria for hospice admission, signs appropriate documentation to indicate admission approval, partners with the Admission Team to provide guidance and support, and reviews clinical information prior to the recertification period to provide written recertification of terminal illness for subsequent benefit periods.
Responsibilities
Serve as a medical resource to the hospice team, patients, families, and attending physicians regarding pain and symptom management.
Attend, participate in, and collaborate with IDG meetings to ensure patient medical needs are met.
Provide oversight of the plan of care.
Partner with the patient’s attending medical director/physician to develop and update the plan of care.
Certify that patients meet the medical criteria for hospice admission and sign documentation to indicate approval of admission.
Partner with the Admission Team to provide guidance and support.
Review clinical information prior to the recertification period and provide written recertification of terminal illness for subsequent benefit periods.
Qualifications
Doctoral Degree in medicine (M.D.) or (D.O.) and current, unrestricted license to practice medicine in the state of practice.
Exemplary leadership skills with a passion for optimizing care of patients with hospice and palliative care needs.
A reputation and positive image in the community as an authority in hospice and palliative medicine.
Familiar with and skilled at working with an interdisciplinary team.
Experience with and ability to work within a distributed physician medical staff (or similar) structure.
Current and valid National Provider Identifier (NPI).
We Offer / Additional Details
This is a job notification only. The Medical Director will not be an employee of Gentiva. The Medical Director will invoice Gentiva for services rendered.
Legal / EEO
This is a safety-sensitive position
Where applicable, the employee must meet state-specific requirements
We are proud to be an EEO employer
We maintain a drug-free workplace
Job Details
ReqID: 2025-125713
Category: Clinical Management
Position Type: Temporary
Company: Gentiva Hospice
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Responsibilities
Serve as a medical resource to the hospice team, patients, families, and attending physicians regarding pain and symptom management.
Attend, participate in, and collaborate with IDG meetings to ensure patient medical needs are met.
Provide oversight of the plan of care.
Partner with the patient’s attending medical director/physician to develop and update the plan of care.
Certify that patients meet the medical criteria for hospice admission and sign documentation to indicate approval of admission.
Partner with the Admission Team to provide guidance and support.
Review clinical information prior to the recertification period and provide written recertification of terminal illness for subsequent benefit periods.
Qualifications
Doctoral Degree in medicine (M.D.) or (D.O.) and current, unrestricted license to practice medicine in the state of practice.
Exemplary leadership skills with a passion for optimizing care of patients with hospice and palliative care needs.
A reputation and positive image in the community as an authority in hospice and palliative medicine.
Familiar with and skilled at working with an interdisciplinary team.
Experience with and ability to work within a distributed physician medical staff (or similar) structure.
Current and valid National Provider Identifier (NPI).
We Offer / Additional Details
This is a job notification only. The Medical Director will not be an employee of Gentiva. The Medical Director will invoice Gentiva for services rendered.
Legal / EEO
This is a safety-sensitive position
Where applicable, the employee must meet state-specific requirements
We are proud to be an EEO employer
We maintain a drug-free workplace
Job Details
ReqID: 2025-125713
Category: Clinical Management
Position Type: Temporary
Company: Gentiva Hospice
#J-18808-Ljbffr