University Hospitals
Director - Palliative Care - Cleveland Medical Center
University Hospitals - Cleveland, Ohio, us, 44101
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Job Description - Director - Palliative Care - Cleveland Medical Center (240008KW)
Position: Director of Palliative Care
UHMG/UHCMC Clinical Department: Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Care
The Director of Palliative Care oversees the clinical, operational, and administrative activities of the palliative care program to ensure the delivery of high-quality care in a compassionate, efficient, and cost-effective manner. The Director will engage in the activities outlined in the sections below. The Director may be asked to perform additional duties at the discretion of Departmental or Hospital leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
Collaborate with hospital leadership on the improvement and growth of the system-wide model for palliative care. Recruit palliative care certified faculty for the hospital and system-wide program. Support and mentor the palliative care medical staff within the section. Provide specific guidance for the regional medical directors' performance expectations. Collaborate with regional medical directors to formalize supervision, education, and career development of palliative care NPs. Work collaboratively to advance the clinical and academic mission of the section. Clinical Quality and Operations:
Formalize the model of care for the palliative care unit(s) with the regional directors. Develop a coverage model, in collaboration with the regional medical directors, to assure an appropriately sized professional staff to meet the clinical and administrative needs of the hospitals and system. Collaborate with Hospital leadership to ensure clinical care is compliant with UH system, regulatory, and accreditation standards. Collaborate with Departmental and Hospital leadership as a participant in quality assurance and peer review activities related to care. Develop a process to provide documented feedback when opportunities for improvement are identified. Formalize a quality metrics dashboard for hospitals/system-wide palliative care. Education, Information and Communication:
Ensure appropriate supervision of all trainees and allied health professionals in the delivery of clinical care. Responsible for assuring clinical competency for new faculty. Maintain, improve, and grow the educational program/curriculum for residents/fellows in all specialties as well as hospitalists. Maintain and oversee the fellowship program in palliative care. Ensure necessary infrastructure for palliative care documentation. Participate with divisional faculty in local and regional CME events and physician outreach activities. Minimum Requirements:
Board certified or board eligible Physician Active Ohio Medical License in good standing upon effective date of employment Excellent clinical and teaching skills Must be able to enrich the inter-collaborative culture of the Division New and experienced geriatric trained physicians are welcome to apply
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Collaborate with hospital leadership on the improvement and growth of the system-wide model for palliative care. Recruit palliative care certified faculty for the hospital and system-wide program. Support and mentor the palliative care medical staff within the section. Provide specific guidance for the regional medical directors' performance expectations. Collaborate with regional medical directors to formalize supervision, education, and career development of palliative care NPs. Work collaboratively to advance the clinical and academic mission of the section. Clinical Quality and Operations:
Formalize the model of care for the palliative care unit(s) with the regional directors. Develop a coverage model, in collaboration with the regional medical directors, to assure an appropriately sized professional staff to meet the clinical and administrative needs of the hospitals and system. Collaborate with Hospital leadership to ensure clinical care is compliant with UH system, regulatory, and accreditation standards. Collaborate with Departmental and Hospital leadership as a participant in quality assurance and peer review activities related to care. Develop a process to provide documented feedback when opportunities for improvement are identified. Formalize a quality metrics dashboard for hospitals/system-wide palliative care. Education, Information and Communication:
Ensure appropriate supervision of all trainees and allied health professionals in the delivery of clinical care. Responsible for assuring clinical competency for new faculty. Maintain, improve, and grow the educational program/curriculum for residents/fellows in all specialties as well as hospitalists. Maintain and oversee the fellowship program in palliative care. Ensure necessary infrastructure for palliative care documentation. Participate with divisional faculty in local and regional CME events and physician outreach activities. Minimum Requirements:
Board certified or board eligible Physician Active Ohio Medical License in good standing upon effective date of employment Excellent clinical and teaching skills Must be able to enrich the inter-collaborative culture of the Division New and experienced geriatric trained physicians are welcome to apply
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