Executive Director - Hospice
Salary: $110,000 - $125,000 per year
Location: Gallatin, TN
Posted: April 18 2025
Minimum Degree:
Relocation Assistance: Available
- Responsible for compliance with all regulations, laws, policies and procedures, that are applicable to hospice and Medicare / Medicaid issues when applicable on a daily basis.
- Ensures that hospice employs qualified individuals (for all staff members) and accepts responsibility for daily agency operations.
- Immediately available (or has Alternate Designee) to be on-site during business hours or immediately available by telephone when off-site conducting agency business, available after hours as needed.
- Provides oversight for the hospice operations to ensure agency success
- Provides support and coaching to hospice team
- Interview and select potential employees
- Ensures all hospice policies and procedures for compliance with local, state and federal regulations
- Communicate with patients, patient family members, and physicians concerning patient care
- Monitor hospice census and staffing trends
- Maintain departmental budget and financials
- Oversees the implementation of policy, procedures and quality improvement programs
Qualifications:
License Requirements: RN REQUIRED
- Must have leadership experience & Hospice experience (Three (3) years of health care and 5 years of leadership preferred.)
- Hospice Leadership - executive director level preferred
- Business development/proven growth capabilities preferred
- Must be a licensed physician; licensed registered nurse; licensed social worker; or a Bachelor's degree college graduate with at least three (3) years of documented success in discipline/field of study and a minimum of one (1) year of full time experience in a hospice, home health, or other health care delivery system setting.
- Current CPR certification required for Executive Directors who may provide services to patients in the field.
- Current Driver's License and vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.