Hospice Medical Director

Heartland Hospice, part of ProMedica, seeks a Hospice Medical Director to lead our interdisciplinary hospice and palliative care program. The Medical Director provides clinical leadership, supervises hospice physicians and APRNs, and ensures high-quality, patient-centered end-of-life care across home and facility settings. Responsibilities include certifying and recertifying hospice eligibility, managing complex pain and symptom needs, collaborating with nurses, social workers, chaplains, and therapists, and guiding difficult goals-of-care and advance care planning conversations with patients and families. The Medical Director also supports quality improvement, regulatory compliance, staff education, and community/physician outreach while modeling our mission of compassion, dignity, and respect.

Responsibilities
• Provide medical oversight for hospice and palliative care services
• Certify and recertify hospice eligibility and plans of care
• Lead and collaborate with interdisciplinary hospice team members
• Manage complex pain and symptom control for terminally ill patients
• Conduct goals-of-care and advance care planning discussions
• Ensure regulatory, quality, and clinical compliance with hospice standards
• Supervise and mentor hospice physicians, NPs, and clinical staff
• Participate in quality improvement and outcomes initiatives
• Engage in physician, referral source, and community outreach
• Document care in accordance with hospice, payer, and legal requirements

Required Skills
• Hospice and palliative medicine
• Pain and symptom management
• Prognostication and hospice eligibility assessment
• Interdisciplinary team leadership
• Advance care planning and goals-of-care communication
• Regulatory and Medicare hospice compliance
• Quality improvement and outcomes measurement
• Clinical documentation and EMR proficiency
• Staff supervision and mentoring
• Family counseling and conflict resolution