Executive Director

We are hiring for an Executive Director!

At LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. 

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As a leader with us, you can expect: 

• leadership and engagement with diverse teams across the operation 
• opportunities to create strategies that drive best-in-class care for patients & families
• flexibility for true work-life balance 
• career and leadership development

If you love nursing and have an interest in healthcare operations, this is a great opportunity for you!

The Executive Director is responsible for day-to-day operations and oversight of the hospice multi-site Provider including implementation and maintenance of administrative practices, agency philosophy, goals, and policies which assure compliance with applicable state and federal regulations; coordination and completion of assigned projects to effectively support the immediate and long-range objectives of the hospice Provider.

• Assumes full responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the hospice Provider, including appointment and oversight of any Provider site-specific operations leaders, such as a site-specific Executive Director.
• Supervises Executive Directors appointed at hospice Provider multi-site locations.
• Participates as a member of the hospice Provider Governing Body and facilitates Governing Body meetings that support review and discussion of the hospice Provider pillar activities and operations, including of site-specific information.
• Oversees and/or directly investigates all patient complaints, and alleged or real violations involving mistreatment, neglect, or verbal, mental, sexual, and physical abuse of a patient.
• Oversees and/or directly investigates all patient-related sentinel events.
• Oversees the hospice Provider quality assurance performance improvement program (including multi-site locations), to include use of objective data to improve performance in the areas of improved patient/family care and activities related to patient health and safety. 

• 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.
• Three (3) years of health care leadership preferred.
• 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.