Hospice Executive Director II

Gentiva Hospice; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance available

Job summary

Gentiva Hospice in Montgomery, AL is seeking an Executive Director to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for a mid-sized hospice location. You will guide interdisciplinary teams, ensure high-quality, patient-centered care, and drive regulatory compliance while advancing the mission, vision, and values of the organization.

The role emphasizes leadership development, community engagement, and collaboration with the Governing Body to meet organizational goals and standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospice leadership, home health administration, or clinical operations management.
• Natural leader with passion for patient-centered care, team development, and clinical excellence.
• Ability to lead interdisciplinary teams and coordinate with Governing Body and community partners.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership for a mid-sized hospice program, accountable for clinical quality and operational performance.
• Oversees day-to-day operations and interdisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality care.
• Ensures compliance with accrediting/licensing standards and regulatory requirements.
• Manages human resources, policy implementation, and office operations.
• Plans and organizes tasks and resources to achieve strategic goals and improve census and service quality.

Skills

Leadership

Healthcare management

Regulatory compliance

People management

Strategic planning

Job description

Overview

Relocation assistance available

Lead with Compassion. Serve with Purpose. Transform Hospice.

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for a Hospice Executive Director to join our leadership team in Montgomery, AL . This is a great opportunity for an experienced healthcare professional with a background in hospice leadership, home health administration, or clinical operations management to make a meaningful impact in end-of-life care.

If you're a natural leader who is passionate about patient-centered care, team development, and clinical excellence, we invite you to bring your talent to a place where you can truly make a difference.

The Executive Director Non-RN II provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for assigned Hospice location with a mid-sized census. This role will oversee and lead the day-to-day operations, including managing and directing interdisciplinary teams, ensuring the delivery of high-quality and patient-centered care, fostering a culture of compassion, respect and integrity to meet business and organizational goals, regulatory standards, and community needs. Responsibilities include leadership and development, financial performance, community outreach, human resources, office operations and communication and relationship building with the Governing Body, referral partners, the community. In this role, the Administrator ensures assigned Hospice location delivers outstanding service, while upholding the company's mission, vision and values.

Essential Functions

• Provides leadership for a mid-sized hospice program, accountable for clinical quality, operational performance, and balanced, sustainable census growth.


• Demonstrates a commitment to excellence through focusing on quality care and/or service.


• Incorporates continuous quality improvement principles in day-to-day activities. Uses statistical and qualitative information to manage quality.


• Requires employees to exhibit technical knowledge and effective skill education related to their job.


• Promotes and monitors compliance with requirements and standards established by accrediting or licensing agencies, regulatory agencies and state or federal law relevant to areas of responsibility.


• Ensures that policies and procedures are followed.


• Accepts responsibility for remaining current in the latest trends, developments and technologies relative to area of work by: Actively pursuing self-development, attending in- services, and circulating relevant information to appropriate employees.


• Recommends and implements policies and procedures, which have been developed by the Administrator and Governing Body that guide and support the provision of services.


• Manages Human Resources effectively.


• Shows consistency between words and actions.


• Promotes positive communications and keeps employees informed of changes by ensuring meetings with appropriate staff are conducted and documented. Is available to employees when issues arise.


• Promotes/provides for core orientation, at the direction of the Administrator, plus location and job specific orientation, in service training and continuing education for employees, volunteers and contract personnel.


• Conducts educational programs for outside agencies as deemed necessary.


• Recommends a sufficient number of qualified and competent persons to provide services. Responsible for the selection, supervision, and evaluation of interdisciplinary team members in collaboration with the Administrator


• Collaborates with the Administrator, Corporate leadership and employees to establish goals and standards for performance; reviews and monitors progress regularly and redirects efforts where goals are not being met.


• Determines qualifications and competence of employees in collaboration with the Administrator


• Completes all performance evaluations, in collaboration with the Administrator, prior to due date


• Takes appropriate and timely action in disciplinary situations in collaboration with the Administrator; documents actions taken in accordance with policy.


• Makes appropriate assignments among employees in accordance with their personal abilities and limitations; ensures fair and consistent workload distribution.


• Manages Office Operations effectively


• Directs the multiple teams of the assigned location, if applicable.


• Plans and organizes tasks and resources to achieve strategic goals and objectives. Consistently demonstrates the ability to recognize, establish and deal with priorities. Measures progress toward set goals; takes corrective action on projects, as appropriate. Considers the impact of department/location decisions on the overall functioning of the provider, the company and its hospice affiliates.


• Reviews and analyzes facts of a situation when developing a plan of action; considers all relevant information to make the most informed decision possible.


• Achieves predetermined objectives and goals.


• Participates in selecting outside sources for needed services in collaborati