Director- Home Care & Hospice

Position Summary:

Carle Health combines clinical care, health insurance, research and academics in a way that solves real-world problems today with an eye toward the future. Supported by a deep philanthropic spirit, Carle is dedicated to doing what it takes to make life better for as many as possible. Its mission is to serve people through high-quality care, medical research and education.

Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is an integrated system of healthcare services, which includes a five-hospital system, multi-specialty physician groups, as well as Carle Illinois College of Medicine and the Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute. Named a Great Place to Work®, Carle Foundation Hospital also ranks as one of America's 50 Best Hospitals™ by Healthgrades® and both Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle BroMenn Medical Center hold Magnet® designation, the nation's highest honor for nursing care.

The system includes five hospitals with 807 beds, multi-specialty physician group practices with more than 1,000 doctors and advanced practice providers, and health plans including FirstCarolinaCare and Health Alliance. Health Alliance is a leading provider-driven health plan serving Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and Washington, and FirstCarolinaCare health plan serves North Carolina.

The Opportunity:
Join a growing Home Care and Hospice team and oversee the Champaign-Urbana region. This position is responsible for overseeing the two southern branches (Champaign & Olney), 133 employees with 9 director reports, provides services in 22 of the 31 counties and averages 400 Home Health patients and 100 hospice patients daily.

The Director- Home Care & Hospice is responsible for planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining programs, policies, and management systems to promote efficient and effective delivery of high quality care and to maintain financial viability of home health and hospice business units. Provides supervision and management of clinical programs providing 24/7 customer focused service delivery, and ensuring high quality, cost effective services that lead to best practice performance with maximum and timely reimbursement.

Qualifications:
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or Related Field

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
Registered Professional Nurse (RN) License Illinois, if degree is in Nursing upon hire and Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days and National Nursing Certification if RN within 3 years.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Five (5) years leadership and at least five (5) years proven, progressive healthcare or related management experience, preferably within a home health/hospice Medicare certified and accredited agency. Demonstrated record of goal achievement and successfully taking on increased responsibility with positive results.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Ability to work autonomously with minimal oversight. Strong business and financial acumen. Independent and sound decision making and creative thinking skills. Dependable with the ability work well under pressure and within strict timeframes. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to grow and mentor staff. Organized and responsive. Ability to hold oneself and others accountable.

Essential Functions:

• Provides leadership, vision, and management to assigned department(s). Establishes departmental strategic direction and develops appropriate tactical plans tactics to meet current and future strategic objectives consistent with industry standards for delivery and coordination of all home services.
• Demonstrates fiscal responsibility. Captures all legitimate revenue; conservative in expenses and resource use yet provides appropriate and high quality service to patients.
• Oversees the selection, training, and evaluations of all personnel functions throughout the departments/regions including, but not limited to hiring, performance appraisals, promotions, transfers, and disciplinary issues.
• Responsible for formulation of budgets, cost containment strategies, and ongoing financial/revenue cycle review and analysis.
• Ensures reaccreditation and compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Coordinates Quality Improvement activities with timely implementation of corrective action plans and ongoing monitoring.
• Prepares necessary reports for the Board of Directors and other necessary stakeholders as indicated and within time frames.
• Develops and implements marketing activities and plans to ensure attainment of budgeted volume levels.
• Contributes to the operational and clinical objectives of the fully vertically integrated health system through collaboration with system leadership.
• Recruits, directs, and develops a dynamic team dedicated to attaining optimal outcomes.

• Provides leadership, vision, and management to assigned department(s). Establishes departmental strategic direction and develops appropriate tactical plans tactics to meet current and future strategic objectives consistent with industry standards for delivery and coordination of all home services.