Director, Supportive Care Services, Full-Time, Days
Whittier, CA - USA
Job Summary
Post-Acute Care Services provides interdisciplinary patient-centered care focused on the quality of life comfort and support for patients and families after an acute illness hospitalization or are facing a serious illness. The leader of this department is responsible for the strategic operational and clinical oversight of core services including social work spiritual care (chaplaincy) volunteer services hospice and palliative care admissions.
The Director Supportive Care Services provides comprehensive leadership and oversight for the coordination and delivery of Palliative Care and Hospice support services across the continuum of care. Ensures integration of psychosocial spiritual and supportive care services with clinical operations to deliver high quality compliant and compassionate care for both the patients who are recovering from a serious illness and those facing end of life care.
This position is accountable for the direction and performance of social work services chaplaincy volunteer programs and all palliative care and hospice admission functions. This includes ensuring timely and appropriate patient access effective care transitions and alignment with regulatory requirements and organizational goals.
This position is responsible for the hospice referral process ensuring timely access to hospice addition the role is responsible for managing all aspects of the Hospice Volunteer Services and Bereavement Program. Professional relationships will be developed across the organization to establish result-producing relationships with the referral community including physicians discharge planners and community partners. The goal will be to establish affiliations with community organizations with the intent focused upon hospice growth and recruiting more volunteers to serve within hospice.
PIH Health is a nonprofit regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3 million residents in the Los Angeles County Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Hospital - Whittier PIH Health Hospital - Downey and PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital 27 outpatient medical locations a multispecialty medical (physician) group home healthcare services and hospice care as well as heart cancer womens health urgent care and emergency services.
The organization is recognized by Watson Health as one of the nations Top Hospitals and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) as one of the nations top hospital systems for best practices cutting-edge advancements quality of care and healthcare technology. PIH Health is certified as a Great Place to Work TM. For more information visit or follow us on Facebook Twitter or Instagram.
Required Skills
- Demonstrated success in leading successful teams
- Proven ability to establish credibility and meet the demands of the department
- Experience managing projects from start to finish.
- Skilled at interpersonal relationships
- Interviewing and counseling skills
- Ability to work effectively with staff and volunteers
- Good communication skills
- Commitment to end of life principles of individual and family care.
- Must have demonstrated knowledge of federal state and local laws and regulations affecting volunteer services.
Required Experience:
Director