Manager - Hospice
| Hours | Full-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Cadillac, Michigan |
About this job
Job Description
More Than Just Care, It’s Community
Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.
If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.
Invested in You
Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance.
Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.
Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges.
Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings
A Day in the Life
The Hospice Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, administration, and operational oversight of the hospice program. This role develops and monitors departmental budgets, organizational plans, and strategic initiatives to ensure financial stability, operational efficiency, and achievement of organizational goals. The Hospice Manager ensures compliance with all applicable legal, regulatory, and accreditation standards while evaluating program performance and personnel through measurable outcomes and quality metrics. Responsibilities include hiring, staffing, performance management, staff development, orientation, continuing education, competency assessment, and corrective action as needed. The Hospice Manager directs staff in the delivery of hospice services, including admissions, discharges, transfers, revocations, and ongoing patient care, while promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and comprehensive care delivery. This position oversees the maintenance of patient and family records, monitors service utilization, ensures appropriate policies and procedures are developed and implemented, and collaborates with community agencies, vendors, and healthcare partners to effectively coordinate services. The Hospice Manager also serves as a representative of the hospice program within the organization and throughout the community, promotes professional growth and clinical excellence among staff, manages patient and employee concerns, and ensures the availability of resources, support services, equipment, and supplies necessary to provide high-quality hospice care.
What’s Required
The employee must be a graduate of an approved school of nursing, therapy or social work; minimum of 5 years of clinical experience with at least 2 years in Hospice or Home Care; and management experience required OR a health care/human services professional with at least 8 years of health-related experience, 2 years in Home Care or Hospice; management experience required as well as the knowledge and ability to effectively administer the Hospice services.
- Proven knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid regulations required.
- Required to be self-directed professional with ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing. Computer literate.
- Experience working with terminally ill patients and their families.
- Demonstrated ability to lead/supervise others and to work effectively with persons of varied backgrounds and educational experience.
- Possesses current Michigan motor vehicle license, ability to drive a car, and insured vehicle capable of transport to patient homes or other offices in various weather conditions.
Additional Information
Are you Munson Material? Apply today!
Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.
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