Hospice Administrator and Director of Patient Care Services

Job overview

The Hospice Administrator and Director of Patient Care Services role is onsite in Saint Charles, IL, with an annual salary of $90,000–$115,000. The position supports an independent Medicare-certified hospice and palliative care provider serving patients and families across the western suburbs. Reporting to the Governing Body, this leader is responsible for daily operations, regulatory compliance, and patient-care quality. The role brings operational oversight and clinical leadership together to support survey-ready operations, a stable clinical team, continuous quality improvement, and responsive care for patients and families.

What you'll do

• Oversee Medicare and Medicaid hospice compliance and Illinois licensure, survey readiness, plans of correction, and policy development
• lead patient-care services, clinical supervision, interdisciplinary group work, care-plan quality, and eligibility and recertification oversight
• set documentation standards
• lead QAPI and patient- and family-experience outcomes
• manage staffing, hiring, credentialing, scheduling, performance, orientation, competency, and education
• serve as an escalation point for complex clinical situations and liaison with families and attending physicians
• provide backup on-call leadership
• support referrals, admissions, budgets, operations, and vendors.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

hospice administrator

director of patient care services

hospice

palliative care

registered nurse

clinical leadership

qapi

regulatory compliance

saint charles il

$90k–$115k per year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Dental insurance
• health insurance
• paid time off
• vision insurance.

Why this role

Requires an active, unrestricted Illinois RN license, hospice or palliative-care experience including leadership, and survey experience. Master’s degree, BSN, hospice EMR experience, and CHPN or CHPNA certification are preferred.

About the employer

Confidential Hospice Provider is hiring for this role. Industry: Home Health Care Services. Sector: 62.