Registered Nurse, Palliative Care

Job Description Summary

Monday - Friday, No Weekends and No Holidays

Hours:

8:00am - 4:30pm

The Palliative Care Clinical RN will be a resource to patients/families, hospital staff and the palliative care interdisciplinary team. This person will educate patients and families on palliative care, provide comprehensive assessment to patients, and clearly communicate needs to Palliative Care providers as well as floor staff.

• Provides clinical care within the RN scope of practice, documents assessments and reports moderate to distressing symptoms to Palliative Physicians/APPs and floor nurse
• Follow up on hospice GIP patients as needed
• Able to participate in advance care planning discussions with patients and families and completes documentation (advance directives)
• Communicates plans of care to referring providers and unit clinical teams and ensures recommendations are implemented
• Provides education to patients and their families about palliative care
• Functions as a resource and support to patient care units, and patient care staff regarding palliative care including medication delivery and end of life care
• Identifies learning needs of patient care staff and communicates these to Palliative leadership
• Provides education to hospital staff on Palliative Care as requested
• Professional communication skills with providers, hospital staff, patients/families, internal and community resources

As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties.

Bachelor's Degree (Required)

• 3-4 years’ experience in working in academic or large community hospital in a related clinical area (oncology, geriatrics, ICU, neuro), knowledge of palliative care
• 3-4 years palliative care/hospice experience
• CHPN specialty certification

Day

40

Palliative Care

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