Palliative Nurse Navigator

Palliative Nurse Navigator

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It's also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

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The Palliative Nurse Navigator in collaboration with the palliative care providers/clinicians providing quality and specialty palliative care to patients and their loved ones. This care includes: ongoing assessment of patient and family needs including the 8 domains of palliative care and connecting patients and families to available resources within the health system and in the community.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Palliative Nurse Navigator at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• NAVIGATION
  - Coordinates and navigates palliative care for patients. Facilitates access to palliative care services in HMH. Identifies new outpatients as they are diagnosed with a serious illness and provides patient and family palliative education. Connects patients and family with available resources in the health system and community.
• PALLIATIVE CARE PLAN
  - Participates with palliative encounters; provides initial patient needs assessment. Facilitates patient`s advance care planning discussions. Completes controlled substance prior authorizations when needed. Facilitates telephone encounters to assess symptoms, palliative medication modifications, transitions of care, provides education and emotional support. Documents assessment and follow up, and any encounter notes in the patients` medical record.
• RELATIONSHIPS
  - Builds and maintains professional relationships with health care professionals and provides them education regarding outpatient palliative care services. Collaborates with the referring provider/practice to act as a resource for the patient and family during initial or follow up palliative encounters and provides continuity of care.
• QUALITY
  - Participates in appropriate committees/councils. Tracks the flow of patients through palliative care services across the continuum of care. Assists with reviewing reports of activity to the clinical leader. As applicable, ensures compliance with Joint Commission standards and supports certification initiatives as requested.
• PALLIATIVE CARE CONFERENCES
  - Collaborates with the palliative care team to transition patients from other care settings to the outpatient palliative clinic and across various settings. Identifies patients for the applicable palliative sub specialty clinics or other palliative services.
• EDUCATION
  - As applicable, represents palliative services. Provides community organizations with information about palliative services provided and offered to patients. May participate in community health fairs, meetings, or programs relevant to the promotion of the program. Provides education on palliative care for various team members, orientation, and nursing education, as indicated.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior

Qualifications

Education,

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Graduate of licensed school of nursing;
• RN with at least 5 years of clinical experience in a relevant clinical specialty.
• Proficient computer skills- proficiency in Google, Microsoft, EPIC
• Strong organizational, time management, critical thinking RN skills.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment in interactions with providers,
• Clinicians, patients, and their families.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Education,

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• BSN

Licenses and Certifications

Required:

• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.

Licenses and Certifications Preferred:

• Certified…