Pediatric Palliative Care Nurse Coordinator
About The Position
The Pediatric Palliative Care RN provides skilled assessment and intervention for children with chronic, complex, and/or life-threatening conditions and their families, helping identify available and appropriate resources across the continuum of care. As an active member of the interdisciplinary care team, the nurse provides clinical consultation and attends to health care delivery system dynamics to support effective service delivery, appropriate resource use, patient and family satisfaction, and compliance with practice standards and codes. The role coordinates end-of-life care and discharge planning, collaborates with patients, families, specialty teams, and outside agencies, and serves as a resource to staff caring for dying patients. The position also supports clinical documentation, patient data management, care conferences, and education related to end-of-life care.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
- At least three years of nursing experience.
- Registered Nurse license in Pennsylvania or New Jersey, required upon hire.
- Basic Life Support certification from an organization requiring hands-on instructor-led psychomotor skills verification, required upon hire.
- Computer competency, including basic computer, Microsoft Office, web browsing, shared network file space, patient-facing technology, and clinical communication system use.
- Ability to determine clinical information needs, access and evaluate information, and apply it appropriately in clinical practice.
- Ability to navigate electronic health records and other clinical information systems, use clinical decision support tools, follow confidentiality, security, and privacy requirements, and collect clinical data using quality improvement tools.
Nice To Haves
- Pediatric care coordination or case management experience.
- Clinical work with children and families.
- Experience with life-threatening conditions, chronic disease, hospice, end-of-life care, or related situations.
Responsibilities
- Participate with the Palliative Care Team in an interdisciplinary evaluation of end-of-life care for patients and families.
- Collaborate with primary specialty teams, patients, and families to identify appropriate and safe discharge plans, needs, and resources.
- Coordinate discharge plans for home or inpatient hospice needs.
- Obtain appropriate insurance approval for end-of-life care services.
- Advocate for patients and families with appropriate referral agencies.
- Collaborate with the Palliative Care Team to maintain the clinical database for palliative care patients and families.
- Communicate and coordinate with outside agencies providing home care services to outpatients receiving palliative care.
- Assist in maintaining documentation systems for end-of-life patients and families.
- Communicate with staff involved in end-of-life care through patient care rounds.
- Collaborate with the Palliative Care Team to establish guidelines for patient care conferences, educational programming, and in-service training on end-of-life care.
- Serve as a resource to staff caring for dying patients.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
