Registered Nurse - Palliative Care
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse, you play a vital role in our mission to improve lives. Provide expert nursing assessment and care coordination, including working with physicians, case managers, patients, and families to ensure care aligns with patient goals, values, and preferences. At Vituity we know the impact you can have. Join the Vituity Team. At Vituity we’ve cultivated an environment where passion thrives, and success comes through shared purpose. We were founded in a culture that values team accomplishments more than individual achievements, an approach we call “culture of brilliance.” Together, we leverage our strengths and experiences to make a positive impact in our local communities. We foster this through shared goals and helping our colleagues succeed, and we also understand the importance of recognition, taking the time to show appreciation and gratitude for a job well done. Vituity Locations: Vituity has opportunities at 900 practices across the country, serving 14.5+ million patients a year. With Vituity, if you ever need to move, you can take your job with you.
Requirements
- Current active Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing in the state of practice required.
- Minimum two years of clinical nursing experience required.
- Strong communication, organizational, and teamwork skills required.
- Demonstrated clinical competence and professional judgment required.
- Advanced patient assessment skills.
- Knowledge of palliative care and hospice principles.
- Serious illness communication expertise.
- Care coordination and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Conflict resolution and family meeting facilitation.
- Knowledge of community resources and care transitions.
- EHR proficiency and documentation excellence.
- Ability to prioritize multiple competing demands.
- Serious illness communication and family meeting facilitation.
- Psychosocial assessment, counseling, grief, and bereavement support.
- Knowledge of hospice eligibility and community resources.
- Ability to identify surrogate decision makers and support healthcare proxy designation.
- Strong interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
- Ability to educate medical students and residents.
- Strong documentation, organizational, and communication skills.
- Strong computer skills, proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel - intermediate-advanced, PowerPoint, Access).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills. Polished public speaking skills with an ability to present to all types of audiences.
- Ability to work collaboratively as a team member in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Understanding of hospital and palliative care operations. Subject matter expertise in palliative care operations and process improvement.
- Ability to perform daily functions with little supervision, working in a remote environment, and understanding when to escalate issues where appropriate.
- Demonstrated self-learner interested in continued professional development and personal growth.
- Strong organizational and customer service skills.
- Ability to maintain impeccable records and to sustain strong attention to detail.
Nice To Haves
- CHPN certification preferred.
- Experience in palliative care, hospice, oncology, geriatrics, critical care, or hospital medicine preferred.
- Experience facilitating advance care planning discussions preferred.
- Experience teaching learners and interdisciplinary teams preferred.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive bedside nursing assessments.
- Evaluate symptom burden, functional status, psychosocial needs, and treatment response.
- Monitor patient progress and communicate recommendations to the palliative care physician.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to develop individualized care plans.
- Coordinate transitions of care and discharge planning.
- Introduce patients and families to palliative care services.
- Facilitate advance care planning discussions.
- Assist with POLST, Advance Directives, and Durable Power of Attorney documentation.
- Participate in family meetings and goals-of-care conversations.
- Support shared decision-making and alignment of treatment plans with patient preferences.
- Coordinate and schedule family meetings.
- Participate in ethics consultations.
- Educate patients and families regarding palliative care and hospice services.
- Educate patients and families regarding diagnosis, prognosis, treatment options, and symptom management.
- Serve as a resource regarding hospice, end-of-life care, and the dying process.
- Counsel caregivers regarding home hospice and caregiving responsibilities.
- Assist with hospice, home-based palliative care, long-term care, and post-acute placement.
- Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and care planning.
- Support education of residents and medical students.
- Track quality and program metrics.
Benefits
- Superior health plan options
- Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA, Life and AD&D coverage, and more
- Top Tier 401(k) retirement savings plans that offers a $1.20 match for every dollar up to 6%25 plus discretionary profit-sharing contributions (eligible January following 18 months of service)
- Outstanding Paid Time Off: Start at 4 weeks’ PTO, Paid holidays, Sabbatical
- Student Loan Refinancing Discounts
- Professional and Career Development Program
- EAP and travel assistance included
- Wellness program
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Purpose-driven culture focused on improving the lives of our patients, communities, and employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
