RN Palliative Care Coordinator
About The Position
The Palliative Care RN champions patient comfort and holistic well-being, taking full responsibility and accountability for patient assignments. The role involves managing complex symptoms and providing compassionate, individualized care aligned with patients’ values. The RN serves as an advocate and coordinator, building relationships to support seamless palliative and comfort care, educating patients and families, supporting advance care planning, and participating in quality improvement to enhance care delivery and promote high-quality, cost-effective outcomes. The position promotes an interdisciplinary approach to hospital palliative care, addressing physical, psychosocial, and spiritual dimensions. The RN participates in daily unit rounds, assesses patients for palliative care, provides timely follow-up, stays current on pain and symptom management, and serves as a clinical resource for hospital staff, patients, and families. The RN facilitates discussions about goals of care and advance health care planning, coordinates physician conferences when appropriate, and collaborates with the Director of Palliative Care Services, Medical Director, physicians, and the interdisciplinary team. Clinical competency includes applying nursing knowledge, skills, standards, and clinical and ethical decision-making.
Requirements
- Current California Registered Nurse (RN) license.
- Current BLS certification.
- Five to seven years of clinical experience.
- Exceptional assessment, critical thinking, therapeutic communication, and empathy.
Nice To Haves
- Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care (CHPN).
- Bachelor’s degree.
- One to three years of hospice or palliative care experience.
Responsibilities
- Promote an interdisciplinary approach to palliative care that addresses physical, psychosocial, and spiritual dimensions of care.
- Participate in daily unit rounds, assess patients for palliative care, and provide timely and consistent follow-up.
- Stay current on trends in pain and symptom management and serve as a clinical resource for hospital staff, patients, and families.
- Facilitate patient and family discussions regarding goals of care and advance health care planning.
- Coordinate conferences with physicians when appropriate.
- Collaborate with the Director of Palliative Care Services, Medical Director, physicians, and the interdisciplinary team to provide palliative care services to patients and families.
- Demonstrate clinical competency by applying nursing knowledge, skills, standards, and clinical and ethical decision-making.
- Manage complex symptoms and provide compassionate, individualized care aligned with patient values.
- Provide patient and family education, support advance care planning, and participate in quality improvement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
