RN Palliative Care Coordinator
About The Position
The Palliative Care RN champions patient comfort and holistic well-being, taking responsibility and accountability for patient assignments while managing complex symptoms and providing compassionate, individualized care aligned with patient values. The role serves as a patient advocate and care coordinator, building relationships to support seamless palliative and comfort care. It includes educating patients and families, supporting advance care planning, and participating in quality improvement to enhance care delivery and promote high-quality, cost-effective outcomes. Success requires strong assessment, critical-thinking, therapeutic-communication, and empathy skills. The position promotes interdisciplinary palliative care addressing patients’ physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. 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 with patients and families about goals of care and advance health care planning, coordinates physician conferences when appropriate, and collaborates with palliative care leadership, physicians, and the interdisciplinary team. The role also requires clinical competency and the application of 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.
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, addressing 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.
- Demonstrate clinical competency and apply nursing knowledge, skills, standards, and clinical and ethical decision-making.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
