Position Title:

RN - Registered Nurse - Palliative Care Coordinator

Department:

Palliative Care

Job Description:

One (1) year of RN experience is preferred for this position. If you have less than one (1) year of RN experience, please search for positions titled “RN Resident” to start the application process.

POSITION INFORMATION: Provides professional nursing-related healthcare in a medical specialty.  Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care in a designated patient population or specialty.  The RN Coordinator manages, oversees and coordinates the care and services of patients and their families who have been referred to the Palliative Care Team.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:

• Physician Assistance.  Assists physician during the examination as needed.  Ensures that all information is available to the physician.  Accompanies physician on rounds and keeps informed of special orders concerning patients. 
• Patient Follow Up.  Makes follow up patient appointments or follows up on patient appointments.  Answers routine questions from patients, family, etc.
• Collaboration.  Collaborates with other healthcare professionals to provide efficient quality patient care.  Evaluates and improves teaching and nursing practices and recommends modifications; may serve as a functional lead or a direct supervisor of staff such as LPNs, MAs, etc.
• Patient Education.  Provides educational information to patients, family, etc.
• Patient Assessment.  Assesses and monitors patient response to procedures and treatments.  Reports patient condition and reaction to tests, drugs, treatments, and any significant incidents to the physician.
• Counseling.  Counsels patients and family about death, side effects of medication, therapy, etc.
• Research.  Participates in and contributes to research activities that are related to the area of specialization in which they are involved.  Participates in conferences pertaining to the research area.   

Clinical responsibilities:

Intake of new inpatient consults

Schedule inpatient “appointments”

Coordinate care conferences  

Management of comfort cart

Hospice referrals and enrollment

Coordinate/complete discharge follow up calls

Attend tele-health visits (once monthly)

Facilitate transitions from perinatal palliative care to general palliative care service

Facilitate transitions from OCH to BCHC and vice versa

Facilitate enrollment into bereavement program

Triage of oncology consults

Intake of oncology patients

Coordination of oncology clinic schedule with palliative care visits

Education and Quality:

Graduate from an accredited school school of nursing required.

Develop and maintain educational materials for patients/families

Manage/maintain palliative care patient database

Quality improvement initiatives

Equivalent/ Substitution: 

Will accept an Associate’s degree in Nursing plus an additional 24 months of experience in lieu of the Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

Experience:

12 months related experience in the designated specialty

Pediatric nursing experience, ideally in an acute care setting or in a setting with patients who have chronic, complex needs

Palliative care or hospice experience can be considering in lieu of pediatric experience

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required:  Current RN License issued by the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing, or a current multistate compact RN License (eNLC). Current Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association required upon hire.

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