Palliative Adult Inpatient RN Coordinator-1

Job Description Summary

Cover consult pager during weekdays​

Lead structured daily IDT rounds – to ensure efficiency of IDT ​

Facilitate multidisciplinary goals of care meetings Promote identification of HCPOA and advance directive completion​

Provide coverage for LVAD consults (required for LVAD program accreditation) and HCPOA requests when SW/Chaplain unavailable ​

Provide coverage for LVAD consults (required for LVAD program accreditation) and HCPOA requests when SW/Chaplain unavailable ​

System-Wide Impact:​

Serve as a direct contact and coordinator of care for patients requiring general inpatient (GIP) level of hospice care ​

Coordinate with unit-based Case Managers to identify patients appropriate for consultation​

Review patients who trigger as potentially benefiting from a palliative care consult and coordinate with primary team (e.g., COPD initiative) to improve access to and timeliness of PC consults ​

Facilitate opportunities for primary palliative care education to bedside staff and medical teams ​

Coordinate in-person and Telehealth inpatient PC to ambulatory PC transition (including patient/ caregiver education, ensuring adequate medication supply) ​

Staff support for implementation of any guidelines unique to palliative care patient population

Entity

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC000584 CHS - Palliative Care (Main)

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

Health-29

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

• Cover consult pager during weekdays​

• Lead structured daily IDT rounds – to ensure efficiency of IDT ​

• Facilitate multidisciplinary goals of care meetings Promote identification of HCPOA and advance directive completion​

• Provide coverage for LVAD consults (required for LVAD program accreditation) and HCPOA requests when SW/Chaplain unavailable ​

• Provide coverage for LVAD consults (required for LVAD program accreditation) and HCPOA requests when SW/Chaplain unavailable ​

• Serve as a direct contact and coordinator of care for patients requiring general inpatient (GIP) level of hospice care ​

• Coordinate with unit-based Case Managers to identify patients appropriate for consultation​

• Review patients who trigger as potentially benefiting from a palliative care consult and coordinate with primary team (e.g., COPD initiative) to improve access to and timeliness of PC consults  ​

• Facilitate opportunities for primary palliative care education to bedside staff and medical teams ​

• Coordinate in-person and Telehealth inpatient PC to ambulatory PC transition (including patient/ caregiver education, ensuring adequate medication supply)  ​

• Staff support for implementation of any guidelines unique to palliative care patient population

Additional Job Description

Graduated from an accredited school of nursing. Current licensure by the South Carolina State Board of Nursing. BSN preferred. Minimum of three years of medical practice/clinical management experience. Other experience may be substituted in lieu of practice/clinical management. Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required

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