Minimum of 2 years experience in palliative care or related field
Strong communication skills for educating caregivers
Previous experience working with diverse patient populations
Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary care effectively
Ability to manage varying caseloads and patient interaction times
Responsibilities
Conduct patient consultations and follow-up visits in a hospital setting
Educate caregivers on disease management and end-of-life care
Coordinate with community medical providers and other healthcare disciplines
Participate in daily interdisciplinary team meetings to review patient assignments
Collaborate with inpatient hospice liaisons to enhance patient care
Benefits
Company phone and necessary equipment provided
Supportive work environment with interdisciplinary collaboration
Opportunity to work four 10-hour shifts with no on-call duty
Exposure to a diverse range of patients and care situations
Regular team meetings for case discussion and professional development
Full Job Description
Schedule:
Our Inpatient palliative care team serves patients 7 days a week. After your orientation period - your schedule will be determined based on need and discussed at the time of the interview. There is no on call duty associated with this role.
This role will work four 10-hour shifts.
Caseloads and Visits:
Your caseloads will be variable based on schedule and patient census.
Consultation visits can be up to 90 minutes; follow up visits can range from 15 to 45 minutes.
The productivity goal is 6-8 patients daily, 1-2 new consults with 5-6 follow up visits.
What you'll be doing:
You'll see your patients in a hospital environment. We provide quality care regardless of circumstance to a variety of different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
You'll need to be comfortable educating the caregivers on how to care for their loved one. This might include things like disease education, advance care planning, how to administer medications, and what to expect at end-of-life.
You'll be provided with a company phone, and other equipment as applicable to perform your duties.
You will coordinate care between your patient's community medical providers, and other disciplines to provide updates, obtain and place new orders. This coordination takes place during and in between visits.
You will be part of an Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) consisting of a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, and a medical social worker. The team meets each morning at 8:30 AM to review patient assignments and discuss complex cases as needed. There is also a monthly business meeting with our CMO.
You'll also collaborate with inpatient hospice clinical liaisons to coordinate and facilitate patient care at end-of-life.
