Essential Job Functions:

• Conducts comprehensive, focused assessments of patients and families with palliative care needs.
• Work with patients and families to determine their understanding of the patient's condition, proposed treatment plan and advance care planning.
• Formulates, implements, monitors, evaluates, and modifies palliative care plans with input from an interdisciplinary palliative care team and other collaborating care providers (primary care and specialists).
• Assist patients and families in developing treatment plans, including the management of medications and pain control.
• Assist in all facets of care coordination for palliative care referrals.
• Completes advance care planning with patient and family and refers to hospice as is appropriate.
• Engage in quality improvement in patient care services and department functions, including evaluating the effectiveness of the health care delivery system in meeting the health care needs of palliative care patients and families.
• Plans clinical and educational interventions, which are consistent with individual/organizational needs and goals, and evaluate change/outcomes.
• Participates in on-call coverage rotation.
• Partners in the development and growth of the Palliative Care Program.
• Participates in palliative care research with a focus on outcomes.
• Candidate will have the ability to utilize the nursing process to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate the plan of care for patients served. Through the model of Shared Governance, collaborate with all members of the health care team with a focus on promoting evidenced based care within a healing culture for the patient population served and their families.
• Candidate will demonstrate and embrace the PRIDE core values (Professionalism, Respect, Involvement, Dignity and Excellence) in every aspect of their job.
• Candidate must have excellent communication and computer skills.

If interested, please email CV to Brian Mills, Physician & Advanced Practice Recruiter at Brian.Mills@atlantichealth.org