Palliative Care Nurse

Defeat Ncd India Foundation; Panaji; On-site; INR 500,000 - 620,000; Full time

Job summary

Defeat-NCD India Foundation in Goa is seeking a Palliative Care Nurse to support our palliative care programme with GMC. The role involves coordinating care for patients and providing nursing support across IP, OP, and home care settings.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of clinical palliative care experience, BSc or GNM, and strong ethics, confidentiality, and teamwork. The position offers opportunities for training and community-based service; apply by Oct 10, 2026.

Qualifications

• BSc, GNM with nursing registration.
• 3-5 years of clinical experience in palliative care.
• Proficient in patient education and caregiver support.
• Strong confidentiality and ethical standards.

Responsibilities

• Care coordination of patients registered in the organisation.
• Provide nursing support and education across IP, OP, and home care.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary palliative care team to ensure excellent patient care.
• Identify patients with palliative care needs and triage to appropriate care.
• Participate in training and continuing education programs.

Skills

Ethical patient care

Confidentiality

Team collaboration

Out-of-hours triage

Education

BSc, GNM

Tools

MS Office

Job description

JD - Palliative Care Nurse:

Project Context:

This role of Palliative Care Nurse is part of Defeat-NCD India Foundations Palliative Care Programme. A initiative with Goa Medical College (GMC) is foreseen to establish OPD, IPD, day-care, and home-based palliative care services. Key objectives include:

• Improving quality of life for patients with life-threatening illnesses.
• Reducing hospital readmissions through community-based care.
• Strengthening training for healthcare professionals and caregivers.

The project also focuses on raising awareness and enhancing palliative care capacity in primary and secondary healthcare settings and promoting policy-level advocacy to integrate palliative care into Goas health system.

Job Description

1

• Care -coordination of patients registered in the organisation
• Provide critical nursing support and education to palliative care patients and their caregivers across settings IP, OP, Home care
• Adhere to the practice of confidentiality regarding patients, families, staff, and the organisation Provide critical nursing support and education to palliative care patients and their caregivers across settings – IP, OP, Home care.

2

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary palliative care team to ensure excellent patient care services.
• Identifying patients with Palliative care needs, enrolling new patients, assessment of their needs and prioritizing their care
• Liaise with and assist the doctor in symptom management
• Triaging to the right care setting as per needs
• Identify the psycho-social needs and help triage to multi-Disciplinary team member
• Out-of-hours phone triage
• Assess informal caregivers’ ability, to provide nursing care/education to patients and family
• Maintenance of nursing record, patient registers – IP, OP, home care, death register
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Participate actively in continuing education training programs
• Assist in in-house training sessions and participate in outstation training as required
• Stay updated on best practices in palliative care through training and workshop. Mentor and support others nurses and nursing students as needed.

3

• Attend educational activities of the unit and participate actively in continuing education training programs
• Assist in in-house training sessions and participate in outstation training as required
• Stay updated on best practices in palliative care through training and workshop. Mentor and support others nurses and nursing students as needed.

4

• Participate in events held as part of continuity of care
• Bereavement calls/visits/events (Remembrance Day)
• Cancer awareness, preventive oncology

5

• Perform other duties as required and assigned by management

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• BSc, GNM (General Nurse Midwifery)

Desirable

• Computer Skills- MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel)

Experience

• 3-5 years of clinical experience in Palliative care

Skills/Competencies

• Exemplify ethical behaviour;
• adhere to the practice of respect, confidentiality, beneficence and non-maleficence regarding patients, families, staff, and the organization.
• Exemplify respectful behaviour with all members of the team and foster the dignity of each member in their role.
• Educate patients /family on clinical condition, hands-on care needs, progress of disease, prognosis
• Discuss and provide end-of-life care with empathy and religious/cultural sensitivity
• Be available out-of-hours – for phone follow-up/triage
• Update knowledge and skills of the science continuously

APPLICATIONS :

Deadline for applications: 10th October 2026.

Candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Applications will be received and evaluated on a rolling basis and the recruitment process may close early if we have enough suitable applicants and the project is confirmed by the Health authorities.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted