Palliative Care Coordinator - Physician Practice

Hackensack Meridian Health; North Bergen (NJ); On-site; USD 87,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a Palliative Care Coordinator to provide psychosocial support to patients within the palliative care consult team. This role enhances hospital quality improvement and coordinates care with multiple departments to improve patient and family comfort.

Responsibilities include conducting psychosocial assessments, guiding care planning, and liaising with social services, discharge planning, and community providers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or social work.
• Minimum of 3 years experience with patients with chronic and life threatening illnesses.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Board certification in Palliative Medicine within one year of hire.
• NJ State Professional RN License or NJ Licensed Social Worker or NJ Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Responsibilities

• Performs psychosocial assessment and supports palliative care patients.
• Facilitates patient-family meetings for goal setting and care planning.
• Coordinates with hospital teams and community services to ensure seamless care.
• Maintains liaison between palliative care and quality improvement/discharge planning.
• Participates in rounds, committees and ongoing palliative care operations.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Psycho-social care knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Bachelor's degree in social work

Job description

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Palliative Care Coodinator provides psycho-social support to palliative care patients through the palliative care services consult team. Applies knowledge of psycho-social care in support of hospital quality improvement initiatives.

A day in the life of a Palliative Care Coodinator at Hackensack Meridian Health includes

• Performs/documents psychosocial assessment.
• Assists the palliative care team and/or directly facilitates patient-family meetings for goal setting and care planning.
• Provides liaison function between palliative care team and hospital quality improvement, discharge planning, and social service departments as well as community hospice, home care agencies, long-term care facilities and other community services as needed.
• Follows up with other medical specialists involved in patients' care to maintain coordination with palliative care interventions.
• Attends weekly palliative care interdisciplinary rounds, the monthly Palliative Care Committee and periodic team meetings for the operational and administrative functions of the palliative care service.
• Coordinates educational and outreach services relevant to the social service-palliative care interface.
• Adheres to Joint Commission Standards as related to DSC for Advanced Palliative Care.
• Maintains data for research purposes so that we may assess outcomes and utilize outcome data to modify our procedures to enhance patients' and families' comfort and adjustment.
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
• Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Bachelors degree in nursing, social work or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years experience working with patients with chronic and life threatening illnesses required.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge about home care, palliative care, hospice and advance care planning, and discharge planning.
• Board certified in Palliative Medicine within one year of hire.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred

• Master's degree in nursing, social work or related field.
• Knowledge of palliative care interventions strongly preferred.
• Basic skills in outcomes research strongly preferred.

Licenses and Certifications Required

• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License or NJ Licensed Social Worker or NJ Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Minimum rate of $97,011.20 Annually

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.

The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to

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Internal Equity Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization.

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Some jobs may also be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions not reflected in the starting rate. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts.

In addition to our compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.