Registered Nurse (RN) - Palliative Care Specialist

kansashealthsystem; Liberty (MO); On-site; USD 75,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Hospital in Liberty, MO, seeks a Registered Nurse (RN) - Palliative Care Specialist to coordinate an interdisciplinary approach to palliative care and to facilitate clinical operations within the program.

This full-time, onsite role runs Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 4 pm, with emphasis on symptom management, education for patients and families, discharge planning, and collaboration with the care team and hospice partners.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in Missouri.
• Minimum 3 years of recent clinical nursing experience.
• Experience in palliative care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the interdisciplinary team to complete palliative care consults and assess needs.
• Provide consultation and education on symptom management and pain control.
• Educate on end-of-life issues and coordinate program activities and policies.
• Facilitate discharge planning and hospice referrals as appropriate.
• Collaborate with leadership on budget, performance measures and staff resource planning.

Skills

Clinical Nursing

Palliative Care

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Nursing (BSN)

Master's in Nursing (MSN) - preferred

Job description

Position Title

Registered Nurse (RN) - Palliative Care SpecialistLiberty Hospital

Position Summary / Career Interest:

Responsible for coordinating an interdisciplinary approach to deliver palliative healthcare services to patients. Facilitates the clinical operations and activities of the program.

Work Hours: M-F 7:30 am - 4 pm Onsite (No weekends/Holidays)

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Coordinate with the interdisciplinary team to complete palliative care consults including assessment of physical, psycho-social and spiritual needs.
• Provide consultation and education regarding symptom management and pain control for palliative care patients.
• Develop, plan, and coordinate patient, staff and community education regarding end-of-life issues, ethical issues and palliative care.
• Facilitation of the palliative care team members, including team development, mentoring and skill building.
• Serves as a liaison for patients/families, nursing staff, physicians, and other services; supports the patient/family in informed decision making.
• Collaborate with Director on palliative care budget, review of performance measures, and use of staff resources proportional to activity and patient care.
• Support maintenance, develop and maintain policies and procedures; assist in marketing of program.
• Utilize quality improvement process to improve effectiveness of care.
• Collaborate with hospice in program development, education and support.
• Facilitate appropriate discharge planning and assist with identifying hospice referral.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• 3 or more years recent clinical nursing experience.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Master Degree Nursing with specialty in palliative care
• Palliative care
• educator/coordinator or manager experience
• hospice experience
• program development experience

Required Licensure and Certification

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)

Preferred Licensure and Certification

• Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) - Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center (HPCC) APN with specialty in palliative care.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Requisition ID:

R-56560

Important information for you to know as you apply:

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].

• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.