Palliative Care Nurse

Job Description

Job Description

Palliative Care Nurse

Evergreen Family Medicine is committed to providing excellent care for your family with clinics in Roseburg, Myrtle Creek and Sutherlin Oregon.  Evergreen Family Medicine serves outpatient needs, including Urgent Care, Family Practice, Women’s Health, and Occupational Health.

Evergreen Family Medicine is a Drug Free Workplace. All candidates that are offered employment will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

The Palliative Care Manager provides chronic care/clinical case management services aimed at enhancing patient-centered care and maximizing outcomes across the patient care continuum. Case management services include patient advocacy, monitoring patient care to ensure progress toward desired outcome, addressing patient and family needs, resolving obstacles to effective care, and implementing disease modifying interventions.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Maintains confidentiality according to HIPAA regulations and EFM policies
• Adheres strictly to EFM departmental standards and policies, including state and federal regulations.
• Communicates effectively and professionally with coworkers, managers, and patients via phone, email, or in person.
• Capable of assessment of physical functioning as well as an understanding of both acute and chronic illness and disability.
• Assess needs of patients/family, coordinates care and resources. Plans, develops, and implements appropriate patient care goals.
• Monitors and documents quality of care to ensure patient care plan goals and appropriate and understood as well as implemented. Identifies patient needs, including those of ethical and cultural nature and assures that they are addressed.
• Identifies delays in service request or treatments and communicates them to the healthcare team.
• Visits patients in care facilities and performs Chronic Care Management Services
• Symptom Management: Relieve pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, depression, and other distressing symptoms.
• Communication & Goals: Facilitate discussions about the patient's goals, values, and care preferences, ensuring they are communicated to the entire care team.
• Care Coordination: Work with primary physicians and other specialists to create and implement comprehensive care plans.
• Emotional & Psychosocial Support: Provide counseling and support for patients and families dealing with the emotional impact of serious illness.
• Advance Care Planning : Assist with legal and personal decisions, such as creating advance directives.
• Resource Connection : Link patients and families to community services, support groups, and spiritual care.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Degree, license or certification in LPN or RN.

• Communication, interpersonal, clerical, and organizational skills necessary to complete job duties.
• Ability to handle the confidential aspects of the work.
• The ability to type at least 40 wpm and activate/operate computers and office equipment.

Physical requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands and fingers, handle, or feel; and reach forward with hands and arms. 
• The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, or crouch. 
• May be exposed to patients with infectious diseases.
• Must be able to lift up to 35 pounds at times.

Our culture and values are every employee’s responsibility: The needs of our patient come first S.P.I.R.I.T

• Stewardship
• Patient & Population Focused Health Care
• Integrity
• Respect
• Innovation
• Teamwork

Benefits:

• Health, Dental, Vision benefits
• Life Insurance
• 401k with a company match up to 6%
• Paid Time Off