What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advanced Illness Management Specialist position at Illumia?
About Empatia
Illumia's member, Empatia, is a renowned healthcare provider specializing in palliative and hospice care. We offer comprehensive services to ensure patients receive the best possible care during life's most challenging moments.
Our team of dedicated professionals works collaboratively with patients, families, and other healthcare providers to develop individualized treatment plans that address the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of our patients.
We believe that every patient deserves compassionate and high-quality care, which is why we invest in ongoing training and professional development for our staff.
Palliative Care Specialist Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Professional Services Corporation Physician or supervising physician, Primary Care Physician, and other palliative team members to deliver advanced illness management and palliative care by providing diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for patients referred to us.
- Take responsibility for advanced illness management from the initial assessment through discharge. Assessment at a minimum should include: disease-specific changes, decline or change in function, nutrition and/or cognition, inadequately controlled pain or other distressing symptoms, falls, infections, or similar events, the impact of the disease burden on the patient's condition, caregiver and/or family's quality of life.
- Establish the plan of care, individualized for each patient, in consultation with the patient, family, and other members of the Advanced Illness team, to include the PCP.
- Facilitate obtaining care for patient when a need is identified in accordance with the Plan of Care.
- Participates in evening/weekend call as required, conducting on-call services in a clinically competent and responsive manner.
- Prescribe medications including controlled substances to the extent delegated and licensed, in accordance with state law. Order and interpret laboratory, imaging, and other diagnostic tests within the scope of professional practice. Order treatments and durable medical equipment as indicated.
- Communicate clinical findings to the PSC Physician as needed, but no less than bi-weekly. Re-assess effectiveness of care plan on a regular basis and modify as needed.
- Maintain effective working relationships with supportive care team (e.g., Social Worker and RN Care Manager), as applicable, and involve team (internally and externally) when patient's care plan warrants team participation to achieve desired outcome.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
- Communicate and document clinical findings, treatment plan, and care provided in the patient's medical record in a manner consistent with acceptable standards in order to support sound medical practice and reimbursement for services provided.
- Knowledgeable of Palliative Medicine Quality Measures collection, documentation, and reporting.
