What are the responsibilities and job description for the Palliative Care RN position at Illumia?
The Palliative Care RN - Advanced Illness Management provides high-touch palliative care alongside curative treatments to enhance quality of life for patients facing advanced illnesses. This role involves conducting assessments, educating patients and families, and coordinating care with interdisciplinary teams.
Illumia Health is a fast-growing part of Gentiva, an industry leader in hospice and palliative care. Our clinical teams serve as an extension of physicians' care, partnering with them and other specialists to offer advanced illness management, a specialized form of high-touch palliative care designed to provide relief from the symptoms and stress of illness while improving quality of life wherever our patients call home.
We believe every day is an opportunity to make care more personal and life more comfortable. That's why we offer personal care, palliative care and hospice to give people the care they need with dignity, grace, and love.
The Palliative Care RN - Advanced Illness Management (AIM) Program will report directly to the Director of Palliative Care. You will work with patients, their families, and other health care professionals to provide and coordinate high-quality end of life care.
About the Role:
- Conduct in-person/telephonic RN assessments/screenings and provides education to palliative care patients, family members or caregivers as appropriate.
- Complete Risk Stratification Assessment to identify patient support needs per established protocols as appropriate in consultation with the NP.
- Observe patient visit frequency per patient individual need and risk identification.
- Provide reliable education and instructions to patients and families with consistently excellent customer service bringing calm, comfort and positively to patients and families.
- Consult with and educate patients/families regarding disease process, self-care techniques, end-of-life care, medications, nutrition, and dietary needs.
- Communicate any findings that identify appropriate preventive and rehabilitative skilled nursing, or therapy needs to the PCP or AIM Palliative NP.
- Coordinate care with palliative team members.
- Support hospice referral as appropriate.
Requirements:
- Registered Nurse in the State of MN.
- 2 years of prior skilled Registered Nurse experience.
- Demonstrated ability to provide quality patient care.
