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Registered Nurse (RN) Palliative Care
Falls Church, VA
Job Description
The Palliative Medicine & Comprehensive Care program at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus consists of an interdisciplinary team of 5 physicians, 2 advance practice providers, 2 social workers, a palliative RN, a hospice coordinator, and a chaplain. Our comprehensive, expert team, provides specialty consultation throughout the 923- bed hospital campus, with a strong focus on both advanced symptom management and serious illness communication.
Job Responsibilities:
- Participating in regular IDT meetings to optimize clinical integration, efficiency, and effectiveness of service delivery
- Triaging and assigning palliative consult requests
- Responding to incoming phone inquiries for palliative care
- Communicating effectively with all referral sources to ensure patients' needs are met
- Counseling on advance care planning and completing ACP documentation
- Participating in family meetings and goals of care conversations
- Carrying out symptom assessment to aid in triaging of palliative resources
- Providing information to patients and families about palliative care and ambulatory palliative resources
- Conducting nursing and team member education about palliative and end of life care
- Participating in and sometimes leading team quality improvement efforts
- Reviewing transitions of care, including discharges, for accuracy
- Serving as an ambassador for palliative care throughout the hospital campus
Job Requirements:
- One year of registered nurse experience required, preferred experienced with palliative care service.
- Solid Critical Care nursing experience is highly desired
- BSN from an accredited school of nursing. If RN has an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN); they must complete BSN within 24 months of their start date
- RN license to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia
- A Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) is required
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.
Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Associate Degree
Required Experience
1+ years
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