Palliative Care RN

About the role

VITAS Healthcare is the nation’s leading provider of end-of-life care. This role supports the company's growing palliative care program in the southern Broward County and northern Miami-Dade County regions.

Responsibilities

• Acts as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
• Completes initial and on-going comprehensive physical and psychosocial assessment of the patient and family to identify needs and areas for intervention.
• Ensures appropriate referrals to specialists when indicated and support adherence to treatment plan, including physician visits for evaluation and on-going management.
• Aids patients in accessing appropriate services and resources in the community to improve their overall health and well-being.
• Educates patient and family to enhance understanding of disease processes and plan of care, including discussion of treatment options to ensure informed decision making.
• Provides emotional support and counseling to patients and their families to improve transitions, adjustment to illness and adherence to treatment plan.
• Evaluates the patient’s physical and emotional recovery after treatment utilizing appropriate resources as needed.
• Empowers patients to take control of their health care by encouraging appropriate goal-setting and discussions about advance care planning/development of advance directives.
• Buils relationships with other clinicians involved in the patients’ care.
• Promotes patient-centered approach to care.
• Partners with healthcare team to manage transitions of care between hospital, primary and specialty care.
• Facilitates proactive discharge planning or follow-up to promote better outcomes, decreased length of stay and reduced readmission rates.
• Protects patient rights to privacy and safeguard confidentiality when releasing patient information.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years’ experience as Registered Nurse
• 1-2 years Case Management experience
• 1 year of community (home health, rehab, hospice, etc.) experience preferred
• Knowledge of the interdisciplinary team concept
• Experience in patient education, planning, and management desired
• Exceptional communication and customer service skills
• Reliable transportation, current state driver’s license and automobile insurance
• Bilingual a plus

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Current and Valid License in the state position is based
• BLS certification required

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• Pre-tax healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance
• 401(k) plan with numerous investment options and generous company match
• Cancer and/or critical illness benefit
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program
• Legal Insurance
• Roadside Assistance
• Affinity Program