Description

• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in guiding the patient and family in regard to diagnostic and treatment options.
• Provides emotional support specialized patient care, support and educational needs.
• Provides staff development and serves as a clinical resource and consultant to members of the interdisciplinary team, identifying additional resources as needed.
• Provides expert knowledge of specialty (i.e. women's, breast health, oncology, etc.) issues to health care professionals and patients/families.
• Works closely with the interdisciplinary team to meet the education and development needs of the professional and ancillary staff.
• Coordinates tests, treatments, referrals and appointments as necessary to meet the physical, spiritual and psycho-social needs of the patient and family.
• Provides clinical support and patient care during procedures.
• Participates in the evaluation of patient care and programs through quality improvement activities.
• Identifies and coordinates performance improvement activities, including monitoring, evaluation, and development of appropriate outcomes; participates in processes to implement change.
• Integrates current research findings and technology into practice, performance improvement, and education as appropriate.
• Assesses and addresses the educational needs of individual patients and members of the community as a whole, regarding health issues with an emphasis on specialty practice.
• Participates in the evaluation and development of patient education materials and provides individualized teaching based on needs of the patients and the community.
• Works as a team member to plan, develop, market, and implement community health and wellness educational programming and health care services, with an emphasis on specialty care.
• Assumes the role of care coordinator and patient advocate throughout the process.
• Provide safe, competent, and compassionate nursing care to patients in the hospital
• Coordinate care for patients with Inpatient Palliative Care Referral, this includes but is not limited to personal interaction with patients/family, facilitating meeting, communication with hospital care providers and communication to Community PC Services
• Provide emotional support to patients, families, and hospital staff
• Promote transition to service in the community
• Assist in coordinating discharge of patients from hospital setting to community services in conjunction with appropriate hospital staff
• Serve as liaison for inpatient staff communicating care decision, symptom management needs and facilitating needs related to PC.
• Coordinate goals of care conversations
• Skills to support conflict resolution
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in guiding the patient and family in regard to diagnostic and treatment options.
• Provides emotional support specialized patient care, support and educational needs.
• Assumes the role of care coordinator and patient advocate throughout the process.
• Uses all components of the nursing process, to provide comprehensive nursing care, support and education to patients and their families during screening and diagnostic tests, treatment, recovery, and rehabilitation.
• Provides expert knowledge of specialty (i.e. women's, breast health, oncology, etc.) issues to health care professionals and patients/families.
• Works closely with the interdisciplinary team to meet the education and development needs of the professional and ancillary staff.
• Possesses the ability to obtain and interpret information considering age specific needs.
• Provides health promotion, disease prevention, and nursing care while cognizant of age, developmental status, culture, ethnicity, and sexual orientation to individual patients and members of the community.
• Integrates current research findings and technology into practice, performance improvement, and education as appropriate.
• Participates in the evaluation of patient care and programs through quality improvement activities.
• Identifies and coordinates performance improvement activities, including monitoring, evaluation, and development of appropriate outcomes; participates in processes to implement change.
• Monitors changes in legislation and regulations to assure that effective actions are taken in a timely and consistent manner.
• Demonstrates UPMC's commitment to service excellence by understanding the needs of patients, their families, physicians and co-workers and doing what is required the first time, every time by being responsible, sensitive, accurate, timely, coordinated and thorough
• Assesses and addresses the educational needs of individual patients and members of the community as a whole, in regard to health issues with an emphasis on specialty practice.
• Participates in the evaluation and development of patient education materials and provides individualized teaching based on needs of the patients and the community.
• Provides staff development and serves as a clinical resource and consultant to members of the interdisciplinary team, identifying additional resources as needed.
• Coordinates tests, treatments, referrals and appointments as necessary to meet the physical, spiritual and psycho-social needs of the patient and family.
• Provides clinical support and patient care during procedures.
• Works as a team member to plan, develop, market and implement community health and wellness educational programming and health care services, with an emphasis on specialty care.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• RN with Bachelor's Degree preferred
• 3 - 5 years of current clinical experience, palliative care or oncology preferred.
• Must be self-directed and possess strong leadership and communication skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge and clinical competence in the area of specialty with an emphasis on wellness and disease prevention throughout the life continuum.
• Demonstrates ability for high degree of analysis, critical thinking and independent clinical judgment. This position reports to CNO

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Registered Nurse currently licensed in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Current Palliative Care certification or must obtained within one year. CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
• OAPSA
• UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

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