JobsUSAPalliative Care RN Care Navigator
Company : Bon Secours
Location : Portsmouth, VA, 23701
Posted Date : 15 September 2025
Job Type : Other
Category : Nursing
Occupation : RN
Job Details
Palliative Care Rn
The Palliative Care team exists to improve the quality of care and service experienced by patients and their families, focusing on patients with life-limiting complex illness and pain and symptom control needs.
The Palliative Medicine RN serves as a collaborative member of the interdisciplinary Palliative Medicine service.
Employment Qualifications
- Must be a Registered Nurse licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia
- BSN required
- Previous hospice or palliative medicine experience/competencies preferred
Essential Job Functions
- Receive and review potential Palliative Medicine consults for appropriateness based on Bon Secours Palliative Care Policy and Palliative Medicine inpatient consultation guidelines
- Review advance care planning (ACP) information and documents, including identifying medical decision maker, verifying information provided in ACP documents
- Support completion of Advance Care Planning documents as trained and appropriate (example, Advance Directives, Medical Power of Attorney, Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST))
- Set up family meetings and participate with members of the primary care team/attending provider in discussions involving medical overview, benefit/burden, delivering bad news and assessing and communicating prognosis
- Elicit patient/family understanding of illness and discover/clarify patient and family goals of care
- Attend Palliative Medicine and/or hospital specific interdisciplinary rounds in collaboration with other members of the primary care team.
- Provide psychosocial and spiritual assessment and support for patients and families
- Assess past and current functional status.
- Recommend and support completion of ACP documents. Liaison with other members of the primary care team including care management, home care and hospice to support transitions of care.
- Provide education and End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) classes for front line nursing staff and ancillary staff in collaboration and coordination with the BSV Education team.
- Performs zero charge entry for all new Palliative Medicine consults in ConnectCare.
- Participate in weekly IDT meeting with a Palliative Medicine specialty provider
- Conducts data collection as requested and appropriate (example, POST document tracking for the palliative team)
- Attend First Steps and POST Facilitator training and become a certified POST facilitator within 6 months of hire.
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development of the life span and possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age, specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in departmental policies and procedures.
- Provide patient care to adults
- Seek specialty Palliative Care RN certification within 2 years of hire.
Other Job Functions
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions
- Contact with patients/families/physicians under wide variety of circumstances.
- Exposed to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries, and illness).
- Subject to varying and unpredictable situations.
- Occasionally subject to irregular hours.
- Handles emergency crisis situations.
- Frequently encounter emotional strain when providing guidance in crises.
- The individual performing this job may reasonably anticipate coming into contact with human blood and other potentially infectious materials. Individuals in this position are required to exercise universal precautions, use personal protective equipment and devices, and learn the policies concerning infection control.
Bon Secours is an equal opportunity employer. Many of our opportunities reward your hard work with: comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans, prescription drug coverage, flexible spending accounts, life insurance w/AD&D, employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible, paid time off, educational assistance, and much more. Benefits offerings vary according to employment status.
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