Palliative Care Coordinator

Overview

Dignity Health @ Mercy Hospital of Folsom is the community hospital serving the Sierra foothills communities of Folsom El Dorado Hills Granite Bay Cameron Park Shingle Springs and Rescue. With 106 licensed acute-care beds our accredited non-profit hospital has been providing exceptional care for more than 35 years. Mercy Hospital of Folsom provides surgical services including minimally-invasive general urological and gynecological surgeries. We also provide comprehensive and award-winning orthopedic services which include surgery inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and specialty orthopedic care. As a certified Joint Commission Stroke Center Mercy Folsom provides exceptional care to our patients in our Medical Surgical and Intensive Care units as well as our 25-bed Emergency Department. Our Family Birth Center features private and contemporary birthing suites where labor delivery and recovery occur in one room as well as award-winning lactation training and support. Mercy Folsom received Among America’s 250 Best Hospitals recognition and is a Primary Stroke Center.

Responsibilities

This position reports to the Senior Director of Intensive Care Services. This position is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, coordinating and evaluating palliative care services in collaboration with the Sacramento area Mercy Hospitals and Dignity Health, in a manner consistent with the Mission and Philosophy of Dignity Health. Included in this responsibility is developing and maintaining strong relationships with physicians and hospital staff to deliver palliative, comfort care to seriously ill and dying patients. In addition, this position is responsible to collaborate with related healthcare practitioners, the patients and their significant others in assisting with admissions of appropriate patients to hospice service. This position is responsible for the enhancement and promotion of palliative care in the hospital, assuring educational opportunities; standards and program development; quality improvement activities; consultation and care management. This position is responsible for promoting high quality, cost effective care for inpatient hospice patients and other palliative care patients served in a highly regulated and fiscally challenging managed care environment.

Qualifications

Required

Minimum of five (5) years RN experience, preferably in medical-surgical services, oncology nursing, hospice, geriatrics, intensive care, and/or geriatric-psychiatry

Current CA RN licensure and AHA BLS

BSN degree or additional 5 years related experience in lieu of degree.

Preferred

Specialty in medical/surgical nursing, palliative care, oncology, hospice or home care

Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) certification

Skill Specifications

Demonstrated clinical standards for hospice and palliative care practice, community resources related to palliative care or hospice programs.

Demonstrated knowledge of Medicare and MediCal regulations, Title 22, NHPCO and the Joint Commission standards, for Hospital, Hospice and SNF, RCFE regulations.

Ability to demonstrate competency with death and dying process, terminal and chronic illness, grief, and coping skills.

Effective Interpersonal Skills, problemsolving techniques including conflict management skills.

Excellent oral andwritten communication skills

Expert pain and symptom management, administration and therapeutic effects of medications. Concepts of managed care. CQI and QA methodologies.

Effective computer skills.

Pay Range

$54.12 – $78.47 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.