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Full-Time
Palliative Adult Inpatient RN Coordinator 1
Posted on 7/27/2025
Medical University of South Carolina
No salary listed
Charleston, SC, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
- Current licensure by the South Carolina State Board of Nursing.
- Minimum of three years of medical practice or clinical management experience; other relevant experience may be considered.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
Responsibilities
- Manage the palliative care consult pager during weekdays.
- Triage incoming pager consults and effectively prioritize clinical resources to maximize appropriate level of care, consult responsiveness, and team efficiency.
- Collaborate with primary teams and unit-based staff to identify and review patients who may benefit from specialty palliative care and facilitate timely consults.
- Lead structured daily Palliative IDT rounds to ensure efficient and effective team communication and operations.
- Facilitate multidisciplinary goals-of-care meetings, ensuring inclusion of patients, families, and relevant care team members.
- Attend external IDT meetings as requested for shared patients.
- Identify medical decision makers.
- Promote the identification and documentation of Health Care Power of Attorney (HCPOA) and advance directives.
- Ensure HCPOA documentation is current and accessible in the patient's medical record.
- Provide HIPAA-compliant video links for remote participants in care discussions.
- Coordinate transitions from inpatient to ambulatory palliative care, including patient and caregiver education on palliative care.
- Identify patients who would most benefit from expedited ambulatory services following inpatient admission.
- Ensure continuity of care especially for palliative care patients with prolonged admissions to identify need for engagement of palliative care IDT members and re-evaluation of goals of care at inflection points in the hospital course.
- Support inpatient telehealth as needed to ensure smooth care transitions including connection with ambulatory services.
- Serve as a contact, resource and coordinator for palliative care patients who may benefit from General Inpatient (GIP) level hospice care.
- Provide coverage for Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD).
- Assist with HCPOA requests when social work or chaplaincy services are unavailable.
- Offer palliative care education to bedside staff and medical teams.
- Collaborate with unit-based case managers to identify patients appropriate for consultation and act as an educational resource.
- Assist with implementation of appropriate palliative care clinical protocols.
Desired Qualifications
- BSN preferred.
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