Nurse

Job Profile

• Coordination of patient care by palliative care team
• Provide critical nursing support and education to palliative care patients and their informal caregivers in their homes /OPC through the palliative homecare team
• Work as part of multi-disciplinary palliative care team in ensuring excellent patient care services and carrying out quality improvement initiatives

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordination of homecare patient visits according to priority (homecare nurses)
• Provide nursing care/education to patients at home/in OPC
• Enrollment of new patients, assessment of their nursing needs and prioritizing their care
• Ongoing assessment of nursing needs of old patients and changing priority as required
• Discharge of patients according to criteria laid out
• Assessment of informal caregivers ability and their education in care of their patients
• Liaise with and assist doctor in symptom management

Maintenance of patient record pertaining to nursing issues

• Maintenance of monthly record of patients visits and priority
• Maintenance of medicine stock record
• Assist counselor in bereavement support of families
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and assist doctor and counselor as required
• Attend fortnightly coordination meetings at headquarters
• Participate in continuing education training programs for palliative care staff during coordination meetings
• Participate in outstation trainings as decided by FST Nurse and Palliative care services Director
• Assist in in-house training sessions as decided by FST Nurse
• Perform other duties as requested
• Adhere to the practice of confidentiality regarding patients, families, staff, and the organization.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

• 5 years' experience as nurse in hospital or community setting
• Computer Skills