Palliative Care Team Nurse

Job Description
Palliative Care Team Nurse

Location : Ranchi | Varanasi | Faridkot | Muktsar
Job Title: Palliative Care Nurse
Reports to: Director Nursing
Status: Full Time (42.5 hours per week & last Saturday working)
Purpose of the Job

• Coordination of patient care by the palliative care team.
• Provide nursing support, care and education to palliative care patients and their informal caregivers at home and in OPC through the palliative homecare team.
• Work as part of the multidisciplinary palliative care team to ensure quality patient care and participate in quality improvement initiatives

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate and prioritize homecare visits in consultation with team doctor and counselor.
• Enrol new patients, assess nursing needs, and regularly review care priorities.
• Provide nursing care, procedures, and patient/caregiver education at home and OPC.
• Assess caregiver needs and provide appropriate education and support.
• Assist the doctor in symptom assessment and management and escalate clinical concerns when required.
• Participate in out-of-hours telephone triage and provide appropriate nursing advice.
• Maintain accurate patient records in the digital app and monthly visit/prioritization records.
• Maintain medicine stock records and ensure compliance with Schedule K requirements and NDPS provisions for the dispensing, storage, and documentation of morphine in the absence of the team doctor
• Discharge patients according to established criteria.
• Support the counsellor in bereavement care and work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team.
• Attend fortnightly coordination meetings and participate in continuing education, staff training, and quality improvement activities.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient, family, staff, and organizational information.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the reporting authority.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities
Participate in events and activities organized by CanSupport, including:

• Bereaved Families Remembrance Day
• Cancer Awareness activities
• Hospice/Palliative Care Day
• Walk for Life
• Other organizational events and outreach activities as required.

Job Qualifications
Essential

• GNM (General Nursing and Midwifery) or B.Sc. Nursing.
• Valid registration with the appropriate Nursing Council.

Desirable

• 1-5 years of experience as a nurse in a hospital or community setting.
• Experience in homecare, oncology, geriatric or palliative care is desirable.
• Basic computer skills.