Licensed Vocational Nurse II - Palliative Care - Data Registrar

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Riverside University Health System (RUHS) Medical Center Palliative Care Team has a wonderful opportunity for a LVN Data Registrar.

The RUHS Palliative Care team holds Advanced Certification in Palliative Care by the Joint Commission and is comprised of a dedicated group of professionals including: 2 Physicians, 2 Nurse Practitioners, 1 Nurse Coordinator, 1 Registered Nurse, 2 Social Workers, 1 Chaplain, and 1 Psychologist.

This team facilitates goals of care discussions and family meetings for patients with advanced and end stage disease and assists with symptom management and whole person care to facilitate the best quality of life for very ill patients.

By utilizing a multidisciplinary approach and ensuring the highest quality of palliative care, this team brings hope, quality of life, and relief of suffering to some of the sickest patients.

The team is truly dedicated to providing compassionate care to patients and their families through symptom relief, emotional support, spiritual attention, and heartfelt listening.

If you would like to join an amazing team and feel committed to serving this vulnerable population, we would like to meet with you!

The position consists of data collection from patients charts and submitting the information into an internal excel database and a national palliative care database.

The ideal candidate will have at least one year of experience as a licensed vocational nurse in a palliative/hospice care setting and experience in collecting data from a database.

This position does NOT consist of direct patient care.

Work Schedule:
4/10 (four, ten-hour days per work week)
Monday through Thursday

Meet the Team!
To find out more about Riverside University Health System, please visit:
http://www.ruhealth.org

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Evaluate the Palliative Care Program performance improvement activities under the supervision of the Palliative Care Program Nurse Coordinator.

Participates in the RUHS Palliative Care Committee & RUHS Performance Improvement Patient Safety Committee.

Involvement in The Joint Commission - Disease Specific Accreditation which includes data collection, data entry, data analysis and transmission to both The Joint Commission and the House-wide Internal Measure Report on a monthly basis.

Maintains Palliative Care Consult log and completes data abstracting from patient records into internal database system and the national Palliative Care database.

Maintains knowledge of current trends in the field of Palliative care performance improvement.

Prepares case conference summaries of significant events, under the direction of the Palliative Care Coordinator for committee review.

Evaluates patient satisfaction with the perception of quality and works with the Palliative Care Program Coordinator to utilize data for program performance improvement activities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Licensed Vocational Nurse II
Experience: At least one year of successful experienc...