Palliative Home-Care Nurse,<br> Care Integration Division

Provides comprehensive, coordinated, compassionate and holistic patient care
Develops, establishes and implements a plan of care in collaboration with patient and family
Supports the palliative care physicians in optimising pain and symptom control in patients
Provides education on patient’s condition, basic pain and symptom assessment and management, medication management, comfort measures, as well as, options of care, and available resources and services in the community
Facilitates effective communication between patient, family and the interdisciplinary team
Promotes continuity of care and services for patients
Arranges for medical equipment, supplies, or medications for patients
Facilitates and coordinates transfer of patient’s care to different levels or settings
Coordinates and participates in interdisciplinary team conferences
Ability to write reports of time spent, referrals, assessments, patient outcomes, evaluation on pain and symptoms and related activities
Participates and assists in research or studies involving end of life care
Performs other duties as assigned by the palliative care consultant and team