About this role
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Palliative Care RN, you will champion patient comfort and holistic well-being. Assuming full responsibility and accountability for patient assignments, you'll expertly manage complex symptoms and provide compassionate, individualized care aligned with patient values.Every day, you will act as a pivotal advocate and coordinator, fostering strong relationships to deliver seamless palliative and comfort care. You will engage in crucial patient and family education, support advance care planning, and actively participate in quality improvement to enhance care delivery and promote high-quality, cost-effective outcomes.To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate exceptional assessment, critical thinking, therapeutic communication, and empathy.
- Promotes an interdisciplinary approach to Palliative care services within the hospital setting, encompassing the physical, psychosocial and spiritual dimensions of care. Measurement: Observation, Documentation, Feedback
- Participates in daily unit rounds, assesses patients for palliative care and provides timely and consistent follow up. Measurement: Observation, Documentation, Feedback
- Stays abreast of trends in pain and symptom management and acts as a clinical resource for hospital staff, patients and families. Measurement: Observation, Documentation, Education
- Facilitates patient/family discussion regarding goals of care/advance health care planning. Coordinates conferences with physicians when appropriate. Measurement: Observation, Documentation, Feedback
- Collaborates with the Director of Palliative Care Services, Medical Director, physicians and the interdisciplinary team to provide palliative care services to patients and families. Measurement: Observation, Documentation, Feedback
- Demonstrates clinical competency in appropriate nursing areas, applying knowledge, skills, standards, clinical and ethical decision-making. Measurement: Observation, Documentation, Competency
Job Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
- Current California Registered Nurse license - RN
- Current BLS certification
- Five (5) to Seven (7) years of clinical experience required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care (CHPN)
- Bachelor's Degree preferred.
- 1 to 3 years of Hospice or Palliative Care experience preferred.
Where You’ll Work
Founded in 1912, Dignity Health - St. John’s Regional Medical Center is a 265-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Oxnard, California. Serving over 85,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including emergency, heart, orthopedic, and cancer care. Additionally, St. John’s Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and was named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026.
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