Care Coordinator, Regular Full Time, Palliative

2 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada Home and Community Care Support Services Champlain Full time

Home and Community Care Support Services Champlain is one of 14 Home and Community Care Support Services organizations in Ontario. We are dedicated to ensuring our more than 64,000 patients annually receive the highest-quality health care and services at home. Our patient-care coordination teams help develop care plans for people of most ages, focused on maintaining each patient's independence and dignity. We also provide long-term care home placement services, and facilitate our patients’ access to the community-based services they need.

**Position Summary**:
The Care Coordinator, Palliative Care is responsible for, or supports other Care Coordinators in managing, a caseload of palliative patients who are at different stages of illness trajectories and may require a palliative approach to care. The Care Coordinator, through home visits and/or phone conversations, measures the patient’s and caregiver’s care needs and develops, implements, and updates (as required) a care plan that is informed by the patient’s and caregiver’s wishes and preferences. He/she assists the patient and caregiver in navigating the health care system and also determines eligibility and refers to other community resources and programs, such as Hospice care and the Regional Palliative Consultation Team.

**Primary Responsibilities**:

- Completes comprehensive patient assessments using a validated palliative assessment tool, including patient’s clinical, physical and psychosocial needs, and caregiver needs
- Assesses patient’s Palliative Performance Scale and eligibility for palliative and other services
- Assesses eligibility for hospice care and admission to palliative care units
- Develops an individualized care and service plan reflective of the patient’s identified priorities and desired outcomes; identifies strategies and resources to be used in attaining clinical outcomes
- Discusses plans for end-of-life care, goals of care and preferred place of death
- Coordinates and facilitates referrals and transfers to hospice and palliative care units
- Assists patients and caregivers in finding in-home palliative medical follow up and coverage
- Initiates and authorizes the implementation of the care plan through contracted providers, supplies and equipment necessary to achieve the care goals
- Maintains open communication with service providers, conducts case conferences and regular home visits to optimize care planning and appropriate services
- Partners with the HCCSS/Ottawa Hospital Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Care Coordinator for those clients wanting and requiring assistance with MAiD.

**Education and Experience**:

- Registered Nurse (BScN or diploma) with a current Certificate of Registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Related professional nursing experience which is normally attained over a period of two years
- Palliative care experience that includes advance care planning, goals of care and end of life care planning
- Professional experience in health care should include linkage with other community health agencies, needs assessment, care coordination and/or discharge planning
- Canadian Nurses Association Certification in Hospice Palliative Care is an asset
- LEAP training is an asset
- Experience providing MAiD expertise are assets

**Knowledge**:

- Knowledge of medical diagnoses and prognoses, symptom management, end-of-life care and cognitive/psychiatric disorders
- Knowledge of Champlain region Hospice and palliative care organizations and partners
- Knowledge of Hospice palliative care philosophy and approach

**Skills and Abilities**:

- Effective planning, organizing, and evaluation skills to manage multiple patients, provide information reports, and take corrective action as required
- Ability to accurately complete required documentation, reports, forms, and recommendations
- Verbal and written communication skills to establish and maintain a wide range of partners (doctors, nurses, social workers, etc.) within the healthcare and Hospice community
- Ability to manages difficult conversations /situations such as advance care planning, goals of care, end-of-life and hospice care, and medical assistance in dying, in a healthy and effective manner
- Vulnerable Sector Check completed within the last six months

**Affiliation**: OPSEU

**Pay Rate**: Wages are in accordance with the collective agreement between Home and Community Care Support Services Champlain and OPSEU and starting salaries range from $40.409/hr. - $43.169/hr.

**Shift**: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm

**Location**: 530 Fred St, Winchester ON

Home and Community Care Support Services Champlain offers flexible work options, this position will have a hybrid model of work with a combination of work locations, including community and clinical settings, patients’ homes, on-site, and remote.

Please note that selection will be in accordance with Article 12.02 of the Collective Agreement (Selection).

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