RN Palliative Care Coordinator

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

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.

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.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit our Total Rewards.

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.