Palliative Care Nurse / Senior Palliative Care Nurse

Employment Type: Full-time

Department: Palliative Care / Oncology

Work Requirement: Clinic-based care + Mandatory Patient Home Visits

Positions & Salary

Palliative Care Nurse
- Experience: 1–3 years
- Salary: ₹25,000–₹30,000 per month

Senior Palliative Care Nurse
- Experience: 3–5 years
- Salary: ₹35,000–₹40,000 per month

Salary within the respective range will be based on relevant experience, clinical skills and palliative/home-care experience.

Job Summary

We are looking for compassionate and clinically competent Palliative Care Nurses and Senior Palliative Care Nurses to provide nursing and supportive care to cancer patients and patients with serious or advanced illnesses.

This is a clinic-based and field-based position. Regular patient home visits are mandatory. Candidates must be willing to travel to patients’ homes within the assigned service area.

The role includes pain and symptom assessment, nursing procedures, patient monitoring, caregiver education, home-based nursing care,



end-of-life supportive care and coordination with doctors and the multidisciplinary clinical team.

Key Responsibilities
- Conduct scheduled and need-based patient home visits.
- Assess vital signs, pain, symptoms and overall clinical condition.
- Monitor pain, breathlessness, nausea, vomiting, constipation, fatigue, weakness, appetite and other symptoms.
- Provide nursing interventions and administer prescribed medications within the authorized scope of practice.
- Perform wound care, pressure-sore care, catheter care, stoma care and other appropriate nursing procedures.
- Identify clinical deterioration and promptly escalate to the treating doctor.
- Provide comfort-focused and supportive nursing care for patients with advanced cancer and other reliable illnesses.
- Support patients requiring palliative and end-of-life care.
- Educate patients and caregivers regarding medication adherence, nutrition, hydration, hygiene, po

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