Job Number:

33253

Location:

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital

Street Address:

417 W 3rd Ave

City, State:

Albany, Georgia

Zip Code:

31701

Department:

PPG PALLIATIVE-APP

Shift:

Days

Job Type:

Full time

Posted Date:

2025-12-22

Job Description Summary:

Providing specialized medical care for patients living with a serious illness or injury focused on providing relief from the physical & pain symptoms that come from the serious illness or injury, or side effects of treatment. Hold goals of care meetings with patients and family to ensure patient and family understanding of their diagnosis and prognosis, available treatment options, benefits and burdens of treatment options and coordinating care for patients and their families based on their goals of care. Change resuscitation status orders, withdraw of life support and evaluate for hospice.

Description:

Are you a compassionate provider looking to make a difference? Join our Palliative team today and help bring comfort to people from a serious illness or injury.

Palliative care is also called supportive care. It can be a wide range of specialized medical care focused on relieving pain, symptoms and stress from a serious illness or injury. It is not end-of-life care. Its goal is to improve the quality of life. Phoebe provides inpatient palliative services.

• focuses on improving the quality of life for patients and families living with chronic illness or injury
• is supportive care focused on providing relief from the pain, symptoms, and stress of a chronic illness or injury. It is appropriate at any age, or any stage of illness or injury, based on the needs of the patient in a clinical or outpatient setting paired with curative or therapeutic treatment.
• includes curative treatment along with pain and symptom management, spiritual and emotional support, counseling for patients and families, support for patients making decisions about their treatment and goals of care, and care coordination with your health care team to ensure treatment options align with patient wishes.

Connect today - Deb Villani, Advanced Practice Provider, dvillani@phoebehealth.com