Under the guidance of the NNI Neuropalliative Care/ Stroke team, you will aid in implementing screening of patient and caregiver symptoms and needs in the NNI clinic as part of holistic care for NNI patients with neurological and neurosurgical disorders as follows:
- Establish strong rapport and working relationships with patients, patients’ family members, internal and external stakeholders and (where necessary) community care partners.
- Be the main point of contact for care coordination and navigation.
- Assist in screening patients for health and/or social care needs such as administering distress thermometer screening, basic vital sign measurements, simple questionnaires to understand caregiver burden, etc. Escalate care to medical/nursing when appropriate.
- Assist in collation of screening forms and population of database.