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Job description Essential Functions:   • Completes an initial/comprehensive assessment of the patient/family to determine hospice needs which includes a history of current and previous illness(es), as well as a physical assessment of the patient, with emphasis on the management of pain and other symptoms.  • Completes ongoing assessments of the patient’s physical status and the psychosocial status of the patient/family.  • Initiates and develops a plan of care in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Group (IDG), the patient/family and the attending physician.  • Makes necessary revisions to the IDG plan of care as the patient’s/family’s status and needs change.  • Primarily responsible for the coordination of care among IDG members and other healthcare providers external to the IDG, to ensure the continuous assessment of the patient/family needs, as well as the implementation of the IDG plan of care to...