Decedent Affairs Coordinator

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Rotating - 08 Hour (United States of America) Allied Health
Stanford Medicine Palo Alto
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health
Stanford Medicine Tri-Valley (remote support from the Palo Alto campus)

• Meaningful Impact During Critical Moments:
  Employees on this team provide compassionate support to families during one of the most vulnerable times in their lives. Coordinators play a vital role in guiding loved ones through the post-mortem care process with dignity, empathy, and clarity, making a lasting difference in how families experience loss.
• Interdisciplinary
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Staff work closely with a wide range of departments including nursing, social work, chaplaincy, and pathology. This creates a dynamic environment where team members are constantly learning and contributing to a holistic approach to end-of-life care.
• Specialized Knowledge and Leadership Opportunities:
  The team offers unique exposure to hospital policies, legal documentation, and cultural sensitivity practices surrounding death and bereavement. Employees are the go-to experts in these areas and may lead initiatives to improve workflows or enhance family-centered care.

Our team is tight-knit, collaborative, and supportive as they provide top-tier care for patients. The Decedent Affairs Team in particular allows staff to build deep connections across departments, develop expertise in sensitive end-of-life protocols, and contribute meaningfully to the healing process for grieving families - helping them feel supported in and outside of their role.

• Training and Extra Opportunities:
  Coordinators participate in in-service training sessions for hospital staff, focusing on legal documentation, cultural sensitivity, and donor network coordination. There are also opportunities to engage in continuous improvement initiatives within the Decedent Care Team, enhancing workflows and family support systems.
• Career Growth Paths:
  Employees in this role can grow into positions utilizing the foundational skills of communication, compliance, and compassionate care developed in Decedent Affairs.

Shift /

Schedule:

Full-time; 8-hour shift; expectations include weekend, swing-shift, overnight-shift, and rotating scheduling.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

The Office of Decedent Affairs is the main entity managing the postmortem care, storage of, and release of remains of deceased patients across Stanford Health Care, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, and Tri-Valley Pleasanton. Decedent Affairs Coordinators work within the clinical setting, liaising with, working side-by-side with, and supporting nurses and physician teams in the care of the patient. Decedent Affairs Coordinators provide compassionate and direct post-mortem care to patients by ensuring their dignity, respect, and personal wishes are honored after death.

By offering emotional and logistical support to families and loved ones, Decedent Affairs Coordinators extend their care to patients in their final phase, helping to create a sense of closure and continuity of care even after life has ended. The Office of Decedent Affairs prime responsibility is to ensure continuity of care for all Stanford Heath Care, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, and Tri-Valley Pleasanton patients by assuming responsibility for patients after death.

• Stanford Health Care

• Supports patients prior to death.
• ASSISTS NURSING AND MEDICAL TEAMS WITH ALL ASPECTS OF POSTMORTEM CARE.
• Works directly [in-person] with patients and families in complex and sensitive cases of fetal demise and perinatal loss.
• Serves as a vital part of the patient care team, providing expert guidance to patients, family members and hospital staff.
• Serves as primary point of contact for family and other associated parties during and after a patient’s death for all issues related to disposition/ funeral home releases.
• Consults with Spiritual Care…