Post-Mortem Care Coordinator - Decedent Affairs

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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)

Why Join Allied Health with Stanford Healthcare? Our Allied Health practitioners serve in areas including Pharmacy, Respiratory, Nutrition, Hospital Tech, Radiology and much more.

• Changing the Future of the Decedent Affairs Team:
  The Decedent Affairs Team serves patient populations including Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, Stanford Medicine, and Stanford Medicine Tri-Valley. Allied Health team members serve on the front lines with opportunities for:

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 guide loved ones through the post-mortem care process with dignity, empathy, and clarity, helping families experience loss with less distress.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Staff work closely with nursing, social work, chaplaincy, pathology and other departments to support end-of-life care.

Specialized Knowledge and Leadership Opportunities

The team offers exposure to hospital policies, legal documentation, and cultural sensitivity practices surrounding death and bereavement, with opportunities to lead initiatives to improve workflows and family-centered care.

• Be Part of a Tight-Knit Team:
  Our team is collaborative and supportive as they provide top-tier care for patients. The Decedent Affairs Team enables staff to build deep connections across departments and contribute to the healing process for grieving families.
• Opportunities to Grow:
  Allied Health professionals in our Decedent Affairs Team have access to:

o Career Growth Paths:
Employees can grow into roles that utilize communication, compliance, and compassionate care developed in Decedent Affairs.

Shift /

Schedule:

Full-time; 8-hour shift; weekend, swing-shift, overnight-shift, and rotating scheduling may be required.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

The Office of Decedent Affairs manages postmortem care, storage of remains, and release of remains across Stanford Health Care, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and Tri-Valley Pleasanton. Coordinators work within the clinical setting with nurses and physicians to provide compassionate post-mortem care, ensuring dignity, respect, and honor of patient final wishes. The office supports families with emotional and logistical needs to create closure and continuity of care after death.

Stanford Health Care

• Supports patients prior to death.
• Assists nursing and medical teams with all aspects of postmortem care.
• Works directly with patients and families in complex and sensitive cases of fetal demise and perinatal loss.
• Provides guidance to patients, families, and hospital staff as part of the patient care team.
• Serves as primary point of contact for families during and after a patient’s death for disposition and funeral home releases.
• Consults with Spiritual Care Services and refers families as needed for grief support and religious/cultural needs.
• Works with families and staff to respect the deceased’s cultural and religious practices.
• Obtains valid consent for autopsy and provides follow-up after the exam.
• Collaborates with physicians, nursing, police, medical examiner, risk management, and other entities to ensure timely disposition with minimal liability to the hospital.
• Handles disposition of fetal remains when families elect hospital disposition.
• Manages patient transport teams after death to transport to the morgue.
• Oversees the morgue and physical remains, ensuring proper identification and documentation, and maintaining temperature-controlled storage in…