Job Description

Brief Description about the Project

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is designed to support life during critical illness; however, in patients with advanced or terminal conditions, continued or escalated intensive interventions may offer limited benefit and instead prolong suffering for patients and families.


In India, organ-based protocols and parameter-based interventions in ICUs, along with the pro-life sociocultural expectations, gaps in prognostication communication-skills, defensive medical practices, and ambiguity around medico-legal frameworks, have all contributed to institution of non-beneficial disproportionate treatments in the terminally ill. Although there are guidelines developed jointly by the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Indian Association of Palliative Care, their implementation in routine ICU approach and practices remain inadequate. To address these gaps, the Multifaceted Comprehensive Appropriate Care Package (MCACP) is being developed as a structured, evidence-based framework integrating palliative care principles into ICU workflows.


This study aims to develop and pilot the MCACP in ICU setting to, use timely triggers, refine implementation strategies, identify facilitators and barriers, and assess preliminary outcomes, including quality of dying, family satisfaction, and care de-escalation practices. Focus will be on developing methods for appropriate and timely integration of structured palliative care to maintain care-continuum, and quality of life up to, and including the end-of-life period.

Project Technicial Support - III

No. of Vacancy:

one


Project start date:02/02/2026


Duration of the Project: 2 years

Essential Qualification

:


Master's degree in Med Social Worker, psychology or related field. Proficiency in Microsoft 365 Skill-training in counselling Experience in ICU and / or palliative care settings, grief counselling and Cognitive Behavioural therapy, existential distress and & communications.

Experience:

Minimum 2 years

Preferred Language:

English, Kannada

Location:

Bangalore

Salary:

Rs.36,400 /- per month

Age Limit:

35 Years

Roles & Responsibilities:

Data management and quality control processes for research projects assigned by the PI Facilitate family meetings and shared decision-making across settings - OP, IP & ICU Psycho-social interventions for the population, assigned by the PI. Developing suitable measures to screen and document Financial toxicity Provide psychosocial support to patients and caregivers across settings - OP, IP & ICU Document family concerns and social determinants Support bereavement care Timely communication and follow-up across the pilot project-sites Contribute to staff training Help project research scientists with data collection and documentation as needed.

I

nterested candidates may send their Resume to:

The Principal Investigator


ICMR MCACP Implementation Research Project


SJRI

To Apply:

E-mail cover letter and curriculum vitae with 3 references (names and email addresses / phone numbers) by on or before 15th January, 2026 hod.ppalliative@stjohns.in and cc to hr@sjri.res.in