Interventional Pain Management RN

Interventional Pain Management Registered Nurse

We currently have an opening for an Interventional Pain Management Registered Nurse to provide professional nursing care through assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.

Work Hours: Monday - Thursday 7:30-16:30 Friday - 7:30-14:00

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Administers medications and conscious sedation per hospital policy.
• Assists in the daily upkeeping of the clinic, accudose management, crash cart checks, blood glucose monitoring, and maintenance of supplies par levels.
• Assists in the development and implementation of department/unit quality improvement activities.
• Coordinates care delivery; utilizes resources to promote the continuum of care.
• Coordinates patient information such as lab results, radiology reports, history and physicals and physician orders in an efficient organized manner to facilitate the timely progression of the clinic schedule.
• Demonstrates professionalism by practicing, maintaining, and increasing knowledge of nursing and healthcare trends through evidenced based practice.
• Engages in shared decision making model at global, unit, or project level.
• Performs appropriate follow through after the procedures (dressing of site, physical assessment to include vital signs and neuro checks, and notifies physician immediately of any untoward effects).
• Performs patient assessment by assimilating data about the patients physiological and psychosocial status, safety issues, self-care, educational needs, discharge planning, etc.
• Prepares and assists the physician with procedures (positioning of patient, prep of appropriate site, obtaining correct medications and supplies).
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate
• Associate Degree Nursing must complete BSN within five years of hire
• 2 or more years of RN experience

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor Degree Nursing
• 2 or more years of pain management experience with procedures

Required Licensure and Certification

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing - in state in which you live OR
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing - active with multistate in progress with proof of application.
• Must have current active multistate state Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing in state in which you live OR active single state RN license in good standing in the state you will be working with proof of application of a multistate RN license in the state in which you live. Staff hired prior to 2/1/2024 are required to obtain a multistate state RN license from the state in which they live by 4/30/2026.
• Basic Life Support Heartsaver (BLS HS) (Non-Clinical) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 14 days
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 180 Days

Time Type:

Full time

Job Requisition ID:

R-54744

Important information for you to know as you apply:

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link View email address on click.appcast.io.
• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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