Registered Nurse (RN) Pain Management

Registered Nurse (RN) Pain Management Clinic

Fulltime: Days

Clinic Hours Monday-Friday 7am-5pm

No weekends/No Major Holidays

Your experience matters 

 Frye Regional Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Registered Nurse (RN) joining our team, you are embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

How you will contribute 

A Registered Nurse (RN) who excels in this role:

• Accurately performs patient assessments and identifies patient needs
• Identifies and initiates appropriate nursing interventions
• Provides care appropriate to condition and age of the patient
• Performs timely and appropriate documentation relating to medical necessity in the medical record
• Responsible for completion and revision of the Interdisciplinary Care Plan for each patient
• Performs timely and accurate QI assessments

Required Skills
Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Essential Functions
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Complete accurate documentation in patient records and charges.
• Support clinic team to follow the performance expectations for reaching the key performance indicators (KPIs) for a sustainable program: market capture goals, seeing four patients per hour, reaching 30% procedure ratio, and completing time out and chart audits to monitor quality of care.
• Assist physician and APCs with patient treatments.
• Offer support to patient and monitor patient throughout clinical/procedure visits.
• Complete dressing changes, suture and staple removal, pump refills, and pump reprogramming.
• Effectively identify potential risk events and provide intervention to assess and mitigate risks.
• Exhibit clinical judgement when making decisions and take immediate action in serious/emergency situations. Document situations and rationale for decision on appropriate forms, report situation immediately to proper persons, and evaluate the results of action taken.
• Assess data reflective of the patient status and interpret the appropriate information to identify each patient’s care requirements relative to their age-specific needs.
• Review and return clinical phone line messages regarding medication refills, consulting physician and patient questions in a timely manner, and appropriately document actions and follow up with staff and providers as required.
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of surgical procedures, infection and isolation control procedures and aseptic technique.
• Demonstrate an awareness of and understanding of the surgical patient's needs for comfort, positioning and safety, and follow through to provide these needs.
• Use good body mechanics in the performance of duties.
• Utilize universal precautions when providing care and use supplies appropriately and avoids waste.
• Correctly identify patient by name for any direct care procedures and/or treatment and check identification of patient by use of two patient identifiers. Always verify with the patient the procedural laterality when appropriate.
• Actively participate in intradepartmental meetings and in-services and stay informed of changes within department.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and adherence to department and management line of authority and communication.
• Adhere to scheduling guidelines and expectations to reach pain management center patient per hour and referral management goals.
• Consistently demonstrate flexibility in adapting to changes in workload and assignments. Regularly offer assistance to others in order to complete workload.
• Display commitment to ongoing training and attend required educational programs.
• Maintain an awareness of new regulations and legislation affecting the profession, health care and current developments in the nursing field.
• Demonstrate knowledge of standards that reflect professional and JCAHO guidelines for care and recognizes personal accountability for these guidelines.
• Treat everyone as a customer.
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