Intrathecal Infusion Registered Nurse

About Shepherd Center

With five decades of experience, Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. An elite center ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitation, Shepherd Center is also recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. Shepherd is the only rehabilitation facility in the nation with an intensive care unit on-site, allowing us to care for the most complex patients and begin the rehabilitation process sooner. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again. Shepherd Center's culture is one of hope, humor, and hard work. You will enjoy career growth, strong relationships with co-workers, strong support from leadership, and fun activities that have kept over 12% of staff members working at Shepherd for more than 20 years.

Responsibilities

• Maintains patient records in compliance with Shepherd Center policies as well as state and regulatory bodies.
• Monitors and updates EHR as well as manufacturer’s device portal for intrathecal pump therapy.
• Rounds monthly across all inpatient, post acute, and outpatient areas to confirm uploads of our interrogators have occurred.
• Educates patients and caregivers and promotes informed decisions and integrative care to assist the patient with symptom management while collaborating with physician/APP to achieve overall goals of intrathecal drug therapy.
• Tailors education to demonstrate age and cultural competence.
• Recognizes other secondary complications of ITP therapy including medication adverse interactions, infection, catheter displacement, and other neurologic implications.

Requirements

• Current unrestricted RN licensure.
• 5+ years clinical nursing experience (rehabilitation nursing experience and/or critical care/IV therapy experience preferred).
• BSN or higher level of nursing education required.
• Strong clinical background to demonstrate a mastery of standard protocols vs. urgent responses & interventions.
• Demonstrates ability to quickly assess and react to changes in patient conditions, signs and symptoms of overdose or withdrawal from intrathecal therapy.
• Proactive problem solver.
• Proficient in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, and applications integrated in smartphones and tablets.