Registered Nurse - Pain Management Clinic

Utilizes the nursing process to coordinate the interdisciplinary approach to patient care. Provides safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families through the continuum of care. Collaborates with others to integrate assessment and input of the patient, family, and the interdisciplinary team. Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Demonstrates leadership skills in decision-making and problem solving. Integrates and communicates knowledge and sensitivity to patient's psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and age-specific needs. Practices within the boundaries of the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, specialty standards, and organizational/departmental policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Adheres to hospital policies related to medication safety, including order writing format, correct administration considerations, double checks, and other established policies and practices.
• Fills in as office nurse for providers, answering patient/significant others phone calls and messages, insurance denials/appeals, evaluate patient's needs, and triage patient care in coordination with the provider.
• Anticipates and intervenes in an appropriate and timely manner when there are concerns related to patient and staff safety.
• Consistently meets work schedule.
• Consistently role models individualized therapeutic communication based upon patient and family psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural needs.
• Coordinates health care services with hospital, vendors, physician's offices, and other institutions.
• Delegates appropriately according to task situation, level of expertise, and functions as an independent and supportive team member. Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.
• Demonstrates critical thinking utilizing all aspects of the nursing process.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates plan of care that recognizes changes in the patient's condition and adapts plan as needed.
• Identifies area for professional growth.
• Independently performs a comprehensive assessment to provide the most effective patient care for a given population.
• Maintains a safe environment for patients.
• Performs nursing assessments and triage of patient care needs for new and ongoing patients.
• Provides direct nursing care for specified patients, including appropriate supportive care and administration of chemotherapy, blood components, fluid and electrolyte replacements, and other oncology treatments as prescribed.
• Provides patient/family education using resources available.
• Seeks out additional learning experiences within the practice area:
  • Unit-specific certifications
  • Consultation with experts
  • In-services/rounds
  • Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team
• Utilizes technology correctly for functions related to patient care delivery, mandatory programs/competencies, and policies/procedures.
• 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.

Requirements

• High School Graduate
• Associate Degree in Nursing

Qualifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing (Kansas) or compact license
• CPR / AED / BLS - Other BLS within 14 days
• Some units will require additional unit-specific affirmations/certifications/work experience

Schedule

Full time