Registered Nurse (RN) Pain Management

About the role

Frye Regional Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network. As a Registered Nurse (RN) in our Pain Management Clinic, you'll play a crucial role in supporting the clinic's mission to make communities healthier.

Responsibilities

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

Required Skills

• Critical thinking skills
• Decisive judgment
• Minimal supervision

Essential Functions

• Complete accurate documentation in patient records and charges
• Support clinic team to meet KPIs including market capture goals, seeing four patients per hour, reaching 30% procedure ratio, and completing time out and chart audits
• Aid physician and APCs with patient treatments
• Offer support to patient and monitor patient throughout clinical/procedure visits
• Perform 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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