interventional pain mgmt rn - Kansas City, KS , USA, United States - The University of Kansas Hospital

Description

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

• 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.
• Note: 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.

• Registered Nurse in the state of Kansas
• Associate's degree (or higher) in Nursing; must complete BSN within five years of hire
• BLS certification or obtained within 14 days of hire.
• ACLS within six months of hire
• Minimum of two years RN experience
• As a condition of your employment and continued employment with the health system, you are required to secure a Nurse Compact License (NCL) within 60 days of your date of hire. This will enable you to perform your job duties not only in Kansas, but other compact states. You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in securing this license, and must provide your manager with evidence of this license before the sixty-day period expires. If you fail to secure the NCL as required, you will be immediately removed from the work schedule and placed on an unpaid administrative leave, until we can understand the reasons for your non-compliance. Further failure to comply with the licensing requirement will result in your end of employment with the health system.

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Two years of pain management experience with procedures

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.

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