Interventional Pain Mgmt RN - Spine Center

The University of Kansas Health System • Kansas City, KS

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About The Position

Join one of the largest and most dynamic specialty clinics in our system, the Spine Center. The team is supported by over 90 staff and 50+ providers spanning orthopedic and neurosurgical spine, pain management, physical medicine & rehab, neurology, and pain psychology. The ambulatory clinic RN floats between physicians, providing education, guidance on next steps, and ensuring continuity of care. This is a true ambulatory clinic RN role that combines clinical expertise with patient-centered education in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. We currently have an opening for an Interventional Pain Management Registered Nurse to provide professional nursing care through assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.

Requirements

• High School Graduate.
• Associate Degree Nursing must complete BSN within five years of hire.
• 2 or more years of RN experience.
• Basic Life Support Heartsaver (BLS HS) (Non-Clinical) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 14 days.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 180 Days.
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing.
• Must have current active multistate state Register Nurse (RN) license in good standing in state in which you live OR active single state RN license in good standing in the state you will be working with proof of application of a multistate RN license in the state in which you live.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor Degree Nursing.
• 2 or more years of pain management experience with procedures.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: Associate degree