Outpatient LPN, Pain Management (Mansfield)

OhioHealth•Mansfield, OH

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Join our growing Pain Management team at OhioHealth Mansfield as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and make a difference for patients managing spine-related conditions and chronic pain. In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring a smooth experience for patients by assisting with pre-surgical medication reviews, rooming patients, and supporting Providers with post-operative and wound care such as staple removal and dressing changes. This position offers a balance of administrative and clinical responsibilities in a collaborative, fast-paced outpatient setting. You’ll triage calls, coordinate with surgery schedulers, and communicate care updates between Providers and patients. Strong clinical judgment and comfort with medication knowledge (especially anticoagulants) are essential. With a typical orientation of 6–8 weeks, you’ll receive the support and training needed to excel in your role and make a meaningful impact from day one. Pain Management at Mansfield is a newer and growing service line, offering the opportunity to help shape what pain management means for OhioHealth patients. You’ll work alongside two dedicated Providers and a supportive nursing team that values teamwork, communication, and compassionate care. If you’re an LPN that is comfortable with triage, thrives in a collaborative environment and wants to be part of a department that’s building something meaningful, we’d love to have you join our team! This position provides nursing care to patients and families along the health illness continuum in diverse health care settings while collaborating with the health care team. The LPN is accountable for the practice of nursing as defined by the Ohio Board of Nursing. The LPN delegates nursing tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) using the criteria written in the Ohio Nurse Practice Act. This position serves as a resource for other associates. May communicate instructions, do minor scheduling, and inspect work. Does not hire, fire, discipline, promote, demote, transfer, or appraise, but may be consulted by higher management in these areas. This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

High School or GED (Required)
BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association
LPN - Licensed Practical Nurse - National Council of State Boards of Nursing
Must hold a current license from the State of Ohio.
successfully completed Ohio Board of Nursing approved medication course.
Basic Life support Provider

Responsibilities

Performs initial, ongoing and functional health status assessment as applicable to the population and/or individual.
Collects and documents initial and ongoing subjective and objective data from patients, significant others, and communities.
Reviews data obtained by other members of health care team and incorporates into assessment.
Identifies and communicates assessment findings, both initial and ongoing, to appropriate people via referrals, rounds, huddles, reports and care conference, etc.
Uses assessment data to identify pertinent nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems.
Collaborates assessment findings with providers and members of healthcare team as appropriate.
Uses scientific knowledge, Critical thinking skills, technical skills, and effective interpersonal and teaching skills to provide nursing care.
Based on nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems, documents planned nursing interventions to achieve outcomes appropriate to patient needs including: age, size, and development stage.
Initiates and/or coordinates care plans and individualizes critical paths/medical management plans.
Promotes cost effective care by minimizing fragmentation, maximizing coordination and facilitating patient/family through the health care system.
Accountable for quality improvement and clinical outcomes and any other duties assigned.
Carries out and documents interventions to assist patient/community to achieve expected outcomes.
Uses scientific knowledge, critical thinking, technical skills, and effective interpersonal skills to provide direct patient care as needed.
Evaluates and documents response to nursing interventions and achievement of outcomes at appropriately determined intervals; as part of a multidisciplinary team, revises plan of care based on evaluative data.
Delegates tasks in accordance with specific criteria and state statutes.
Reviews work performed by those to whom it is delegated.
Coordinates continuity of care as indicated by patient/family/community needs and resources along health/wellness continuum in collaboration with other members of the health care team.
Participates in development of self, peers and others, e.g. MAs, nursing students.
Coaches other employees and provides feedback to others, as appropriate.
Actively participates in process improvement activities to achieve targeted measures of clinical quality, customer satisfaction, and financial performance.
Acts as patient advocate.
Participates and shares information from committees, research and self-development programs.
Communicates and participates appropriately in staff meetings, and collaborates with providers.
Manages resources including personnel, supplies and equipment to maintain a safe and efficient environment.
As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties.