Registered Nurse (RN) - Pain Management 5392

Vantage Search Group•Jacksonville, NC

6d•$70,012 - $83,200•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides pain management nursing services at the Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The role coordinates patient care with healthcare professionals and supports optimal clinical outcomes, quality, and cost effectiveness while adhering to facility policies and standards of care. The nurse performs assessments, triage, medication administration, wound care, other nursing interventions, patient education, and care coordination. Duties may vary by clinic or department and can include monitoring patients, using treatment and monitoring equipment, carrying out physician orders, documenting care, providing emotional support, and giving treatment and discharge instructions. The nurse also helps maintain a safe, clean, stocked, and properly equipped care environment and may supervise other healthcare professionals and make patient care assignments. The schedule is Monday through Friday, with 8.5- to 11-hour shifts scheduled between 6:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. There are no weekends, holidays, on-call shifts, or call-backs.

Requirements

Associate or bachelor’s degree in Nursing from a college or university accredited by ACEN or CCNE.
At least one year of full-time post-graduate clinical experience as a registered nurse in an ambulatory care setting within the past three years.
Current, full, active, and unrestricted Registered Nurse license.
Current AHA or ARC BLS and ACLS Healthcare Provider certifications.
Ability to pass a government background check/security clearance.
Selected applicants must submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.

Responsibilities

Coordinate patient care in collaboration with healthcare professionals to support optimal clinical outcomes, quality, and cost effectiveness.
Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice and applicable facility policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Perform physical examinations, obtain health histories, and conduct ongoing, systematic assessments of patients’ physiological, psychological, and cognitive status.
Perform triage and patient monitoring as assigned.
Provide health promotion, counseling, patient education, and emotional support.
Administer medications, provide wound care, and perform other personalized nursing interventions, procedures, and treatments.
Use patient monitoring and treatment equipment and execute physicians’ orders within standard nursing practice guidelines.
Direct and supervise care provided by other healthcare professionals and assign patient care according to personnel scope of practice and skill level.
Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and respond promptly to emergency situations.
Communicate and collaborate with patients, families, healthcare professionals, and other relevant people about care plans and actions.
Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
Formulate and carry out goal-directed plans of care based on nursing diagnoses, patient outcomes, patient needs, and available resources.
Evaluate the effectiveness of self-care provided by health team members and the contribution of systems, environment, and instrumentation to patient outcomes.
Document patient care and observations and provide treatment and discharge instructions upon patient release.
Maintain a safe and clean environment for each patient and ensure care areas are stocked and properly equipped.
Identify patient and significant-other learning needs and implement appropriate measures to address them.
Conduct research in support of improved nursing practice and patient outcomes.