Pain (Per Diem)

Cape Cod Healthcare•Falmouth, MA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This position practices according to entity mandatory requirements, department expectations, and best practice standards of care, with a customer service approach to all activities. The role participates in ongoing Performance Improvement programs and cares for patients utilizing the nursing process with an interdisciplinary approach. The RN provides effective patient and family teaching, initiates discharge planning, assesses patients for actual and potential problems, and updates assessments continually. Responsibilities include administering medications safely, managing patients with pain, utilizing restraints per policy, identifying and reporting signs of neglect/abuse, and caring for terminally ill patients and their families. The role addresses age-specific needs and performs cardiovascular assessments, as well as assessing the physical, mental, and psychosocial status of patients. The RN will assist physicians with minor/local surgical procedures, pain management interventions, and gastroenterology procedures such as colonoscopy with polypectomy, biopsy, esophageal dilations, and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. Additionally, the RN performs pre and post-procedure phone calls, provides care for post-procedure patients, and maintains appropriate licenses and certifications. Proficiency in computerized nursing informatics is required. The role consistently provides service excellence in a manner that reflects Falmouth Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and service.

Requirements

Must read, write and communicate in English.
Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
BLS certification.
Successful passage of FH’s pharmacology exam.
Successful passage of Basic Arrhythmia Program or challenge exam.

Nice To Haves

ACLS within three months.
Moderate Sedation certification with three months.
Minimum of 2 to 3 years of current (within the last 5 years) Endoscopy experience.

Responsibilities

Practices according to entity mandatory requirements.
Practices according to department expectations and according to best practice standards of care.
Practices with a Customer Service approach to all activities.
Participates in ongoing Performance Improvement programs.
Cares for patients utilizing the nursing process, with an interdisciplinary approach.
Provides effective patient and family teaching throughout the spectrum of care, initiating discharge planning at time of admission.
Assesses patients for actual and potential problems and updates assessments continually.
Documents the patients’ diagnoses which are derived from: health assessment, history and interviews.
Administers medications safely, to include moderate sedation within hospital guidelines under the direction of the physician.
Manages the patient with pain.
Utilizes chemical and physical restraints per policy.
Identifies signs and symptoms of neglect/abuse and reports as required by law.
Cares for terminally ill patient and family, respective of patient’s advance directives.
Addresses age-specific needs of infants, toddlers, school age, adolescents, adults, older adults.
Performs cardiovascular assessment.
Assess the physical, mental and psychosocial status of patients.
Assists physicians with minor/local surgical procedures to include pain management interventions.
Assists physicians with gastroenterology procedures to include but not limited to colonoscopy with polypectomy, biopsy, splinting patient’s abdominal wall during colonoscopy, esophageal dilations, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, bandings and electrocautery procedures to include argon plasma coagulation, clipping and subcutaneous injections.
Performs pre and post procedure phone calls
Provides care of the post procedure patient.
Maintains appropriate licenses, certifications, registrations required to perform duties of their designated role/position.
Demonstrates proficiency in computerized nursing informatics.