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. Responsibilities include providing effective patient and family teaching, assessing patients for actual and potential problems, and documenting diagnoses. The nurse administers medications safely, including moderate sedation, manages patients with pain, and utilizes restraints per policy. They identify and report signs of neglect/abuse, care for terminally ill patients and families, and address age-specific needs. The role involves performing cardiovascular assessments, assessing physical, mental, and psychosocial status, and assisting physicians with minor/local surgical procedures, pain management interventions, and gastroenterology procedures. This includes procedures like colonoscopy with polypectomy, biopsy, esophageal dilations, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, bandings, and electrocautery procedures. The nurse also 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 expected, along with providing 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.
Minimum of 2 to 3 years of current (within the last 5 years) Endoscopy experience.

Nice To Haves

ACLS within three months.
Moderate Sedation certification with three months.

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.
Assesses 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.
Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Falmouth Hospital’s commitment to CARES: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service.