Staff Nurse - Pain Management

Fisher-Titus Medical Center•Norwalk, OH

About The Position

Caring For the Community You Love Choose a career to make a difference in people's lives every day, choose Fisher-Titus! About Fisher-Titus: Fisher-Titus proudly serves the greater Huron County area’s 70,000-plus residents by providing a full continuum of health and wellness care from heart and cancer care to outpatient services such as lab, imaging, and physical rehabilitation. Vision: Be the first choice for healthcare and employment within our community Mission: Deliver compassionate and convenient care to the highest level of excellence that promotes lifelong health and wellness for our community General Summary: The Pain Management RN is responsible to assess, plan, direct, teach, and evaluate nursing care; to ensure quality and efficiency according to established policies and procedures, and especially the performance of job-related technical skills. Nurses will be required to manage the message center and enter data into EHR, evaluates OARRS reports and calculate medication due dates based on this report in addition to information obtained from physician plan of care. Nurses will be required to propose prescriptions to providers based on this information. Nursing Staff in Pain Management will work in the Pain Management procedure area including, prep, recovery and the sterile surgical suite, managing individualized, goal directed nursing care through use of the nursing process and the principles of primary nursing in accordance with departmental and hospital policies and procedures.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved school of nursing and current Ohio Licensure
1-2 years recent clinical experience, surgical experience preferred
Current Ohio Licensure
CPR certified
ACLS certified

Responsibilities

Completes accurate documentation in patient records and charges.
Demonstrates knowledge and correct use of all forms in regard to the day-to-day operation of the department.
Assists physician with patient treatments.
Offers support to patient and monitors patient throughout procedure and afterward.
Completes dressing changes, suture and staple removal.
Completes charge information accurately.
Correctly identifies patient by name for any direct care procedures and/or treatment; checks identification of patient by use of their name band and registration sheet and assures that a patient is always banded with proper name. Always verifies with the patient the procedural laterality when appropriate
Demonstrates an awareness of and understanding of the surgical patient's needs for comfort, positioning an safety, and follows through to provide these needs.
Actively participates in interdepartmental meetings and in services.
Reviews departmental minutes and seeks information through personal inquiry. Keeps self-informed of changes within department.
Makes effective decisions and takes immediate action in serious/emergency situations.
Documents situation and rationale for decision on appropriate forms. Reports situation immediately to proper persons. Evaluates results of action taken.
Demonstrates knowledge of department and management line of authority and follows proper line of communications and legislation affecting the profession, health care and current developments in the nursing field.
Individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patient served on his/her assigned unit/department. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age-specific needs and to provide the car needed as described in the area’s policies and procedures.
Consistently demonstrates flexibility in adapting to changes in workload and assignments. Is able to perform duties beyond the scope of the normal workload. Regularly offers assistance to others in the order to complete workload.
Maintains an awareness of new regulations and legislation affecting the profession, health care and current developments in the nursing field.
Regularly perceives potential problem situations and intervenes to offset ad-verse impact. Demonstrates good judgement in use of corrective actions or alternatives in problem solving and follows up with satisfactory prevention plan.
Demonstrates thorough knowledge of surgical procedures, infection and isolation control procedures and aseptic technique.
Practices effective communication skills, i.e. listening, phone skills, etc.
Demonstrates responsibility and accountability as their profession, practice and job dictates.
Conducts all work activities with respect for the rights and wishes of patients, visitors, families and fellow employees including the maintenance of a pleasant quiet environment as observed by the manager.
Displays a positive attitude within the department and across departmental lines to contribute to the overall customer service program in place.