Located in the heart of the Coachella Valley, you have access to resort-style living and world-class amenities throughout Southern California.
Job Objective:
Performs clinical care activities and is responsible for the coordination of a specialty pain management service for patients, physicians, and other identified customers.
Job Description:
Education:
Required: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Master’s degree in Nursing
Licensure/Certification:
Required: California Registered Nurse (RN) license; American Heart Association BLS
Experience:
Required: Two (2) years of clinical RN experience
Essential Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies, and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.
- Performs physical assessment on patients in pain service.
- Develops plan of care based on assessment.
- Demonstrates implementation skills in accordance with EMH Standards of Care, policies, procedures, and Nurse Practice Act.
- Evaluates effectiveness of nursing and medical interventions.
- Changes intervention strategies when expected outcomes not met.
- Consistently documents in accordance with EMH policies and procedures.
- Consistently administers medications and documents in compliance with medication administration policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates competency in the operation of equipment specific to pain service.
- Provides accurate and precise reporting of patient condition and changes in a timely manner to physicians.
- Adheres to guidelines for internal transfer of patient care.
- Epidural Catheters: Rounds on each patient with epidural catheter to ensure that care is effective, Provides staff education as needed for procedures/epidural equipment, Gives bolus doses as ordered by physician, Assists with discontinuation of catheters.
- Initiates discharge planning upon admission and throughout hospitalization in conjunction with Case Manager where appropriate.
- Rounds on all pain patients to assist physicians and staff with the management of patients’ pain and does clinical data collection. Coordinates care with physician.
- Participates in patient care conferences.
- Performs pain management education to patients and staff.
- Provides clinical expertise and is a resource to staff to solve pain specialty related situations.
Essential Skils:
- Consistently work with the pain management physicians on rounding of inpatients
- Facilitates initiatives for pain assessment and reassessment
- Ability to ensure and act as a resource for the RN staff for the care and maintenance of epidural catheter
- Acts as resource for staff in pain management care planning
