RN - Pain Clinic

Job Highlights

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Responsibilities

• Utilizes a systematic approach to nursing by incorporating assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Provides healthcare to individuals, families, and communities within the RN scope of practice.
• Ensures adherence to established standards of care and scope of practice.
• Performs advanced nursing activities including assisting with procedures using conscious sedation, placement of IVs, and monitoring patients in recovery.
• Ensures documentation of care is complete and accurate.
• Provides health and wellness education to individuals and groups.
• Acts as preceptor and supports the development of other staff and healthcare students.
• Provides leadership for initiatives designed to improve the quality of care or clinical outcomes.
• Assists Nursing Supervisor/coordinator in the development of departmental standing orders.
• Assess patients in procedural area, both pre and post procedure, review medication, allergies, medical history, and obtain vital signs.
• Initiate IV therapy.
• Triage phone calls, complete prior authorizations, injection screening, and MRI screenings.
• Provide education to patients in the office and post-injection area.
• Order, stock, and maintain supplies for department.
• Perform urine drug screens.
• Assists Injectionists with procedures (epidural, nerve block, joint injection, radiofrequency nerve ablation, etc).

About CARLE

Carle Health is a healthcare organization operating in Illinois, offering a wide range of services including clinical care, health insurance, research, and academics. They have a team of nearly 16,500 members providing high-quality care through eight hospitals, physician group practices, health insurance plans, and medical education institutions, with a focus on innovation, diversity, and community impact.