Nurse- Pain Clinic

STAFF NURSE PAIN CLINIC - FOXBORO, MASS/ PER DIEM/ ROTATING SHIFT Excellent Care to Patients and Families
• The Best Staff
• In the Safest Environment The Staff Nurse will be responsible for: Providing care for patients in the Foxborough Multispecialty Clinic as part of the Pain Management Team Working collaboratively to provide excellent care to patients and families in the safest environment. The RN will work in a multispecialty clinic setting and will primarily provide care to pain clinic patients. This includes teaching and care for initial, follow-up, and interventional procedure patients. This includes pre/intra/post care (including fluoroscopy, epidural and joint injections, and ultrasound guided nerve blocks). Ensuring that ambulatory patients are seen in a timely manner by the appropriate clinician(s) and that appropriate coordination of care and communication is maintained with the patients and referring providers. Providing clinical telephone triage, especially for urgent clinical situations, and general nursing support for patients across the Division of Pain Clinic. Maintaining familiarity with department activity and a close working relationship with clinicians and support staff to provide the most appropriate triage and facilitate timely and effective communication and scheduling. Participating in departmental and organizational quality management and/or quality improvement projects as directed by the leadership team. Proficient use of the electronic medical record, documenting in a manner that is clear, complete, concise, and in SBAR format when appropriate to remain compliant with nursing standards. Working in a normal office setting; work entails extended periods of sitting and fast-paced, phone-based care. Preparing, performing, and documenting the coordination of clinical care including, but not limited to, assisting patients with medication questions, and providing patient education as needed and requested. Working collaboratively to provide excellent care to patients and families in the safest environment. Other duties as assigned by the supervising physician or leadership team. At the Brigham, we place great value on being a diverse and inclusive community. Brigham Health and the Department of Nursing are dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients in our local community. We have a dedicated focus on equity. Thus, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum or human diversity: race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research. Brigham and Women's Hospital, I CARE Standards The I CARE Standards guide me in my interactions with patients, family members, visitors, colleagues, and neighbors in my workplace and surrounding community to optimize the Brigham experience and help fulfill my role in our mission of providing seamless, high quality patient and family centered care. C. I will Communicate my commitment to high quality performance A. I will Appear and act as a professional R. I will Respect all individuals E. I will Extend myself Nursing at Brigham and Women's Hospital is known for their excellent clinical practice and for keeping patients and their families at the center of all they do. We understand that great care is shaped by relationships with patients and their families. That's why we're committed to knowing our patients on a deeper level - not just as patients, but as individuals - to ensure that they, and their families, feel known and cared for. At BWH, we proudly work together with a spirit of inquiry and a deep commitment to providing the highest quality, evidence-informed and theory-guided care in an inclusive environment. We work each day to achieve our vision - to provide excellent care to patients and families, with the best staff, in the safest environment. Just as we have been able to reinvent health care, we have also transformed health care careers. Whether measured in terms of lives saved, awards earned, or the personal satisfaction of stretching your talents - a career with BWH is unlike any other in the health care field. Here you'll find a workplace where collaboration and teamwork are the norm, not the exception - physicians, nurses, technicians, staff and management form a close-knit bond, based on mutual respect and devotion to our patients. If you want an enormously fulfilling career, there's no better place to be. To qualify you must have: Education: Graduate of an approved school of nursing with current registration in Massachusetts. Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing is required for newly licensed nurses. Education: A Registered nurse with minimum of 3 years of experience in an ambulatory practice setting required. The experience must be current (or recent within the past 5 years). A Registered nurse with minimum of 1 years of experience in a pain clinic ambulatory setting required. The experience must be current (or recent within the past 5 years). Previous experience and demonstrated skill with IV placement required. ACLS certification is required for this position, and certification must be obtained within 90 days. Pain Certification is preferred for this position, and certification is required within 2 years. Experience with telephone triage and telephone-based clinical assessment techniques of adult patients in primary care, urgent care or ED required. This is the safe, effective, and appropriate disposition of health-related problems and includes: assessing severity of symptoms, communicating urgent patient needs to the LIP, referral to appropriate setting or level of care, documenting interventions and an individualized plan of care using an EMR, education of patients and families on their disease process and interventions to promote health and well-being, preliminary interpretation of data, providing home health advice and follow-up, ability to make triage decisions quickly and calmly in emergency situations, and assuring continuity of care. Case Management experience preferred. Experience with team-based care preferred. Other: Membership in professional organizations is recommended and nursing certification in Ambulatory Care or an Ambulatory Specialty area is preferred. Able to work weekend rotation per the MNA contract.