Registered Nurse - Center for Pain Medicine

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of time

Essential Function (Yes/No)

Key Responsibilities

(To be completed by Supervisor)

20

• Provides nursing care to all Pain Medicine patients. 
• Reviews with patients and families, the disease process, the treatment options, as well as the potential outcomes.
• Provides emotional and psychological support to the Pain Medicine patient and the      family. 
• Acts as a liaison between the patient and a variety of medical disciplines as well as other facilities. Communicates by phone, fax, email or mail. 
• Fosters continuity of care within the healthcare system. 
• Serves as a patient advocate within the health care system. 
• Provides telephone teaching, triage and advice.
• Documents all nursing actions taken in APEX
• Respond to clinic emergencies (Code Blue, acute symptoms during clinic visit, etc.)

20

• Pend all orders appropriately to providers (medications, refills, imaging, procedures, referrals, etc.) 
• Develop patient education materials for the teams.
• Participates in the monthly department team meeting

50

• Support Pain Procedures 
  1. Infusion
  2. Peripheral nerve blocks
  3. Radiofrequency ablation
  4. Epidural steroid injections
  5. Neuromodulation trials
  6. Other procedures as needed
• Complete Nurse Visits
  1. Postoperative/post procedural wound and device checks
  2. Preoperative preparation and education
  3. Other nurse visits as needed

10

• Maintain Apex training and Utilize Electronic Health Record (APEX) for documentation within the scope of practice of an RN.

• Open and respond to APEX inbox to include staff messages, patient advice, telephone encounters, media manager and others as needed 

• Demonstrate the ability to communicate with patients both by telephone, in person and in writing using MyChart in clear, easy to understand and grammatically correct language as an essential function of their job.  This includes being able to write clinical instructions that may not be possible using APeX smart phrases and other technical shortcuts.

• Documents telephone encounter messages and follows-up with patient and clinic team as needed

   

100