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Registered Nurse- Pain Management (Intermittent)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
THIS A INTERMITTENT POSITION!!!! Delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.
What You'll Do
- →PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS A INTERMITTENT POSITION ONLY!!!!
- →Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care.
- →Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
- →Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.
- →Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
- →Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in the unit/program level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs.
- →The Pain Management Registered Nurse (RN) can identify recurrent, meaningful, situational parameters for patients receiving moderate sedation with close supervision by the provider; seeks direction on how to assist provider with procedures; manages workload; learns about the application of pain theory; provides basic education to patients on routine procedures.
- →The nurse brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.
- →Other duties as assigned.
- →The Pain Management Registered Nurse (RN) provides leadership to clinical support team for interprofessional care of patients with complex pain-related needs and intuitively identifies primary source of patients' problems based on knowledge and experience with patients experiencing pain.
- →Provides patient-specific pain education to patients and families related to routine and complex procedures.
- →Leads clinical support group in evidence-based quality improvement activities related to pain management and measuring outcomes.
- →Assists provider with procedural sedation for patients with complex medical needs, including persistent pain.
- →The nurse will mentor, teach, and precept nurses and other healthcare professionals in the care of patients with complex pain.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 121fb87d-bdbd-46d4-9766-daebd3818ebb
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