RN - Joint Center / Pain Management Coordinator, Full Time, Beaches
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Description: Baptist Med Cntr - Beaches is employing RN - Joint Center / Pain Management Coordinator, Full Time, Beaches right now, this vacancy will be placed in Florida. For complete informations about this vacancy opportunity kindly see the descriptions. Joint Camp / Pain Management Coordinator
- Bachelors in Nursing required
- Masters in Nursing preferred
- BLS
- ACLS
- Experience with Total Joint replacement patients and regional anesthesia blocks preferred
Pain Management:
To provide comprehensive and consistent analgesia to all ambulatory and hospital post-surgical patients through maximizing adjunc! t therapy and continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNB) while ! minimizing side effects of traditional narcotic medications.
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinate the pre-op and post-op education of patients identified to receive continuous catheters and the On-Q pump providing post-operative analgesia.
- Provide nursing education to PACE, Pre-Op, Recovery room and discharge nurses for uniformity of care.
- Contact and evaluate ambulatory patients Post-Op at home for adequate pain management and minimization of side effects.
- Anticipate patients identified to receive CPNB and facilitate nursing assistance to the anesthesiologist in block set up and placement at both ASC and main hospital.
- Assist in program evaluation and benchmarks.
- Function as hospital ambassador for surgical patients.
- Coordinate education for outpatient physical therapy.
The joint coordinator portion of this position is required to provide a central person to ! be a liaison between total joint replacement patients, care staff and surgeons.
Responsibilities include:
Daily operations of the joint center.
Coordinate the pre-operative teaching for all total joint patients.
Coordinate all outreach seminars to promote the total joint service line.
- Coordinate the Pre-Op education of patients scheduled to receive CPNB for post-operative analgesia. Provide nursing education to PACE, Pre-Op, Recovery room, floor nursing and physical therapy for uniformity of care.
- Evaluate post-op patients while in hospital at Joint Camp to maximize analgesia, and participation in physical therapy while minimizing side effects from traditional narcotics and pain meds.
- Perform continual program evaluation based upon set metrics to maintain excellence and patient satisfaction.
Shift
0630 - 1500 but will vary
Monday throu! gh Friday
Full Time
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If you were eligible to this vacancy, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Baptist Med Cntr - Beaches.
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This vacancy starts available on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 11:34:32 GMT
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