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Job Location (Full Address):
180 Sawgrass Dr, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14620Opening:
Worker Subtype:
RegularTime Type:
Full timeScheduled Weekly Hours:
40Department:
500662 Nursing Pain Treatment CenterWork Shift:
UR - Day (United States of America)Range:
UR URCC 215 HCompensation Range:
$37.12 - $50.11The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.
Responsibilities:
GENERAL PURPOSE:Accountable for the provision of proficient patient care inclusive of complex patients. Assumes an expanded charge nurse role and assumes unit responsibility for orientation for new staff. May assume the role of care coordinator for a given group of patients, monitoring and evaluating patient care based on the unit standards of care. Actively involved in unit/service activities, contributing to outcomes from those groups.
FT position Day shift Monday – Friday, four 9 hours shifts, weekends and holidays per unit policy.
RN with a minimum 1-2 years of experience (preferably in acute care) who possesses organizational and critical thinking skills needed to work in a procedural/infusion area of the Pain Treatment Center providing and coordinating pre, intra and post procedure care for patients being treated for a variety of chronic and acute pain conditions. Procedures include trigger point injections, joint injections, epidural steroid injections, sympathetic blocks, neurolytic blocks, radiofrequency ablations, ketamine & Lidocaine infusions and spinal cord stimulator trials. Patients are adolescent through advanced age. Excellent IV skills are a positive. Moderate Sedation competency, ACLS & PEARS required by the end of the first year. Some telephone triage. Candidate must possess strong assessment and communication skills. Must be positive, flexible and invested in team success.
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