Registered Nurse - Center for Pain Medicine

Job Description

The Center for Pain Medicine is a high-volume specialty clinic with multiple satellite clinics that focuses on a variety of chronic pain diagnoses. The Center for Pain Medicine provides holistic care to include procedural intervention, infusions, psychology services and medication management. The Center for Pain Medicine also collaborates with the department of Psychiatry to provide infusion therapy for a select group of patients.

The clinical nurse provides care for patients with multiple or complex pain management needs. They provide advanced clinical skills in assessing, treating, and evaluating patients with chronic pain. They facilitate an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to the treatment of patients and will assist with patient inquiries in person, via phone, and electronic health record messaging. The clinical nurse provides emotional and psychological support to patients with chronic pain and coordinates clinical care amongst multiple disciplines to support patients’ needs.

The clinical nurse is responsible for assisting the faculty, fellows, and residents in procedure rooms by circulating, administering procedural moderate sedation, and coordinating the care of patients throughout the procedural period (before, during and after each procedure). The nurse will be responsible for initiating and monitoring patients undergoing infusion treatments at the Center for Pain Medicine.

• Utilizes the nursing process for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide safe, therapeutic care
• Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary and nursing teams; carries out established nursing procedures and performs related duties as required
• Performs nursing care for patients with more complex needs with assistance and supervision
• Assists with the management of patient care administered by other members of the nursing team

• Minimum 5 years working as a registered nurse
• Minimum 2 years as a registered nurse working with patients with chronic pain
• Minimum 2 years working in an ambulatory clinic as a registered nurse within the last 3 years
• Minimum 1 year IV start experience as a registered nurse within the last 5 years
• Minimum 1 year experience monitoring patients with continuous telemetry
• Minimum 1 year experience in telephone triage, inbasket management and care coordination in an ambulatory clinic setting
• Ability to wear lead apron for up to 8 hours per day
• This position requires flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations.
• Knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position.
• Recent experience in the use of electronic medical record documentation

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Experience and fluency in working with computers
• Experience with EPIC
• Proficiency in handling sterile equipment
• Proficiency in procedural moderate sedation
• Proficiency in sterile procedure setup

• Current Registered Nurse as defined by California Board of Registered Nursing
• Current CPR through the American Heart Association
• Current ACLS certification
• PALS certification within 6 months of hire