RN - Chronic Pain Management

Job Description:

The RN of the Office based Addiction Program and the Chronic Pain Program is a member of the Primary Care Team who is responsible for operational assignments to ensure effective team-based care with the expectation of meeting the standards for patient Centered Medical Home.

Services include organizing, coordinating, and providing direct patient care, coordination and/or care management services and clinical medical support to providers for patients within the practice.

The RN– OBAT and Chronic Pain- is an integral part of the multidisciplinary care team responsible for ensuring that the primary care provider and practice team maintains a central role in the care process, by coordinating the care of these vulnerable patients, and ensuring the patients receive optimal care including acute illness management, chronic disease management, self-management coaching, and wellness/preventive care as they transition across multiple health settings and/or multiple physicians/providers.

Care Manager

Coordinates care for the practice’s highest-risk patients such as patients who are in the Special Population programs as defined by practice-based assessment standards.

Educational Requirements

• Associate Degree in nursing required.
• A nurse with a BS or Master’s Degree preferred.

Experience Required

• Minimum two years’ experience in case management, disease management, home health care nursing, or intensive outpatient education and/or self-management support.
• Experience in practice coordination, ambulatory care, and/or staff supervision preferred.
• Demonstrated teamwork, collaboration with other staff, written/verbal communication skills.
• Experience with EMR; NextGen preferred.

Professional Licensure/Special Skills and Certification Required

Licensed RN by MA State Board of Registration. BLS required; ACLS preferred. Certified managed care nurse or registered nurse case manager preferred.

Interpersonal Relationships/Organizational Expectations:

• Commitment to providing health care to families in a medically underserved community.
• Willingness to be flexible in the development of new methods of health service delivery.
• Ability to deal with sensitive information in a highly confidential manner.
• Effective communication skills, both oral and written, with patients, families, visitors, co-workers, health care professionals, funders, and other regulatory agencies.
• Bilingual in English and another language appropriate to the health center’s patient population preferred, but not required.
• Ability to function independently with minimal supervision, and to plan, coordinate, and carry out those tasks necessary to meet the job responsibilities.
• Awareness of resources available within the health center to accommodate the needs of patients.
• Commitment to providing cost conscious, fiscally responsible, timely, efficient, effective, safe, patient-centered, culturally competent, equitable, and participatory health care.
• Processes personal health information in accordance with FHCW HIPAA policies and procedures.

Reporting Relationship

Director of Nursing

EOE

Monday -Friday; 8:30am - 5:00pm