Registered Nurse (RN) Vascular Access Team
Inova•Falls Church, VA
•$43 - $69•Onsite
About The Position
Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) Vascular Access Team to join the team. This role will be full-time; 3-12-hour shifts (Monday-Friday); 8:00 AM – 8:30 PM; with rotating weekends and holidays. Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligible. Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Requirements
- Experience assessing and placing peripheral access including Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC), Midline Catheters, and Peripheral IV's
- Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
- Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license
Nice To Haves
- Experience with PICC and midline placement
- Comfortable using ultrasound guidance for vascular access
Responsibilities
- Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ethical/spiritual needs
- Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs and responds to changes in patient's needs and holistic caring
- Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care and determines immediate priorities and offers solutions for problems
- Performs psychosocial and physiologic assessments that integrate changing data as documented in procedure notes
- Monitors the EKG, hemodynamic variances, and other physiologic data during the procedure
- Selects appropriate instruments and supplies based on a patient presentation during the procedure and maintains proper sterile technique throughout the procedure
- Updates primary RN with the ability to use line, type of line placed, and any special considerations (eg. gauze dressing or clotting dressing used)
- Immediately recognizes and responds to adverse clinical situations and directs others to assist in a favorable patient outcome
- Documents entire procedure, including complications, equipment used, medications administered as part of the patient's permanent record
- Serves as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members in educating on infection control, care and maintenance of the inserted device, and clinical resource in troubleshooting
- Effectively manages supply usage by anticipating supply needs during the procedure and effectively maintain supplies within the lab
- Calibrates, operates and troubleshoots a wide variety of equipment and instruments
- Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals
- Demonstrates evidence of self-development activities (beyond orientation) and attends services/seminars related to the field and maintains own Employee Continuing Education Record
- May perform additional duties as assigned
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision coverage
- robust team member wellness program
- Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions
- up to $5,250 per year in education assistance
- up to $10,000 for student loans
- 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost
- paid time off
- paid parental leave
- flexible work schedules
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
