Day - 10 Hour (United States of America)

• Assess patients with difficult access or need for long term IV therapy for appropriate vascular access device.

• Works with staff nurses, physicians, case managers, and other team members to insure early assessment for VAD selection and implementation
• Participates in education with Vascular Access education with patient, family members, and staff
• Reviews physicians order
• Obtains consent
• Reviews medical records for any contraindication of peripheral vascular access
• Determine the best vascular access device for the patient based on medications, current access status, diagnoses, length of IV therapy, etc.
• Places Vascular access device, (PICC, Midline, or ultrasound guided peripheral IV) or recommends alternate means of access
• Reports directly to patient’s primary nurse and charge nurse or physician, if necessary
• Troubleshoots difficult complications of VAD’s or assists staff in troubleshooting
• Declots VAD’s or assists staff as a resource in declotting
• Is responsible for all central line dressing changes on a weekly cadence
• Documents completely and accurately in the patient’s permanent medical record
• Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects.
• Assesses patient/family level of understanding and documents information on clinical records.
• Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to patient & family, identifying and managing discomforts and providing emotional support and education.
• Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention to patient and family members.
• Recognizes and communicates to proper authority ethical and legal issues relative to patient care; completes incident report.
• Safety performs all provision of care for any age-related needs of the patients served on the unit, including growth and development principles
• Attends meetings and serves on departmental and/or hospital committees as assigned.
• Works to support the achievement of department strategic and organizational goals.
• Employee must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford Healthcare – Valley Care’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing, Bachelors of Nursing (BSN) preferred
• Successfully completed theoretical course with Didactic and supervised practicum

• Minimum of two years prior acute care Registered Nurse experience required
• Minimum of one year of experience or more caring for patient with central venous access devices
• Competency in the placement of vascular access devices

• Current CA R.N. License
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ALCS) within 6 months of hire
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Vascular Access Board Certification (VA-BC) within one year of hire

• Strong communication skills - Ability to read, write and understand the English language.
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to problem solve and adapt to a changing environment
• Ability to use information and keep abreast of developments in technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making in patient care
• Ability to work as a valued team member, but also autonomously
• Ability positively influences others to meet patient needs and achieve shared goals
• Ability to effectively prioritize to provide quality and valued patient care
• Knowledge of principles, practices and current trends in health care and hospital system organization and administration sufficient to provide clinical management, leadership, coordination, and operational direction for assigned areas of responsibility

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $64.00 - $87.00 per hour