Registered Nurse - Vascular Access Team (Full Time)

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

This is a full-time position (36 hours per week). The preferred schedule is 3 12-hour shifts (7:00am to 7:00pm), but there is some flexibility. Every 3rd weekend rotation.

LHMC is seeking an exceptional Vascular Access RN with a minimum of 2 years of experience providing vascular access consultation, working with medical and nursing colleagues in a hospital or procedural setting, and inserting Interosseous Catheters (IOs), peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVC), ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheters (USGIV), midlines and Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs – at least 1 year experience).

Vascular Access RN will work in a Level-I-Trauma Center on a team of Vascular Access Nurses of varying skill sets, in a variety of settings, including inpatient, outpatient, infusion, procedural areas and testing areas. As such, Vascular Access RNs service a variety of vascular access devices including implanted venous access devices (IVAD, port-a-cath); a variety of tunneled and non-tunneled, temporary to permanent, dialysis catheters; Centrally Inserted Central Line Catheters (CICCs), Peripherally Inserted Central Line Catheters (PICCs), Cordis, Introducer, SwanGanz, and other venous access devices as required.



Qualifications:
+ BSN preferred
+ Current BLS Certification from AHA or American Red Cross required, ACLS preferred.
+ Board Certified (VA-BC or CRNI preferred), and have the ability and aptitude to expertly insert, trouble-shoot, educate colleagues in real-time about care and maintenance of vascular access devices, risks, benefits and complication prevention.
+ Must have experience using 3CG Technology and familiarity with the use of BD Site-Rite 8 ultrasound technology for PICC placement and EPIC documentation.

In addition, candidates will possess a working knowledge of best practice, including Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice Infusion Nurses’ Society (INS); Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravenous Catheters (MAGIC); and the Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infection in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology, et.al.(SHEA).


Lifting 75 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects up to 25 lbs.

Under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager/Tertiary Team Leader, the Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care practices within the Lahey Clinic Professional Practice Model, MA Nurse Practice Act, ANA Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics and demonstrates Lahey Clinic’s core values that reflect its Mission. The nurse-patient/family relationship, continuity of care and accountability are central to the delivery of individualized high quality patient care.

A Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide expected standards of care based on physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, spiritual, safety and age-appropriate considerations of patients.

The Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care, in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act of Massachusetts Rules & Regulations- 244 CMR 3.0, shall bear full and ultimate responsibility for the quality of nursing care he/she provides to individuals and groups. Included in such responsibility are health maintenance, teaching, counseling, collaborative planning and restoration of optimal functioning and comfort or for the dignified death of those they serve.

The Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care assumes the responsibility for the plan of care and has the authority to make decisions and is held accountable for decisions specific to assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the plan. The registered nurse facilitates the coordination of care across the continuum and demonstrates safe practice within the domains of:
• Clinical judgment and decision making
• Professional Relationships
• Clinical leadership
• Clinical scholarship

A responsibility and function of the Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care includes Delegation & Supervision in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act of Massachusetts Rules & Regulations- 244 CMR 3.0 Registered Nurse and Licensed Practical Nurse: Board of Registration in Nursing and the ANA Principles of Delegation. The delegating registered nurse at Lahey Clinic bears the full and ultimate responsibility that includes but is not limited to:

• Making an appropriate assignment
• Properly and adequately teaching, directing and supervising the delegate
• The outcome of the delegation

The Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care provides care directly to patients and in collaboration with other health care team members. The Staff Registered Nu