RN, Vascular Access

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Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware’s healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, a s well as stand
-alone Emergency Department in Smyrna and a hybrid E mergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton . We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore . Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches and relaxation in the sand!

Bayhealth Medical Center offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (for eligible positions) including:

• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Matching 401(k)/403(b) Plans
• Excellent Health, Dental, and Vision
• Disability and Life Insurance options
• On Site Child Care
• Educational Reimbursement
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
• Plus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!

Full Time 72 Hours per pay period

Day/ Evening

38.93 + BOE, HOURLY

The RN, Vascular Access Specialist is a registered nurse who has a BSN or MSN level preparation in nursing. This position provides expertise in the selection, placement, and management of vascular access devices. The RN, Vascular Access Specialist acts as a resource for education and policy development relative to vascular access. Promotes a culture supportive of the delivery of quality patient care.

• Utilizes national practice standards, including the Infusion Nurses’ Society Standards of Practice, as well as the CDC’s Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular-Catheter-Related Infections, to insert central catheters (PICCs) at the bedside. Measurement of success would be zero PICC infections attributed to insertion techniques.
• Provides various support services for the healthcare team, including but not limited to: performing PICC/Midline Insertions, IV Starts, IV rotations, Accessing and De-Accessing implanted ports, and various other clinical interventions. Provides vascular access consultations. Measurement based on productivity targets.
• Acts as a resource for policy development relative to Vascular Access. Documents vascular access procedures and relative communication in the electronic medical record.
• Participates in Performance Improvement activities by conducting compliance audits throughout Bayhealth at established intervals.
• Creates a culture of inquiry and teamwork. Educates patients, families, and other healthcare team members regarding vascular access and best practice.
• Mentors nursing students and staff through orientation, clinically-focused education, and validation of competency.
• Updates statistical / productivity data daily.
• Participates in research activities relative to vascular access.
• Participates in the Code Blue/Trauma team whenever possible by assuring adequate vascular access.
• Demonstrates the ability to collect relevant patient healthcare data.
  • Prioritizes data collection activities as indicated by the patient’s immediate condition.
  • Collects data using appropriate assessment techniques and instruments.
  • Appropriately documents collected data.
  • Collects data using a systematic and on-going process.
• Demonstrates ability to analyze the data in determining patient needs.
  • Assesses data to determine patient needs.
  • Interacts with the patient, family and other members of the healthcare team.
  • Prioritizes and documents in a manner that facilitates determining expected outcomes and developing a plan of care.
  • Documents patient needs in the clinical record.
• Demonstrates ability…