Nurse Clinician Access

Position: Nurse Clinician Central Access (.6)
Nurse Clinician Central Access (.7)
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Milwaukee, WItime type:
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Posted Todayjob requisition :
R15271
* At Children’s Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best.
** Children’s Wisconsin is a nationally recognized health system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. We provide primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers. Our reputation draws patients and families from around the country.
** We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country. If you want to work for an organization that makes a difference for children and families, and encourages you to be at your best every day, please apply today.
**** Please follow this link for a closer look at what it’s like to work at Children’s Wisconsin:**
* ** Sign on Bonus: $7500
** Children’s Wisconsin has an opportunity for a part-time Nurse Clinician on our Central Access Team.
** Work Schedule**: 28 hours/week.

Work Schedule:

0.7 FTE   
• 7 days total in a 2 week work week  
• On call overnight, weekends and holidays (shared with 4 other team members)
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* Location:

** Children’s Wisconsin Main Campus
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* What you will do:

** The Nurse Clinician
-Central Access functions with demonstrated expertise in providing nursing care and/or consultation to pediatric patient’s hospital-wide requiring central venous access. Essential functions include but are not limited to utilizing the nursing process to assess responses to central vascular access interventions or treatment modalities. The Nurse Clinician is a recognized resource in providing guidance in case management, teaching and discharge planning of children with central venous lines.

The Nurse Clinician designs and provides ongoing staff education related to line care and maintenance. The Nurse Clinician also places PICC lines under the medical direction the Interventional Radiologists. The Nurse Clinician is an active participant in central line infection surveillance and data collection.
Essential Functions    - Nursing Process: assesses responses to central vascular access interventions or treatment modalities; makes decisions about procedural or equipment modifications; makes recommendations for procedural changes; negotiates systems to implement change. Understands and satisfies the needs of the neonatal, infant, toddler, pre-school, school-age, adolescent and/or adult patient in regards to their growth and development process.  - Case Management: acts as a resource for identifying patient needs related to discharge.

Assists the case managers to develop/revise a case management plan; identifies and communicates potential solutions to variances.  - Teaching: develops content for formal teaching for both orientation and staff development; communicates content for informal teaching; acts as a resource for patients/families, physicians and staff.  - Discharge Planning: assesses patient/family needs related to discharge as applicable; offers input and additional resources in planning for discharge needs for a patient population.  

- Consultation/

Collaboration:

acts as consultant to staff and physicians; advocates for a surgical and/or radiological specialty or specific patient population and with specific problem which is often physical or technical in nature; assists with the development of new and advanced skills that are required to support the procedures within a specialty; assists in coordination of delivery of care and/or discharge by enlisting other resources.  

- Program Development: identifies specialty needs; contributes to and assists with the development of or expansion of programs within specialty.  - Research: applies current research findings in practice; participates in data collection; introduces current research into clinical practice within surgical specialty or treatment modality.…