Registered Nurse (RN) - Vascular Access Services

Vascular Access Team Opportunity

Are you an RN who thrives on variety, advanced technology, and an active role that takes you throughout the hospital? DHMC's Vascular Access Team may be the perfect next step in your career.

Our highly specialized team supports an exceptionally diverse patient population—from newborns to centenarians—providing assessment, insertion, maintenance, and troubleshooting of short peripheral IVs and midline catheters, as well as phlebotomy services. Select team members perform PICC insertions, and all team members are responsible for PICC care and maintenance.

You will work with cutting-edge technology, including ultrasound-guided IV placement, while building advanced clinical expertise in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Beyond the technical skills, you'll join a tight-knit, highly respected team with an established leadership structure that is deeply committed to teamwork, professional growth, and your long-term success.

If you are looking to elevate your practice, expand your skill set, and make an impact across the entire hospital, we invite you to explore this exceptional opportunity.

This is a PT (2x12hr shifts) rotating position. Shifts rotate 7a-7p and 7p-7a across all 7 days.

Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse is an engaged and credentialed member of the Professional Nursing Organization and is responsible for autonomous practice directed by the professional tenets of practitioner, leader/decision maker, scientist and transferor. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served.

• Practitioner
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
• Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
• Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.
• Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
• Engages in the governance of practice.
• Leader/Decision Maker
• Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
• Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
• Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
• Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.
• Scientist
• Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
• Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
• Transferor
• Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
• Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
• Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• Licensed RN with NH eligibility
• BLS