Registered Nurse (Vascular Access)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse focused on Vascular Access (inpatient)

• Team: Multidisciplinary Vascular Access Team caring for patients needing lab draws and IV placement

• Emphasis: Evidence-based assessment, insertion, and management of vascular access devices

Description

As a Vascular Access RN, you will provide competent, evidence-based care to assigned inpatient patients and support oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants as appropriate. You will use advanced knowledge to assess, insert, care for, and manage vascular access devices including PIVs, midlines, and PICCs, and maintain central venous access devices (CVADs). The role also includes leadership, education, and quality improvement through collaboration and ongoing evaluation based on best evidence.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based nursing care and oversee other nursing staff when appropriate

• Educate, orient, and support competency development and quality improvement/outcomes utilization consultation

• Assess, insert, care for, and manage peripheral IVs, midlines, and PICC lines

• Maintain and manage CVADs (central venous access devices)

• Evaluate and improve practice using best evidence; sustain an evidence-based-practice culture

• Provide informal constructive feedback to peers; foster a safe, supportive environment for professional development

• Share learning and educational findings with colleagues; support knowledge sharing

• Contribute nursing perspective to interdisciplinary discussions and help implement practice changes

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular increases and potential performance awards

• Paid time off (50 days/year: annual leave, sick leave, and federal holidays)

• Traditional federal pension (with vesting) and federal 401K with employer contribution up to 5%

• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance with benefits that may carry into retirement

• Comprehensive federal employee benefits package (eligibility depends on position type)