Registered Nurse (RN) Vascular Access Team

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) Vascular Access Team to join the team. This role will be full-time; 3-12-hour shifts (Monday-Friday); 8:00 AM – 8:30 PM; with rotating weekends and holidays. Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance eligible. 

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation. 

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.

• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, & flexible work schedules.

Registered Nurse (RN) Vascular Access Team Job Responsibilities:

• Tailors and prioritizes caring practice to individual needs, including cultural/ethical/spiritual needs
• Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs and responds to changes in patient's needs and holistic caring
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care and determines immediate priorities and offers solutions for problems
• Performs psychosocial and physiologic assessments that integrate changing data as documented in procedure notes
• Monitors the EKG, hemodynamic variances, and other physiologic data during the procedure
• Selects appropriate instruments and supplies based on a patient presentation during the procedure and maintains proper sterile technique throughout the procedure
• Updates primary RN with the ability to use line, type of line placed, and any special considerations (eg. gauze dressing or clotting dressing used)
• Immediately recognizes and responds to adverse clinical situations and directs others to assist in a favorable patient outcome
• Documents entire procedure, including complications, equipment used, medications administered as part of the patient's permanent record
• Serves as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members in educating on infection control, care and maintenance of the inserted device, and clinical resource in troubleshooting
• Effectively manages supply usage by anticipating supply needs during the procedure and effectively maintain supplies within the lab
• Calibrates, operates and troubleshoots a wide variety of equipment and instruments
• Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous year's goals
• Demonstrates evidence of self-development activities (beyond orientation) and attends services/seminars related to the field and maintains own Employee Continuing Education Record
• May perform additional duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree Nursing or Associate's Degree. If RN has an Associate's Degree, within 2 years of date of hire, they must meet with their nurse leader and conduct the following: 1.) Identify which accredited school they plan to attend 2.) Provide a written plan with anticipated BSN completion date 3.) Submit a review of transcripts from the school indicating the required pre-requisites and timeline for taking the courses 4.) Complete BSN within 5 years of start date. 

• Experience: Experience assessing and placing peripheral access including Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC), Midline Catheters, and Peripheral IV's 

• Certifications: Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association; VA-BC certification must be obtained within 15 months of hire. This timeframe includes the one year of experience required for board eligibility and the 90-day period to obtain certification after meeting the minimum eligibility requirements. 

• Licenses: Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse or an active multi-state Registered Nurse license 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience: Experience with PICC and midline placement; comfortable using ultrasound guidance for vascular access.