Nurse Clinician Central Access (.5)

Work Schedule: 20 hours/week. Work Schedule: 0.5 FTE 0800-1630
•    5 days total in a 2 week work week
•    On call overnight, weekends and holidays (shared with 4 other team members)

Location: Children’s Wisconsin Main Campus

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. Maintains Central Access Database.
- Professional Development: identifies annual goals for own professional growth and the means to achieve them; identifies annual goals for a specific specialty and incorporates these goals into the unit and/or division of nursing goals; responds to the needs of the community related to a patient population.
- Administrative Responsibilities: assists in setting expected standards of performance within specialty; assists with evaluation of staff; contributes to the evaluation of orientation and on-going staff development needs; participates in orientation of staff to specialty; assists with analysis and implementation of systems to utilize available resources in an efficient, cost effective manner; participates in development of annual and operating budget in relation to specialty.
- Community Outreach: supports community education efforts; assesses need, participates in and evaluates community education for specific population.
What you will need:

Education:

- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with an ADN or a BSN in order to meet the recommended entry level for a professional nurse (or equivalent academic and/or professional experience) Required
- Bachelor's Degree BSN Preferred

Experience:

- Three or more years of pediatric or intravenous nursing experience, in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of patient care within a defined patient population, and gain knowledge and skill in pediatric nursing procedures and standards. Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

- Analytical skills necessary to resolve complex patient problems, develop standards of care and procedures, and evaluate the quality of nursing care.
- An understanding of CW health care delivery system and the impact of other health care delivery systems on the patient and family.
- Mental and sensory abilities to read, process and interpret clinical data.
- Interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to interact effectively with interdisciplinary health team members, other CW departments, and consumers.
- Ability to rotate shifts and/or work flexible hours to meet patient care needs.
- Must be able to walk, stand for long periods, over 80% of the assigned work period, as well as lift and position patients weighing up to 75 pounds.
- Take call as needed.

Licenses and Certifications:

- BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/National Safety Council required
- License RN-Registered Nurse (30) - State of Wisconsin required

Patient Care Responsibility

- Provides care appropriate to patient population and as described in applicable policies and procedures.

Required for All Jobs:

- This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be requested in the performance of this job.
- Employment is at-will. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise.