Vascular Access Insertion Nurse

About the role

Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health! Vascular Access Insertion Nurse (RN) Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day. A Brief Overview The Vascular Access Insertion Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing specialized vascular access services in a hospital inpatient and outpatient settings as applicable. This role focuses on the assessment, insertion, management, and maintenance of vascular access devices including PICC lines, Midlines, Extended Dwell Peripheral Catheters (EDPs / PowerGlide), ultrasound-guided peripheral IVs, and other approved vascular access devices. The VAIN nurse collaborates with physicians, nursing staff, case management, infection prevention, and other interdisciplinary team members to ensure safe, efficient, and evidence-based patient care.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and perform comprehensive vascular evaluations to select the most appropriate vascular access device.
• Insert and maintain approved vascular access devices, including PICCs, Midlines, extended-dwell peripheral catheters, and ultrasound-guided peripheral IVs.
• Verify catheter placement, patency, and function in accordance with organizational policy and standards of practice.
• Monitor for, troubleshoot, and recommend management of complications such as infection, thrombosis, infiltration, and catheter malfunction.
• Provide patients and families with education about vascular access devices, care, and complication prevention.
• Apply infection-prevention standards and best practices for catheter insertion, maintenance, dressing integrity, and device care.
• Serve as a vascular access resource and collaborate with physicians, nursing, case management, infusion services, home health agencies, and other interdisciplinary partners.
• Respond to difficult-access and escalation requests, prioritizing consults and patient-care needs efficiently.
• Maintain accurate, timely electronic medical record documentation and track procedural data, outcomes, complications, and quality metrics.
• Support quality-improvement activities and audits, and maintain ultrasound equipment, insertion supplies, cleaning processes, inspections, and inventory.

Requirements

• ADN required; BSN preferred.
• Hospital RN experience preferred; Ultrasound IV experience preferred.
• Registered Nurse license (South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation) required.
• Basic Life Support certification (American Heart Association) required within 30 days.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification (American Heart Association) preferred.