Vascular Access Nurse | Le Bonheur | PRN Days

About the role

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (MLH) has served the health care needs of Memphis and the Mid‑South for over a century. This position is responsible for the nursing care of patients requiring substantial specialized judgment and skill in the area of vascular access devices (CVADs), including device placement, assessments, dressing changes, and ongoing care based on established standards, nursing sciences, and humanities. The role may be assigned to provide nursing care in other departments or units and models behavior aligned with the MLH Mission, Vision, and Values.

Responsibilities

• Provides specialized knowledge, assessment, and skills in obtaining, maintaining, and troubleshooting vascular access devices.
• Performs patient assessments accurately and thoroughly.
• Identifies learning needs of patients, family members, and associates.
• Promotes professional practice among all members of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Participates in performance improvement activities.
• Acts as a consultant to licensed nursing staff in the care and placement of vascular access devices.

Qualifications

Education

• Required: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Preferred: Associate's Degree in Nursing

Experience

• Required: 1–3 years of general nursing or clinical practice

Licenses & Certifications

• Required: Basic Life Support (BLS) – American Heart Association
• Required: Registered Nurse license – Tennessee Board of Nursing
• Preferred: Registered Nurse license – Mississippi Board of Nursing
• Preferred: Registered Nurse license – Arkansas State Board of Nursing

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Skill and proficiency in applying highly technical principles, concepts, and techniques central to professional nursing.
• Analytical skills necessary to assess complex patient conditions effectively and develop comprehensive plans of care.
• Ability to synthesize multiple sources of information to assist in the resolution of human responses to complex problems.

Supervision Provided

Acts as a consultant to licensed nursing staff in the care and placement of vascular access devices.

Physical Demands

• Physical activities may include climbing, pushing, standing, hearing, walking, reaching, grasping, kneeling, stooping, and repetitive motion.
• Must have good balance and coordination.
• Medium work: exerting up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 25 lbs. of force frequently.
• Close visual acuity required (color, depth perception, field of vision) for patient assessment, data analysis, transcription, computer terminal viewing, and extensive reading.
• Frequent invasive and non‑invasive patient contact.
• Exposure to patient body fluids and hazardous or poisonous materials.
• Ability to react quickly to emergency situations.
• Ability to handle and administer narcotics as needed.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate orally and in writing.
• May be required to provide on‑call coverage.