Nurse Vascular Access

Where You’ll Work

Hello humankindness: Join a Legacy of Healing at Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (SJHMC) 

Ready to make a real difference? Join SJHMC in Phoenix AZ., a 571-bed nonprofit founded by the Sisters of Mercy over 125 years ago. We're more than a hospital; we're a global destination for life-changing care, embracing patients with humankindness.

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• Culture of Excellence & Well-being: We care for our people, fostering professional and personal growth.
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• Join a Legacy, Shape a Future: Over 20% of our patients travel internationally for our specialized care.

This is an invitation to join a family of dedicated professionals at the forefront of medical innovation, united by the power of humankindness.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Vascular Access Nurse in the Post Procedure Unit at St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center, you will be a vital part of coordinating patient care planning across disciplines, leveraging principles of the nursing process and critical thinking to maintain unparalleled patient safety and well-being. Specializing in difficult access, you'll assess patients for appropriate Vascular Access Device (VAD) needs, place Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs), and manage long-term VADs. This role requires expertise in troubleshooting complications and ensuring optimal access for diverse patient populations.

Every day you will directly place PICCs and difficult peripheral catheters, troubleshoot and declot VADs, and serve as a resource for staff support. You'll contact physicians for medical orders, obtain patient consent, and provide comprehensive teaching and follow-up care for PICC line maintenance. Your responsibilities extend to writing policies/procedures, providing staff and physician education on PICC care and complication management, and presenting quarterly data for QA on PICC outcomes. You'll contribute to performance improvement projects related to PICCs, upholding the highest standards of care.

To be successful in this role, you will possess competency in PICC placement. Completion of an approved PICC training program is highly desirable. Strong critical thinking, excellent communication, the ability to analyze data, coordinate tasks, and manage a heavy workload are essential.

• Assesses patients with difficult access for the appropriate VAD need
• Contacts doctors for medical orders to discuss placement of long-term VAD
• Places peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)
• Troubleshoots difficult complications of VAD's or assist staff with trouble shooting
• Declots PICCs or assists staff as a resource in declotting

Dignity Health now offers an Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days. This program provides debt relief and student loan assistance to help you achieve your goals. Full-time employees can receive up to $18,000 over five years, while part-time employees can receive up to $9,000. Join our team at Dignity Health to take advantage of this amazing opportunity!

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing 
• Registered Nurse: AZ or Compact license 
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)  
• American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Preferred

• BSN
• One (1) year recent acute care experience
• One (1) year PICC placement experience