Iv Team Nurse Jobs

The Lemuel Shattuck Hospital (LSH) is seeking a dedicated and experienced IV Nurse to join the IV Team in our intensive care unit. The qualified candidate would implement the nursing process in collaboration with the health care team to deliver skilled Intravenous therapy management to clients from the Community/DPH/DMH/ DOC/ DDS and Shelter. The IV Therapy team is a highly skilled group of nursing professionals who provide a key clinical service to our patients and who are highly valued by the staff nurses whom they support and partner with.

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

• Contributes to the safety/risk management/infection control program, productivity and cost effectiveness of the department and hospital by assessing and managing the environment to reduce safety and health hazards and minimize incidents/ accidents for patients/employees/visitors; by managing services, supplies, pharmaceutical stock, and equipment to ensure effective and economical use.
• Ability to insert PICC lines utilizing venous ultrasound machine.
• Assists ICU staff in patient care when warranted.
• Contributes to effective interpersonal and community relations to ensure the quality of patient care, promote a therapeutic milieu by functioning as advocate/resource person to staff/patients/ families/visitors/other departments and outside agencies regarding requested information and LSH Policies and procedures by investigating complaints/clarifying LSH Policies and Procedures and maintaining patient privacy/confidentiality at all times.
• Assesses IV sites daily for infiltration, phlebitis, etc.
• Demonstrates competence in assessing and providing care that is cognizant of and sensitive to patient's cultural and spiritual needs.
• Performs mid-line catheter insertion when warranted (1-2 weeks IV antibiotic therapy).
• Troubleshoots IV lines when proper functioning is in question. Makes determinant if line needs to be changed.
• Participates and contributes to departmental and hospital wide performance improvement activities/continuous quality improvement/risk management by assisting in data collection and analysis, identifying opportunities for evaluation and improvement in care or services, establishing performance improvement indicators and by involvement in and assessment of findings and actions taken to improve care.
• Demonstrates competence in assessing and providing age-appropriate care to all patients.
• Troubleshoots long line when occlusion in question.
• Document interventions/procedures/situational occurrences in accordance with established standards of care, LSH/Nursing Department/Unit policies and procedures, Joint Commission, DPH and federal and state laws to insure safe and effective standards of nursing practice; documents response to procedures and any adverse or toxic effects and follow-up action taken; communicates findings and results of monitoring to health care team.
• Perform all procedures utilizing aseptic technique.
• Inserts intraosseous needles during emergencies when IV venous access is unobtainable.
• Initiates IV Therapy throughout the institution after receiving notification that a client is to have an IV/Heparin lock started.
• Maintains CPR and ACLS certification.
• Perform ICU unit specific competencies and related duties as required.
• Exude a positive attitude and always treats staff/ patients/ families/ visitors/ other departments and outside agencies with respect and dignity.
• Functions in the capacity of a phlebotomist when clients require "STAT" blood draws.
• Draws arterial blood gases for sampling.
• Maintains commitment and responsibility for professional growth and development by completing all mandatory review classes, acquiring, maintaining, and updating knowledge and skills required to perform processes involved in delivery of care specific to clinical unit and field, participating in performance appraisal process of self and peers and through participation in LSH/Nursing Department/Professional Nurse Organization (PNO) Committees, continuing education programs and professional organizations.
• Responds to all Code emergencies and attempts IV access (peripheral).
• Follows up long lines to assure appropriate line placement (via x-ray) is in the super vena cava.
• Responds to all RRT (Rapid Response Team).
• Demonstrates and applies knowledge of assessing sites of central line and changes all central line dressings per LSH policies and procedures and established standards of care.
• Functions on nursing units as staff RN when warranted.
• Adhere to infection control guidelines.

Required Qualifications:

• Maintain a calm manner in stressful and/or emergency situations.
• Establish rapport and deal tactfully with persons from varied ethnic, cultural and/or economic backgrounds.
• Ability to organize and prioritize.
• Possesses physical and mental endurance with the ability to withstand stress.
• Effectively work as a team with staff on the nursing units.
• Communicates effectively with staff and doctors.
• Knowledge of types and application of emergency procedures, such as Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Satisfactory knowledge of the scientific theories and principles of nursing related to IV therapy and chemotherapy.
• Knowledge of the types and characteristics of drugs utilized in emergency situations.
• Ability to document accurately and concisely.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two years acute Med/Surg. experience or comparable experience in a related field.

About the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital:

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is a fully Joint Commission accredited teaching facility that provides acute, subacute, and ambulatory care to patients referred by public agencies and private sector providers. Shattuck Hospital’s services help economically and socially disadvantaged patients to get high quality, cost-effective care from a staff that respects their dignity.

Located in the heart of Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, the Shattuck Hospital includes 248 inpatient beds including 95 Psychiatric beds and 29 Correctional Health beds. In addition, the Shattuck has a full outpatient clinic with many specialties that offers treatment to patients of the Department of Mental Health as well as Department of Correction and House of Correction inmates and community patients. The Shattuck hospital is on the forefront of substance use disorder treatment including a Suboxone clinic serving 200 patients. In addition to direct medical services LSH hosts and supports an array of services located on the campus, serving patients struggling with addictions and homelessness.

Learn more about Shattuck Hospital: https://www.mass.gov/locations/lemuel-shattuck-hospital

2024 Relocation information: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/dph-renovation-for-shattuck-hospital-replacement-building

Learn more about what it’s like to work as a DPH nurse.

https://www.mass.gov/service-details/dph-staff-spotlight-nurses

Pre-Hire Process:

A criminal background check will be completed on the recommended candidate as required by the regulations set forth by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services prior to the candidate being hired. For more information, please visit http://www.mass.gov/hhs/cori

Education, licensure and certifications will be verified in accordance with the Human Resources Division’s Hiring Guidelines.

Education and license/certification information provided by the selected candidate(s) is subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law and may be published on the Commonwealth’s website, http://www.mass.gov

If you require assistance with the application/interview process and would like to request an ADA accommodation, please click on the link and complete the Reasonable Accommodation Online Request Form

For questions regarding this requisition, please contact Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Human Resources at 1-800- 510-4122 Ext. #2

• Recent graduates from an approved school of nursing must have applied for the first available registered nurse examination.

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