Registered Nurse Vascular Access
Ascension · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States · onsite
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Facility: Ascension St. Vincent
Specialty: Comprehensive Vascular Access Specialist Team (VAST)
Schedule: Day shift | Full-time
- Assess patients' vascular access needs and provide evidence-based recommendations for the most appropriate vascular access device to support safe, effective patient care.
- Perform advanced vascular access procedures, including ultrasound-guided peripheral IV insertion, midline, and PICC placement, while promoting vein preservation and patient safety.
- Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, bedside nurses, and interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized vascular access plans and improve patient outcomes.
- Educate patients, families, and healthcare professionals on vascular access devices, infusion therapy, evidence-based practices, and complication prevention.
- Utilize advanced clinical assessment, critical thinking, and independent judgment to prioritize consults, troubleshoot complex vascular access challenges, and support quality initiatives, including infection prevention and vascular access best practices.
Licensure / Certification / Registration:
- BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
- Registered Nurse credentialed from the Indiana Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.
Education:
- Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR Required professional licensure at time of hire required.
Additional Preferences
- Minimum of 3 yr experience is preferred.
- BSN Preferred
- Previous experience working as a VAST RN or in Emergency, Critical Care, Infusion Therapy, Oncology, Vascular Access, PICC lines/midlines or other high-acuity procedural environments strongly preferred.
- Previous experience mentoring | preceptor
- Ultra sound background experience preferred