Nurse Specialist

4 weeks ago


San Antonio, Texas, United States UT Health San Antonio Full time
Job Title: Registered Nurse

UT Health San Antonio is seeking a skilled Registered Nurse to join our team as a Peripheral Access Nurse Specialist. This role requires a strong background in critical care nursing and experience with peripheral access devices.

Responsibilities:
  • Evaluate patients for peripheral intravenous catheters, ultrasound-guided peripheral IVs, midlines, and peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC lines)
  • Provide education to patients, families, medical and nursing staff in the care of peripheral and central lines
  • Assess patients with difficult access or need for long-term IV therapy for appropriate peripheral access device
  • Work with staff, nurses, physicians, case managers, and other team members to ensure early assessment for VAD selection and implementation
  • Participate in education with Peripheral Access education with patient, family members, and staff and serve as a subject matter expert
  • Place appropriate intravenous devices with or without the use of ultrasound device
  • Review medical records to ensure there are no contraindications of peripheral peripheral access
  • Determine the best peripheral access device for the patient based on medications, current access status, diagnoses, length of IV therapy
  • Trouble shoot difficult complications of peripheral access devices (VADs)
  • Declot VADs or assist staff as a resource
  • Place difficult peripheral IVs to ensure patient care is uninterrupted
Qualifications:
  • BSN required from an accredited nursing program
  • Minimum three (3) years critical care nursing experience OR 5 years of acute care experience (required)
  • Peripheral Access placement experience (required)
  • Current Texas BON (or Compact State) RN license Upon Hire
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification Upon Hire
  • American Heart Association Advanced Cardioperipheral Life Support (ACLS) within 120 Days
  • Venous Access-Board Certified (or VA-BC) within 1 Year


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