Advanced Nursing Specialist

1 day ago

Iowa City, Iowa, United States The University Of Iowa Full time
About the Role:
As a highly skilled and experienced Advanced Nursing Specialist, you will play a vital part in our multidisciplinary team at The University of Iowa. This dynamic position offers an exceptional opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care and contribute to the advancement of vascular access technology.

The Adult Vascular Access Team and SWOT assess patients' nursing care needs, evaluate the effectiveness of care provided, and integrate nursing theory and research into clinical practice. As a key member of this team, you will provide leadership to members of the nursing team in order to maintain patient care standards. Your expertise will be invaluable in facilitating patient throughput, providing short-term critical care monitoring, assisting with admitting patients, and serving as a resource and leader for other members of the patient care team.

The successful candidate will possess excellent interpersonal skills with patients/families, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members, as evidenced through written and verbal communications. Strong critical thinking skills and the ability to effectively multi-task work assignments are essential. A current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by start date.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Function as a clinical nurse expert for Adult Vascular Access and SWOT Team
  • Under limited supervision, perform clinical assignments across all adult divisions to facilitate patient throughput, provide short-term critical care monitoring, assist with admitting patients, and serve as a resource and leader for other members of the patient care team
  • Interface with administrative, clinical nursing staff, physicians and patients/families to ensure patients receive the most appropriate vascular access device available to accommodate the needs of their condition in the most timely, comfortable, and pain free method possible
  • VAT/SWOT members will be trained in ultrasound technology for PIV, Midline, and PICC placement
  • Serve as vascular access expert to provide ultrasound guided technology assistance for PIV, Midline, and PICC placements as needed
  • May assist to cover short term staffing and/or patient care needs on all adult inpatient units, the Emergency Department (ED) and Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). Each assignment should last no more than approximately two (2) hours
  • Assist with admissions and discharges on units receiving bolus patient admits or discharges.
  • Assist the ED when they experience an influx of patient admits
  • Transport critically ill patients requiring medication titration or mechanical ventilation to procedures, or other units
  • Accompany and monitor patients to tests, procedures or main operating room or ambulatory surgery center. This could include, but is not limited to, transport to MRI, CT or Nuclear Medicine; or procedure areas such as heart and vascular center, digestive disease center or urology
  • Serve as a resource during emergency responses; may help care for other patients on the unit experiencing the code while unit staff are responding to the code
  • Identify critical changes in patient status, notify appropriate personnel or take immediate action as indicated by patient's condition, including deviation from the prescribed chain of command
  • Serve as expert and resource to staff regarding questions on/use of critical care devices
  • Provide 'teaching moments' for staff on specific patient care topics or new initiatives

About Us:
The University of Iowa is recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States and is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center. We are committed to delivering safe, quality healthcare and excellent service to our patients. Our mission is to 'Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.'

Salary and Benefits:
We offer a competitive salary of $60,000 minimum at 100% effort, commensurate with years of experience and percent of effort. In addition to your base salary, you will also receive shift differentials for evening, night, and weekend shifts, premium pay for additional shifts greater than 4 hours, and inpatient differential of up to $5,000 per year based on percent time. You will also have access to our generous fringe benefit package, including paid vacation, sick leave, health, dental, life and disability insurance options, and employer contributions into retirement plans.

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