IV Therapy Nurse (casual)

Job Description

Nemours is seeking an experienced nurse with advanced IV skills to join our IV Team at Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware. This position requires a highly trained and knowledgeable Registered Nurse with responsibilities for the insertion and monitoring of IVs, care and quality assessment of central and peripheral lines, assessment of infusion products for use, and education in all aspects of intravenous therapy. This is a casual position.

Essential Functions

Initiates IV Therapy according to physician orders

Possesses knowledge and understanding of anatomy & physiology, vascular system, infusion therapy modalities, and varied vascular access routes

Evaluates problems that affect delivery of IV fluids and or medications

Follows hospital and department policies/procedures for intravenous therapy and vascular access

Collaborates with other health care professionals to coordinate patient care, communicate patient care information and ensure that the patient is receiving the best quality of care in a safe environment

Functions as an educator, mentor and preceptor to other health care professionals. Documents appropriate data on the patient record. Utilizes expertise of other professionals in providing learning opportunities.

Has knowledge of evidence-based technologies associated with infusion therapies.

Performs other job responsibilities as designated by the Nurse Manager.

Responsible for participation in departmental and hospital programs for Quality Assessment and Improvement, identifying opportunities to improve services, making recommendations and implementing actions as appropriate and consistent with the goals of the Nemours Foundation.

Demonstrates proficiency in the care of pediatric patients of all ages: neonates, young children, adolescents and young adults.

Additional Requirements

BSN preferred

Minimum of three years experience as a clinical nurse preferred.

Experience with PIV insertion, venous access, central venous catheters, and invasive monitoring lines preferred

Active Delaware (or compact state) Registered Nurse Licensure Required

Current AHA Healthcare Provider (HCP) Certification required

About Us

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .