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Description:

Our Vascular Access Center is located in our Medical Office Suite providing diagnostic procedures in an outpatient setting. Working with a team of medical imaging staff, we provide scheduled procedures Monday – Friday. Our highly trained nurses provide comprehensive interdisciplinary care including moderate sedation, procedural assistance, and patient education from the time the patient arrives until time of departure.

Organization Highlights:

• Recognized Leader: First Magnet designated hospital in Syracuse, highlighting our professional nursing staff.
• Shared Governance: Department practice counsel and open-door guiding principle gives all our nurses a voice.
• Advancement: Strong orientation program and generous tuition allowance.
• Work/Life: Scheduling options to balance your work/life and school calendars.
• We encourage cross training and career growth.

What you will do:

• Admission assessment and pre op preparation.
• IV insertion and maintenance.
• Monitor and assist with procedures, monitor and deliver moderate sedation, IV medications and contrast dye injections.
• Point of care testing as directed.
• Specimen preparation and reporting according to hospital policy.
• Collaborative team approach, coordinate and direct care with vascular providers and medical imaging staff.
• Educate patient and family regarding preparation, intra procedure and post procedure care.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures quality nursing care is rendered to all patients in accordance with the New York Nurse Practice Act, National Standards of Practice, and Nursing and Clinical Service standards of care and practice.
• Utilizing the Nursing Process, plans, directs and supervises the care of patients in addition to being involved in the provision of direct care of patients and families.

Education, Training, Experience, Certification and Licensure:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and current licensure, or eligibility for licensure, in the State of New York.
• Minimum of 1-year experience in med surg, ICU or procedural nursing. GN’s or RN’s with < 1-year experience should apply to the Graduate Nurse positions.
• Maintains current BLS/CPR/ACLS certification.
• Participates in orientation and continuing education and updates and maintains knowledge and skills related to specific areas of expertise.

Career Path:

• Clinical ladder advancement with experience, staff engagement, and national certification.
• Career advancement to leadership roles as team leader, preceptor, mentor, coordinator/management.

Mission Statement: We, St Joseph's Health and Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Vision: To be world-renowned for passionate patient care and outstanding clinical outcomes.

Core Values: In the spirit of good Stewardship, we heal by practicing Justice in fostering right relationships to promote common good, Reverence in honoring the dignity of every person, Excellence in expecting the best of ourselves and others; Integrity in being faithful to who we say we are.

Work Environment and Hazards:

• Clinical setting. Exposure Class I

Physical Demands:

• Medium work: must be able to lift 25 pounds frequently; occasionally lifting maximum of 50 pounds. Will require ability to stand, walk, sit, bend, twist, squat and reach.

Work Contact Group:

• All services, medical staff, patients, visitors, and various regulatory and professional agencies.

Supervised By:

• Team Leader, Department Manager, and Clinical Services/Nursing Administration.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.