Overview:
UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.
To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.
Responsibilities:

POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Nurse Manager, the Clinical Nurse IV is responsible for the functions related to the delivery of patient care, as it relates to the inpatient/outpatient PICC Line patient. The Clinical Nurse IV is responsible and accountable for the quality of nursing practice and the standards of care provided to the patients. Assists, and educates the nursing staff providing the day to day care. Provides PICC Line insertion to patients of all ages, following standard PICC Line procedures. Assists the Nurse Manager in leading, planning, controlling and evaluating nursing practices and operations as it relates to the PICC Lines. Provides patient care to an assigned group of patients and is considered the clinical expert and resource for the PICC Line specialty. The CN IV incorporates the psychomotor and age appropriate cognitive skills of the patient/family/significant other using clinical knowledge of patient assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. Serves as a role model, clinical resource and leader to colleagues, staff, patients and students.
Qualifications:

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Working knowledge of Joint Commission and other regulatory requirements present in an acute care setting
• Strong customer service orientation as well as written and oral communication skills
• Minimum 4 years experience as a nurse, including a minimum of 1 year as a PICC Line nurse
• Demonstrated teaching/education/in-service skills with the ability to lead effectively
• Completion of x-ray interpretation course for PICC tip location
• Completion of PICC insertion course, including didactic and practicum
• Basic computer literacy and proficiency with MS Word and MS Outlook
• All external candidates must have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Ability to work variable shifts including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Ability to maintain flexibility and work well in a constantly changing environment
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• IV ultrasound competent
• Experience placing Pediatric PICC lines

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Science, Nursing

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