Nurse Specialist- Angio

Consider this exciting opportunity to join our team as a Nurse Specialist!

As a Certified Great Place to Work organization, Stamford Health understands what it takes to attract talent to improve our workforce and support our mission, to that end we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive, low-cost health insurance plans (including GLP-1 coverage options) available day one
• Wellness programs
• Paid Time Off accruals
• Tax deferred annuity and (403b) pension plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Free on-site parking and train station shuttle
• Childcare partnership with Children's Learning Center

Responsibilities:

• Assess patient''s physical and psychosocial condition throughout the continuum of care.
• Provide care for patient''s pre, intra, and post procedures for all vascular procedures as well as the radiology and neurology population.
• Demonstrates competency in moderate sedation per policy, including administering the sedation, recovery process, reversal agents, and airway recovery skills.
• Develop and communicate patient plan of care reflecting patient issues and proposed interventions to achieve desired patient outcome.
• Collaborate with patient, family, and healthcare team in implementing plan for patient care and daily scheduling and management of cases.
• Evaluate patient outcomes, effectiveness of plan of care as needed and appropriately refer for additional services where indicated.
• Demonstrates independence, sound clinical judgement, policy recognition and regulatory compliance.
• Work closely with Anesthesia in recovering adults'' post-anesthesia administration.
• Asses the learning needs of the patient/family and provide education as indicated.
• Participates in Unit-Based Council, performance improvement, and risk-management activities.
• Acts as preceptor to new staff when requested.
• Responsible for being part of "restrictive call" per department''s needs as a part of a fair and balanced schedule.

Qualifications:

1) Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.

2) Valid license as Registered Nurse in Connecticut.

3) Maintain minimum of 6 contact hours annually.

4) BCLS, ACLS, preferred PALS

5) 2-3 years'' critical care experience preferred. This includes ER and related procedure experience.