Registered Nurse Therapeutic Apheresis at Vitalant in Columbia, Maryland

Job Description:

Description

Vitalant is seeking a Lead Registered Nurse dedicated to making a positive difference. If you are customer-focused and impact-inspired to help others, and making a difference is vital for you, you'll experience a career built on purpose, an organization created to care, and a team committed to lead - together.

Your impact as a Lead Registered Nurse is vital. You will play a pivotal role in supporting Vitalant's life-saving mission by conducting advanced clinical procedures, which encompass therapeutic apheresis procedures including stem cell, granulocyte, and lymphocyte collections, all while operating under the supervision of a licensed physician.

What to Expect

Schedule:

Monday through Friday - Day Shift (start time may vary)

Travel Maryland potentially: MedStar (excluding Washington Hospital Center), Johns Hopkins-satellite and other hospitals in the surrounding Baltimore area. Potential travel to Bethesda, MD.

Travel Washington DC potentially: Children's National, Howard University, Veterans Hospital, Johns Hopkins, Sibley Memorial.

On-call (every third week) once trained

Our comprehensive total rewards support you, your family, and your future with:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance


• 401K + 5% company match


• Tuition assistance up to $5k per year


• Free basic life and AD&D insurance


• Free short-and-long-term disability insurance


• Paid time off


• Employee Resource Groups


• Recognition and perks

As a Lead Registered Nurse, you'll get to:

• Provide excellent care to our patients.


• Deliver therapeutic interventions or equivalent expertise, (such as infusion, dialysis, or critical care).


• Work autonomously in various clinical settings.


• Coordinate with physicians and nurses from different hospitals for therapeutic treatments.


• Train clinical apheresis staff and assess performance of procedures.


• Utilize your clinical judgment to ensure appropriate and safe apheresis treatments.


• Act as a clinical consultant for patient treatment planning.

Requirements

• Associates Degree in Nursing or Diploma from an accredited School of Nursing required.


• Bachelor's degree preferred.


• Knowledge of rationale and techniques relating to assigned duties required.


• 2 years of previous hospital experience or related experience required.


• RN license in state of practice required.


• Current CPR certification required.


• Valid driver's license required.

Summary

About Us

Vitalant is one of the nation's largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies healthcare organizations, providing hospitals and patients across the U.S. a safe blood supply, specialized laboratory services, transfusion medicine expertise and world-renowned research. We have a network of 115 donation centers across the U.S. and host approximately 60,000 blood drives annually. Vitalant provides blood and special services to patients in more than 900 hospitals across the U.S. where millions of people depend on blood donations from our generous donors.

Vitalant is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace built on a foundation of respect, integrity, teamwork, and excellence. Through our DEI strategic plan, we create opportunities for employees of all backgrounds to feel valued, seen and heard. We believe this mission drives creativity and innovation, as employees experience an environment conducive to personal growth and career development.

COVID-19 POLICY

As an essential operation to the nation's healthcare infrastructure and a science-based organization, Vitalant believes that being vaccinated helps provide protection and care for our employees, our donors, their families, and the broader community.

Vitalant requires employee's to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment. Individuals applying for this position should be prepared to comply with Vitalant's Covid-19 vaccination policy unless an approved exemption exists prior to the start of employment. Compliance with Vitalant's COVID-19 policy will require individuals to complete one of the following:

• Receive the first shot of a two-dose vaccination series to start employment, and the second shot of the series within 8 weeks of the first


• Receive the first and final shot of a single-dose vaccination prior to the start of employment.


• Must comply with all hospital contract requirements.

EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

Our organization is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an e-mail to Careers@vitalant.org to let us know the nature of your request.

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