Therapeutic Apheresis Nurse - Part-time

Human blood is made up of four components: red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma. Sometimes, to treat an illness, one of those components may need to be removed or replaced through a process called therapeutic apheresis. Therapeutic apheresis can be used for patients who have an illness associated with an abnormal cellular or plasma-based blood component. The abnormal parts of the blood are isolated and removed, then the normal components of the patient’s blood are returned to circulation. Therapeutic apheresis can be used to treat a variety of clinical conditions, including: leukemia, autoimmune diseases, thrombocytosis, myasthenia gravis, and sickle cell disease.

We have the most up-to-date apheresis equipment, and our organization often participates in clinical trials to explore new therapeutic apheresis applications to treat patients with varied diseases. Our staff is dedicated to ensuring patient safety, patient comfort and appropriate medical care.

This position is Part Time (10 hours /week and on-call rotating weekends)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes the concept of customer service and personally adheres to those principles.
• Performs apheresis procedures and patient management in both an inpatient and

outpatient setting providing patient confidentiality.

• Uses nursing judgment to assess patient or instrument issues.
• Provides high-quality, compassionate patient care through assessment, education,

planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing practices. Collaborates with
physicians, healthcare team members, and families to ensure optimal patient
outcomes while adhering to established standards and regulations.

• Consults with the LifeServe-associated physician overseeing the procedure.
• Maintains and completes document review of records of all procedures in accordance

with quality assurance and manufacturer's guidelines, including documenting any
situation or reaction that occurs during any phase of the therapeutic or donation
process.

• Rotates on-call responsibilities within the Apheresis Team.
• Ensures continuity of care and fulfillment of hospital/patient requirements by

demonstrating schedule flexibility to provide nursing coverage seven days per week.

• Requires evening and weekend work.
• Maintains Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) skills by recertifying every two years.
• Works in other departments when patient census is low, based on business needs.
• Travels to and from any site required.
• Holds a current driver’s license and has a motor vehicle report meeting insurability

requirements required.

• Maintains confidentiality of LifeServe Blood Center donors, team members,

financial/proprietary records, and other information at all times.

• Maintains acceptable attendance.

EDUCATION, LICENSES, AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Must be a registered nurse.
• Current, unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of Iowa, never had the license revoked or suspended.
• Never had clinical privileges denied, revoked or suspended.
• Working knowledge and experience working on a computer system required.
• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Excel, etc.) and a

willingness to engage in learning other software.

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