RN Clinical Services Nurse Specialist

At the American Red Cross, you have a direct impact on a meaningful mission.

This position is a unique opportunity to provide 1-on-1 care to patients in a specialty area (Therapeutic Apheresis).

Our nurses get to work collaboratively with physicians and act as the go-between for the physician and the patient.

We do the following procedures: plasma exchange, red cell exchange leukapheresis, stem cell harvests, photopheresis, therapeutic phlebotomies, platelet reductions, and white blood cell depletion.

Two years of experience in medical/surgical or critical care nursing, OR-related experience.

As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work.

You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network.

You will perform Apheresis procedures autonomously in multiple settings, including critical care, emergency room, and freestanding outpatient centers.

Perform venipunctures, access central venous catheters, and access vortex and Bard ports.

Perform all phases of therapeutic apheresis procedures (plasma exchange, red cell exchange, platelet, and white cell reduction, photopheresis, and hematopoietic progenitor cell collection), to ensure safe and appropriate care of the patient and explain, as needed, the procedures for patients and their family and other attending healthcare professionals.

Act as a consultant to external health care personnel about clinical apheresis.

Assess patient status relative to therapeutic apheresis, prior to and during procedures, utilizing the nursing process, laboratory testing results, and other clinically significant procedures.