APP - Coordinator LVAD NBI FT Day

APP - Coordinator LVAD NBI FT Day

Job Title: Coordinator LVAD

Location: Newark Beth Israel Med Ctr

Department Name: NBI Advanced Heart Failure

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $120,000.00 - $190,000.00 per year

Job Overview:

• Provide clinical expertise to all hospital departments on use of VADs, care of the patient and patient management
• Provide day to day patient management to ensure quality care and mentor inpatient nurses on the care of this patient population
• Work with nursing education to provide annual refresher education and competence
• Manage patients in the outpatient setting
• Work with health care providers in patients local community to recognize the device and how to provide basic support
• Collaborate with research staff to ensure all protocols are followed
• Work with Administrative Director to ensure patient care and program policies meet or exceed regulatory expectations at all times

Qualifications:

• Certified nurse practitioner or physician assistant in NJ
• Two years experience caring for mechanical circulatory support patients is preferred
• ACLS and BLS certifications required

Responsibilities:

• Collection of health history and perform physical exam
• Disease process management for all inpatient and outpatient's with a VAD or during evaluation process
• Order and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests confer with attending MDs follow up as necessary
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team/consultants, document decisions or follow up
• Ensure all clinical staff are properly educated by working with nursing education to provide annual competency training or initial orientation as requested
• Provide visible presence on nursing units to manage patient care and act as resource to nursing staff
• Chart documentation per hospital guidelines and policy
• Ensure compliance with clinical, research and administrative policy and procedures
• Collaborates with research staff to ensure all necessary information is communicated for reporting to proper body
• Track quality data indicators and provide on time monthly reporting for department QA and for Intermacs
• Provide visible presence on nursing units to manage patient care and act as resource to nursing staff
• Patient, family and community education and document in patient medical records
• Assists perfusionists with set up of new implants in the OR
• Maintain presence for all surgical cases to provide assistance or trouble shooting as necessary
• Examine, assess, educate, review patient chart information, make patient care plans for VAD pts on both inpatient and outpatient service
• Deliver necessary equipment to any location within the hospital as needed for patient safety