ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) Nurse Navigator

Job Description

The Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) Nurse Navigator has overall responsibility for the ECT program. They are responsible for maintaining systems and procedures that ensure quality patient care, promote cost effectiveness, educate and support competent clinical staff. Coordinates efforts between inpatient psychiatry staff, psychiatrists, anesthesia, OR scheduling, and procedural staff as well as patients, families, support staff, and outside agencies. It is the responsibility of the ECT Nurse Navigator to ensure that patient care services will be congruent with and reflective of current nursing standards, Cottage Health policy and procedures, and all other relevant guidelines, including California State Law, The Joint Commission, and Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) standards.

Qualifications

• CA RN license
• ADN required. BSN or MSN preferred
• BLS from the American Heart Association
• Certification in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing preferred
• Certification in Nurse Fellowship in Electroconvulsive Therapy preferred
• 2 years recent experience in Psychiatric nursing
• 2 years ECT experience preferred

About Us

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, CA, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

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