Job Title: Coordinator LVAD

Location: Newark Beth Israel Med Ctr

Department Name: NBI Advanced Heart Failure

Req #: 0000240278

Status: Salaried

Shift: Day

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

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

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