What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse Coor Transplant- Ventricular Assistive Device position at Henry Ford Health - Careers?
2 years RN experience required in an outpatient setting
RN ICU or Operating Room experience
Full-Time Benefits
Working collaboratively with a highly specialized team. Great opportunity to establish long term professional relationships.
M- F, weekends and holidays on occasion, some on- call.
This position is an outpatient clinic position that assists in management of very complex patient population with LVAD. It requires patient follow up/assessment in the clinic setting, interrogating devices, follow up on labs and test results, follow up on patients in rehab, medication refills and prior auths, phone calls and trouble-shooting the LVAD device. This position will also require on call for patients at home who call with emergent or urgent concerns regarding their device. This position will also participate periodically in the LVAD patient support group.
Ideally looking for RN with cardiology background.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
· Transplant Coordinators coordinate all aspects of care for both transplant recipients and donors.
· A coordinator participates in medical, administrative, research and teaching duties.
· The coordinator is an active member of the multi-disciplinary transplant team.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
· Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
· Organizational and Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with patient care personnel and relate to the patients and their families.
· Minimum of two (2) years clinical nursing experience in an inpatient or outpatient setting.
· Analytical ability and motivation necessary to effectively plan, deliver and implement plans of care to in acute and outpatient situations.
· For those working as a Coordinator of Heart Transplant/with VADS: Experience in ICU or OR preferred.
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
Current RN license in the State of Michigan.