RN - Registered Nurse Coordinator - Cardiology
Company: Hartford Hospital
Location: Hartford
Posted on: May 5, 2025
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Job Description:
Location Detail: 80 Seymour Street (10008)
Shift Detail: Mon - Fri and rotating on call requirements.
Registered Nurse RN - VAD Nurse Coordinator
Work where every moment matters.
Every day, over 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work
with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment
matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most
comprehensive healthcare network.
Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching
hospitals as well as a Level I trauma center. Hartford Hospital is
on the cutting edge of technology & medical care and is home to the
Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one of the
most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the world.
Housing the Northeast's largest robotic surgery center, committed
to becoming the best in the country for patient safety and is
pursuing that goal by taking innovative action and creating a
culture of safety at every level within the organization.
Job Summary
The VAD Coordinator is an integral member of a multidisciplinary
team dedicated to excellence in patient care, research, teaching,
and in providing leadership to the organization in a manner
consistent with the mission, vision and values of Hartford
Healthcare. Within the scope of nursing practice, the VAD
Coordinator will facilitate the care and education of VAD patients
and their families from initial contact, through their work-up for
implant, and during the pre-operative, peri-operative and
post-operative period.
Key Responsibilities
--- Provide a high degree of professional competence and
demonstrate a high level of autonomy in the care of VAD patients,
heart failure patients and patients requiring mechanical
circulatory support.
--- Appropriately coordinate testing/evaluation needed for pre and
post implant care.
--- Perform assessments of patients with VADs to establish,
implement and evaluate individualized plan of care with timely and
appropriate clinical advice and interventions through direct
patient contact as well as telephone contact.
--- Participate as an integral member of the multidisciplinary
advanced heart failure team to develop standard operating
protocols, clinical practice guidelines and patient and caregiver
education.
--- Responsible for coordination and implementation of community
caregiver education related to mechanical circulatory support.
Arrange all appropriate medical therapy and testing with advanced
practice provider and physician guidance
--- On call responsibility for outpatients on VAD support which
requires some 24 hour coverage, weekends and holidays
--- This position may be involved in research clinical trials, and
professional continuing medical educational programs. The role of
this Coordinator will evolve over time to meet the needs of the
patients and of the program.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
We take great care of careers.
With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers
exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you
are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring
new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education
to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving
organization starts with thriving employees we provide a
competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.
Every moment matters. And this is your moment. As an Equal
Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action employer, the organization
will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an
applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.
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