Nurse Practitioner Cardiogenic Shock Coordinator P-VAD

Responsibilities

• Assessment, management and oversight of care of patients with advanced heart failure and/or cardiogenic shock; many of whom require intensive management including advanced heart failure therapies and mechanical circulatory support.
• Prescription, initiation of, and up-titration of heart failure medications and treatments; many of which require prescription/ documentation by an APN or MD, including prescribing, titrating, and close monitoring of oral anticoagulants.
• Screen referrals, communicate with physicians regarding new MCS patients.
• Provide coordination of care with other disciplines, other physicians, and other programs for complex group of MCS patients.
• Collaborate with ICU RNs, APPs and physicians (CTICU and MICU/CCU) on care of MCS patients and troubleshooting the device.
• Demonstrates advanced assessment skills, within clinical specialty, providing evidence-based treatment interventions, to achieve positive outcomes for patients and families.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team in evaluating and screening patients for ventricular support and provide psychosocial and emotional support to patient and family.
• Manage the care of the high risk percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) patient across the continuum (acute care inpatient, clinic follow ups, community setting) in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in departmental and hospital meetings, committees, councils, task forces and multidisciplinary rounds, as needed.
• Evaluate and develop evidenced-based practice protocols and standards of care that include interventions and treatments to achieve desired outcomes, including clinical, financial, and patient/family satisfaction.
• Utilize and disseminate relevant research findings through clinical practice, education or consultation. Participate in clinical research and publication specific to pVAD therapy.
• Maintain internal pVAD database which may include site entries for the cVAD Ventricular Assist Device industry based registry.
• Participate in research studies focused on new treatments within the pVAD therapy.
• Create/review Quality and Data reports for morbidity and mortality of the pVAD program including length of stay, readmission rates and causations, and adverse events rates.
• Monitor for device recalls pertaining to pVAD equipment and create response plan to address improvement.
• Develop and review program specific guidelines and reviews annually for areas of improvement.
• Lecture at various national and local meetings and represent HackensackUMC's percutaneous VAD program and APN model in the national HF arena.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an NLN/AACN accredited program in nursing.
• Minimum of 3 years of APN experience in Cardiology/Cardiac Surgery/Heart Failure.
• Maintains clinical competencies through participating in continuing educational programs (contact hours per years), and clinical practice as mandated by Board of Nursing and national certification body.
• Strong organizational and computer skills.
• Completion of a Masters Program in Acute Care NP.
• Current valid NJ State Professional Registered Nurse license.
• Maintains certification as APN in New Jersey.
• Maintains National or Board Certification as appropriate in area of specialty.
• Completion of Abiomed training.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider and Advanced Cardiac Life support certification.
• Collaborative agreement with physician(s) actively on staff who agree to act as the Collaborating Physician(s) of Record as per the APN Act and Regulations.

Compensation

Minimum rate of $133,120 Annually