Registered Nurse Chest Pain Coordinator PRN Days Lebanon

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) operates at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care. It is a community where expertise is valued, knowledge is expanded, and abilities are challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and uniqueness is celebrated.

About the Role

Establishes and maintains a disease-specific network with community and outlying hospitals, particularly focusing on VUMC Affiliate Hospitals. Ensures TJC disease-specific certification or other accreditation body requirements are met and collaborates with the Accreditation and Standards Department to maintain certification as a designated center. Assures that patients presenting to VUMC with acute disease receive timely and optimal care using organizationally established, evidence-based national guidelines and standards. Coordinates disease-specific education for all patients and schedules follow-up care. Manages the collection of outcomes data for the specified population and serves as the point of contact for the designated population upon discharge from inpatient care. Works with corresponding Patient Care Center leadership to meet goals.

This position includes some opportunity for remote work due to data abstraction requirements and community outreach events that may occur outside normal business hours.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains a disease and/or patient population-specific network with community and outlying hospitals and referring physicians, particularly focusing on VUMC Affiliate Hospitals.
• Ensures TJC Certification/Accreditation and licensing requirements are maintained; collaborates with Leadership, Standards and Accreditations Department, and Quality and Patient Safety Leadership.
• Maintains and develops protocols consistent with current national practice guidelines and supports education/training for healthcare professionals.
• Facilitates continuum of care by conducting community educational activities/lectures on prevention and reduction of risk factors.
• Assures follow-up of patients post-discharge, acting as a liaison and tracking outcomes.
• Demonstrates professional practice behaviors including precepting/mentoring, education, and instruction of students, nursing staff, nurses, graduate, and novice nurse practitioners.
• Participates in establishing ongoing goals and objectives for the program.

Skills

• Compliance (Intermediate): Demonstrates knowledge of appropriate rules and regulations and applies them in difficult, stressful, and complex situations. Interprets and explains ambiguous rules and regulations.
• Consulting Services (Novice): Possesses fundamental proficiency to demonstrate consulting services, including knowledge of core technology, products, services, and operations. Attends industry seminars and forums.
• Nursing Patient Assessment & Evaluation (Advanced): Demonstrates expertise in patient assessment and evaluations in complex situations. Conducts primary care patient interviews and physical examinations.
• Surgical Equipment Knowledge (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of equipment and related devices, including troubleshooting and advanced task execution.

Requirements

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Benefits

• Affordable, high-quality health plan options.
• Dental and/or vision plans.
• 403(b) retirement plan.
• Paid Time Off (flex PTO).
• Tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied).
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Subsidized backup childcare.
• Current inpatient nursing supplemental pay program.

Schedule

Days – hours to be determined. Includes some remote work opportunities and community outreach events that may occur outside normal business hours.