LVAD/Transplant Coordinator

City/State:

Bronx, New York

Grant Funded:

No

Department:

CVTS - Heart Transplant Program

Work Shift:

Day

Work Days:

MON-FRI, VARIED HOURS

Scheduled Hours:

8:30 AM-6:30 PM

Scheduled Daily Hours:

9.5 HOURS

Pay Range:

$150,400.00-$188,000.00

LVAD Coordinator – Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery is seeking an LVAD Coordinator to join its team. In collaboration with physicians and the multidisciplinary healthcare team, the LVAD Coordinator will be responsible for the planning, evaluation, coordination, implementation, and facilitation of all aspects of care for patients and families requiring mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation.

Responsibilities Include:

• Coordinates and provides education to ventricular assist device (VAD) patients and their families.
• Coordinates the comprehensive inpatient and outpatient clinical management of the ventricular assist device population.
• Ensures adherence to established protocols and program certification requirements.
• Participates in remote on-call coverage for approximately four shifts per month, providing emergency transplant/LVAD hotline management.

Schedule:

• Four-day workweek.
• Weekends and holidays off, unless scheduled for remote on-call coverage.
• Regular schedule: 8:30 AM–6:30 PM.
• Wednesday schedule: 7:30 AM–5:30 PM.
• 37.5 hours per week.

Education and Skills Required:

• Master's degree in Nursing required.
• Current New York State license and registration as a Registered Professional Nurse (RN).
• Current New York State Nurse Practitioner specialty certification and registration OR current certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Three (3) years of clinical experience in a highly specialized, complex care program preferred.
• Clinical experience in a highly specialized cardiac care program preferred.

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.