University of Southern California

Research university in Los Angeles, CA

Registered Nurse Coordinator VAD 5 - Mechanical Circulatory Program

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeLos Angeles, CA, USA$60.84 - $100.39 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) is required.
One year of critical or intensive care nursing experience is required.
Clinical experience caring for ventricular assist device patients is required.
Proficient verbal and written communication skills are required.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and applicable computer applications is required.
A Registered Nurse license from the California Board of Registered Nursing is required.
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association is required.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification from the American Heart Association is required.
Fire Life Safety Training for Los Angeles City is required; if the applicant does not have a card upon hire, it must be obtained within 30 days and maintained through renewal before expiration.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care to ventricular assist device and cardiothoracic transplant patients, serving as a central contact for patients and families managed with or being considered for these services.
Provide off-hours coverage for patient calls, questions, and troubleshooting.
Provide inpatient and outpatient care, education, and community resources to ventricular assist device and cardiothoracic transplant patients.
Educate the community, including local emergency departments and emergency medical services squads, about the program.
Participate in rounds and research protocol visits, assist with implants, work with physicians and transplant team members, and support clinic responsibilities for ventricular assist device and cardiothoracic transplant patients.
Update INTERMACS in accordance with Joint Commission protocol, manage the cardiothoracic transplant waitlist, and maintain policies, procedures, order sets, and staff education for the patient population.
Participate in and develop educational programs for patients with end-stage organ disease and their families, nursing staff, and medical staff.
Independently facilitate evaluation and listing of potential transplant patients and collaborate with staff to formulate and implement nursing plans of care.
Maintain communication with referring physicians and insurance case managers; supply necessary information and records; and provide education about transplant evaluation, listing, and organ allocation to facilitate patient care.
Identify, evaluate, and revise standards of care in response to performance-improvement findings and changes in policy, procedure, and national, local, and state standards; assess individual patient needs and plan and implement appropriate interventions.
Develop and revise program policies, procedures, preprinted physician orders, documentation tools, and care-provider competency documentation tools.
Coordinate the program’s daily clinical activities and allied health services involved in care of ventricular assist device patients; participate in hospital policy and procedure development and implementation; and develop and implement practice guidelines and performance-improvement indicators.
Communicate information promptly to coworkers, physicians, administration, and others; identify and solve problems; use sound judgment; and educate and support professional staff to enhance staff knowledge and meet patient and program needs.
Type and proof documents and reports; create spreadsheets and tables using formulas and data manipulation; maintain computer records and files; generate presentations; and develop databases.
Represent USC University Hospitals’ values in interactions with customers and encourage feedback from patients, families, and care providers about ventricular assist device program initiatives.
Maintain relationships with community referral organizations, emergency medical services, and other organizations such as electric companies that support patient safety at home; assist patients with referrals to appropriate community services.
Manage day-to-day process and performance-improvement activities; collect and analyze data while ensuring data quality and integration; recommend and develop performance measures; ensure action plans are developed and implemented for performance-improvement concerns; and report as required.
Work with research staff to ensure timely data entry and submission to the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulation Support database (INTERMACS).
Work with unit case managers to provide ventricular assist device education to patients and families before discharge, and provide ongoing education and routine training or in-services to hospital nursing staff with documented competencies.
Attend multidisciplinary rounds for ventricular assist device inpatients and attend post-device and transplant clinics.
Maintain current knowledge of ventricular assist device issues and advances.
Represent ventricular assist device services on assigned committees.
Independently coordinate outpatient ventricular assist device patients by coordinating clinic visits and diagnostic tests, monitoring patient and family compliance with the medical regimen, monitoring test results and other pertinent data, and identifying and addressing patient-care problems.
Coordinate ventricular assist device recipient preparation by maintaining the applicable UNOS waiting list, communicating status to team members, and coordinating admission and preoperative preparation of candidates.
Independently facilitate evaluation and listing of potential ventricular assist device candidates.
Coordinate ventricular assist device vendors and equipment suppliers; ensure compliance with equipment-use regulations and manage supplies and equipment purchase or lease in collaboration with administration.
Work on-call shifts during nights, weekends, and holidays when operationally required.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

A Master’s degree in Nursing (MSN) is preferred.
Administrative Coordinator experience is preferred.
Specialty certification is preferred.
USC Research Certification must be completed within 90 days of hire.

The VAD Transplant Coordinator provides nursing care as an RN to Ventricular Assistive Devise and cardiothoracic transplant patients. Acts as the central point of contact to the Cardiothoracic Transplant Department for patients and their families who are managed with, or being considered for a VAD and cardiothoracic transplant. Provides off hours coverage to the service to handle patient phone calls, questions and troubleshooting. Provides in-patient and out-patient care, education and community resources for both VAD and cardiothoracic transplant patients. Educates the community about the program including, local Emergency Departments and EMS squads. Position requires rounds, research protocol visits, assists with implants, work closely with physicians, members of the transplant team and clinic responsibilities for both VAD and Cardiothoracic transplant patients. Responsible for updating INTERMACS per Joint Commission protocol, waitlist management for cardiothoracic transplant and maintenance of policy and procedures, order sets and staff education for this patient population. Position may require on-call shifts during nights, weekends, and holidays, as operationally required.

Essential Duties:

Participates and develops appropriate educational programs, both formal and informal, for the end stage organ disease patient and family, the nursing staff and the medical staff.
Independently facilitates the evaluation and listing process of the potential transplant patient. Collaborates with staff to formulate and implement nursing plan of care.
Maintains communication with referring physicians and insurance case managers. Supplies referring physicians and insurance case managers with necessary information and records. Provides education regarding the transplant evaluation, listing and organ allocation process in order to facilitate patient care.
Quality of Patient Care – identifies, evaluates and revises standards of care consistent with performance improvement findings, changes in policy or procedure, changes in national, local and state standards. Demonstrates the clinical expertise necessary to assess each patient’s individual needs and to plan and implement appropriate patient care interventions.
Responsible for development and revision of policies, procedures, pre-printed physician orders, and any other documentation tools required for the program, including care provider competency documentation tools.
Planning and Organization – Daily clinical coordination of program. Coordinates efforts of other allied health services involved in the care of VAD patients. Participates in the development and implementation of hospital policies and procedures. Demonstrates skill in efficient time management. Development and implementation of practice guidelines, and performance improvement (PI) indicators.
Communication /Leadership Skills – Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers, physicians, administration and others in relaying information in a timely manner. Demonstrates an ability to identify and solve problems, uses sound judgment to reach quality decisions. Educates and supports professional staff as necessary to enhance staff knowledge and patient and program needs.
Computer Skills – Type and proof various documents and reports, create spreadsheets and tables, utilizing functions (formulas) and manipulating data to retrieve desired information. Maintain computer records and files as needed. Generate presentations in various formats and develops databases.
Customer Service – Projects USC University Hospitals values to all customers and groups. Encourages feedback from patients, families and other care providers regarding satisfaction with the VAD program initiatives.
Community Resource/Marketing Conditions – Maintains relationships with community referral organizations as necessary. Maintains relationships with EMS and other appropriate community organizations requiring information to properly provide a safe environment for the patient when at home (e.g.) electric company, EMS. Assists patients as necessary with referrals to appropriate community services.
Performance Improvement – Assumes day-to-day responsibility for process and performance improvement activities. Collects and analyzes data ensuring data quality and integration are maintained. Recommends, develops performance measures to be monitored. Assures that an action plan has been developed and implemented for all PI concerns. Reports as required.
Works closely with research staff to ensure timely data input and submission to the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulation Support Database (INTERMACS).
In collaboration with unit case managers, provides patients and their families with VAD Education prior to discharge. Ensures continuing education to hospital nursing staff with routine training/in-services related to the care of VAD patients with documented competencies.
Attends multidisciplinary rounds on the VAD in-patients.
Attends post VAD and Transplant Clinic
Responsible for maintaining on-going and current knowledge base about VAD related issues and advancements.
Serves on various committee as a representative for VAD services as assigned
Independent coordination of the outpatient VAD patient by: a. Coordinating clinic visits and diagnostic tests b. Monitoring patient and family compliance with medical regimen c. Monitoring test results and other pertinent data d. Identifying patient care problems and intervenes as appropriate
Coordinates VAD recipient preparation by: a. Maintaining waiting list with UNOS, as applicable b. Maintaining communications with team members about the status c. Coordinating admission process and preoperative preparation of the VAD candidate
Independently facilitates the evaluation and listing of potential VAD candidates
Responsible for the coordination of VAD vendors and equipment suppliers. Ensures compliance with: a. regulations related to use of equipment b. Supplies c. Purchase and/or lease equipment Works closely with administration in this regard.
May include on-call shifts during nights, weekends, and holidays, as operationally required.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

Req Bachelor’s Degree Degree in Nursing (BSN)

Req 1 year Critical/intensive care nursing
Req Clinical experience with care of ventricular assistive devices (VAD) patients

Req Proficient verbal/written communication skills.
Req Proficient in MS Office and applicable computer applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

Pref Master’s degree Degree in Nursing (MSN)
Pref Administrative Coordinator experience
Pref Specialty Certification USC Research Certification to be completed within 90 days of hire.

Required Licenses/Certifications:

Req Registered Nurse - RN (CA Board of Registered Nursing)
Req Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
Req Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)

Keck Hospital of USC, a 343-bed acute care hospital, provides exceptional and innovative care for complex medical and surgical conditions across a wide range of specialties. The hospital’s world-renowned physicians deliver compassionate, customized, patient-centered care and treat the most acutely ill patients with highly innovative techniques and treatment plans. As a leading academic medical center, hundreds of clinical trials are currently taking place at Keck Hospital and its affiliated research institutions, giving patients access to novel and promising therapies that are generally not available elsewhere.
Every day at Keck Hospital, physicians, nurses and staff go beyond the science of exceptional medicine to bring patients breakthroughs in the art of caring. Join this world-class team providing highly specialized care, up-to-the-minute research, and innovative clinical trials

The hourly rate range for this position is $60.84 - $100.39. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to theBackground Screening Policy Appendix Dfor specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at [email protected]. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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