Job Description
The Heart Transplant Nurse Coordinator for the Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center provides direct care to patients with multiple, often complicated acute and chronic medical problems. The Nurse Coordinator is the primary point person for the program in the post heart transplant phase of care and works closely with the multidisciplinary team and multiple UCSF departments. The primary responsibilities (as assigned) of the Nurse Coordinator will be to serve as the primary coordinator for post-transplant services and facilitate and assist with all aspects of patient care following heart transplantation. Some key aspects of this position include providing ongoing patient support and education throughout post heart transplant care in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. This role will also require cross coverage for patients across the Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center as needed.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
The Heart Transplant Nurse Coordinator for the Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center provides direct care to patients with multiple, often complicated acute and chronic medical problems. The Nurse Coordinator is the primary point person for the program in the post heart transplant phase of care and works closely with the multidisciplinary team and multiple UCSF departments. The primary responsibilities (as assigned) of the Nurse Coordinator will be to serve as the primary coordinator for post-transplant services and facilitate and assist with all aspects of patient care following heart transplantation. Some key aspects of this position include providing ongoing patient support and education throughout post heart transplant care in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. This role will also require cross coverage for patients across the Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center as needed.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- At least 3 (three) years of recent nursing employment experience
- Recent ambulatory RN experience in a cardiology clinic/practice OR RN coordinator experience in solid organ transplant clinic/practice
- Working knowledge of immunosuppressive therapies and management of end stage heart failure patients
- Experience with Nursing education/teaching classes to nurses or patients
- Prior experience working with Epic
- Strong MS Office computer skills (word, excel, power point), databases
- Excellent organizational skills, proficiency in meeting deadlines, ability to work independently, prioritize workload and manage numerous concurrent tasks in high stress environment
- Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Evidence of work on institutional projects, committees, and councils and/or processes at UCSF or other medical centers
- The flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations in person on campus
- Demonstrated exemplary patient teaching skills and transferring of critical knowledge to patient and families with closed loop communication. Knowledge of Teach Back Method
- Cardiac ICU nursing experience with evidence of sound knowledge of hemodynamics
- Clinical competency in managing transplant candidates/recipients
- EPIC super-user
- Working knowledge in assessing advanced heart failure/pulmonary HTN/cardiac disease
- Clinical competency in managing transplant candidates/recipients
- BSN
- Active Registered Nurse licensure in the State of California
- Active American Heart Association CPR certification
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