Registered Nurse RN - Transitional Care Coordinator - Congestive Heart Failure
Company: Hartford HealthCare
Location: Hartford
Posted on: October 23, 2024
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Job Description:
Description Job Schedule: Part Time Standard Hours: 32 Job
Shift: Shift 1 Shift Details: Work where every moment matters.
Every day, over 30,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work
with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment
matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most
comprehensive healthcare network.
Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching
hospitals as well as a Level I trauma center. Hartford Hospital is
on the cutting edge of technology & medical care and is home to the
Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one of the
most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the world.
Housing the Northeast's largest robotic surgery center, committed
to becoming the best in the country for patient safety and is
pursuing that goal by taking innovative action and creating a
culture of safety at every level within the organization.
The Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute brings together
cardiac care specialists - increasing collaboration and care
coordination - all under one roof. Our system of care includes a
truly integrated team with the most talented, experienced, and
compassionate caregivers and physicians, backed by the latest
cutting-edge technology.
The award-winning Heart & Vascular Institute is a national leader
in advancing cardiac care, offering heart disease prevention,
treatment, surgery and research. We received "top performer"
recognition by The Joint Commission for performance on
evidence-based care processes for the treatment of heart attack,
and were recognized by the American Heart Association and American
Stroke Association as a Get with the Guidelines - - Stroke GOLD
PLUS Achievement Award winner in 2016.
Job Summary
Heart Failure Transitional Care Nurse Coordinators participates in
an expanded nurse role as an integral member of the Heart Failure
Team. They are at the forefront of the Heart Failure Disease
Management Program and work in a collaborative environment with
strong patient-centered interdisciplinary teams, focused on a
patient-centered care model in a richly diverse work space. The
nurse coordinator must possess our institutional values of
integrity, kindness, safety, nurse excellence, leadership,
professionalism, and loyalty while providing high quality safe
care. Under the direction and general supervision of the Heart
Failure Program Manager, the registered nurse coordinator uses
high-level critical thinking skills and expertise in the safe
administration of various heart failure intravenous medications
aimed at decongestion while also balancing and providing the
framework of a robust comprehensive advanced heart failure
management program. The Heart Failure Transitional Care Nurse
Coordinator utilizes evidence based practices in accordance with
the State Nurse Practice Act, policies and procedures of the
hospital and as directed by the medical staff. With a goal of
reducing readmissions and improving quality of life for patients,
coordinators use expert knowledge and the nursing process to
develop a plan of care which includes standards of practice to meet
the physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and educational needs
of the patient and family. The coordinator provides specialty and
individualized care, implementing interventions including heart
failure education, medication education, dietary education and
on-going counseling, promotion of self-care, and adherence to a
therapy plan.
Key Areas of Responsibility
--- Independently obtains and performs assessments while safely
triaging and guiding a patient's clinical course. Presents patient
history and clinical presentation to a Provider. Establishes,
implements, and evaluates an individualized plan of care with
timely and appropriate clinical advice and interventions.
--- Perform extensive review of medications and eliminates
inadvertent inconsistencies across transitions in care.
Communicates effectively with Providers to validate and verify
medications and ensure medication safety and improved effective
medication reconciliation and follow-up care.
--- Facilitates coordination of care across the continuum and
collaborates with Advanced Practice Providers and Physicians to
utilize therapy protocols. Performs IV and medication therapy,
assessment, and evaluation of the patient
--- Participates in the overall program growth, referral base,
outreach, protocol establishment and re-evaluation
--- Participates in research and present programmatic milestones
and accomplishments in various venues
--- Leads heart failure support groups, educational sessions, and
develops Heart Failure newsletters, and other activities/ materials
as needed.
--- Coordinates the Heart Failure patient experience throughout the
Hartford Healthcare continuum based on the individual needs of the
patient.
Qualifications Education:
Bachelor of Science Nursing Degree required
Experience
3 years' acute care and Cardiology experience strongly preferred.
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Licensure, Certification, Registration
Current Connecticut Registered Nurse License
Basic Life Support Certification by the American Heart
Association
American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN) Certification
(or must obtain within 6 months of hire).
Knowledge, Skills and Ability Requirements:
--- Ability to adapt and be flexible to the needs of the
Comprehensive Heart Failure Program
--- Ability to communicate clearly
--- Ability to utilize advanced critical thinking and judgment to
make safe recommendations to both the patient and provider on how
to improve their health condition or symptoms.
--- Strong Clinical skills
--- Ability to concurrently manage multiple priorities
We take great care of careers.
With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers
exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you
are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring
new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education
to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving
organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a
competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.
Every moment matters. And this is your moment.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action employer, the
organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due
to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability
status.
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