Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinic Coordinator, Heart Failure Clinic, FT, Days

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Provides direct and indirect nursing care to assigned patients. Works under the direct and indirect supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee but is independent in the application of nursing knowledge and skills. Manages clinical situations for which responsible.

Bonus Eligible

This position is eligible for a $5,000 sign-on bonus. For external candidates only.

Prisma Health Heart Hospital Advanced Heart Health Center

Prisma Health Heart Hospital is South Carolina’s first comprehensive, freestanding hospital dedicated solely to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Open to all doctors and patients, our continuum of care begins with disease prevention and management and extends to emergency services and procedures, with diagnosis, surgery, and rehabilitation, all performed in beautiful surroundings of our hospital.

The Advanced Heart Health Center at Prisma Health Heart Hospital is a leading-edge center staffed by an interdisciplinary team of health care providers working collaboratively to care for patients with complex heart disease. At our center, patients can complete cardiac diagnostic testing and receive treatment all in one convenient location, and we offer a variety of resources for ongoing care.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
• Collects patient data and completes required forms with appropriate responses according to unit standards; identifies patient’s problems/needs and sets priorities; identifies problems requiring further referral and/or follow-up; interprets and records latest diagnostic results; performs nursing assessment using critical thinking skills.
• Develops a plan of care based on nursing process and which incorporates the plans of other disciplines and continuing care needs; includes the patient/family in developing or revising the plan of care; makes referrals to multidisciplinary support services.
• Care provided conforms to accepted practice standards; provides treatments/procedures and other care as prescribed and according to patient care standards; demonstrates understanding of age-related characteristics and needs of patients served; explains nursing procedures; provides discharge teaching; identifies emergency situations and independently initiates advanced therapy; acts as an advocate and coordinator of patient care with other health care personnel and evaluates patient care measures instituted; understands and demonstrates respect for patient rights and utilizes established mechanisms for management of ethical issues in patient care.
• Records patient care delivered as planned and any variation, with appropriate rationale; makes and records observations related to impending or associated problems; implements nursing measures related to impending or associated problems.
• Using nursing process, delegates nursing care to appropriate personnel; integrates cost effective measures into nursing practice; recognizes unit problems and takes responsibility for documenting same; demonstrates active participation in QI processes; complies with hospital expectations to meet staffing demands based on patient care needs; complies with policies addressing safe working conditions; monitors unsafe working conditions; recognizes inappropriate and/or ineffective patient care management, resolves issue/problem and completes written reports; fulfills call for unit as assigned and adjusts staffing for census (volume) and acuity.
• Coordinates care across the continuum for Heart Failure patients in collaboration with Heart Failure cardiologists, advanced practice nurses, and other members of the Multidisciplinary team.
• Develops a therapeutic relationship with patients and their families and facilitates access and utilization of community resources to assist in patient transition.
• Teaches and develops curriculum to provide education reinforcement for Heart Failure patients and their families on how to care for themselves at home.
• Oversees data quality and performance improvement in the clinic setting.
• Collaborates with the Inpatient Heart Failure team to ensure care transitions.
• Monitors and coordinates telemedicine data between clinic providers and patients.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibility

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Associate degree in Nursing. Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.
• Experience - One (1) year of nursing experience. Cardiac nursing experience preferred.

In Lieu Of

• NA

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• Holds a current RN compact/multistate license recognized by the NCSBN Compact State or is licensed to practice as an RN in the state the team member is working.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Richland

Facility

Richland Hospital

Department

Heart Failure Clinic

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