LVAD Nurse Coordinator -Heart & Vascular

LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) Nurse Coordinator- Heart & Vascular

Full Time

The LVAD Program Nurse Coordinator- Heart & Vascular will play a vital role in enhancing the quality of patient care and optimizing clinical practices within our organization. Reporting to the service line director, you will be responsible for coordinating and leading the planning and implementation of clinical initiatives to improve the quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of care delivery  for Left Ventricular Assist Device .

• Collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team and identified physician leaders to optimize patient outcomes and promote evidence-based practices.

• Work in tandem with the heart failure and structural heart teams to enhance care coordination and ensure that appropriate patients receive timely procedures.

• Strive to provide timely access to treatments, reduce readmissions, improve clinical outcomes, enhance patient satisfaction, and effectively manage financial resources.

• Accountable for the effective management and coordination of care of patients primarily being evaluated for cardiovascular procedures.

• Partner with the interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgical team, and clinical staff of multiple departments, both inpatient and outpatient within Baystate Health and external local and regional healthcare facilities to coordinate the care of cardiovascular patients who are being evaluated and selected for cardiovascular procedures through their pre- and post-procedure care.

• Works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to plan, direct, and evaluate the care provided to patients and their families. This coordinator is a front-line nurse leader with excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. The coordinator possesses expert clinical knowledge, which is applied to systematically and continuously collect and assess data in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and the ACC-NCDR Data Coordinator to provide and improve quality patient outcomes for the patient and Baystate Medical Center's Heart & Vascular program.

• Collaborates with inter-professional team members to enhance outcomes across the continuum of care by utilizing, critiquing, and/or conducting research to promote evidenced based practice.

• Evaluate current clinical practices of referring providers and staff and provide education to ensure research-based best clinical practice is delivered to patients. The Heart & Vascular RN Coordinator provides leadership as a member of the multidisciplinary team collaborating in the development, execution, and evaluation of their respective Heart and Vascular program.

• Communicates professionally and effectively with the faculty and staff in planning for programmatic changes using tact, discretion, and diplomacy; is skilled in problem-solving techniques, conflict resolution, and team building development, and provides feedback to team members appropriately.

• Assist and support patient and family in understanding and navigating through a complex clinical eval, maintain expert clinical knowledge and advanced certifications in nursing practice with a special focus in the specialty to be a strong clinical resource.

Required Experience: 

• Registered RN with a BSN required  ( masters preferred  )

• Minimum of 5 years acute care experience including critical care experience

• Clinical knowledge of disease/illness/treatment options specific to specialty r

• Excellent communication & organizational skills

• Ability to lead a group with varying opinions and provide constructive feedback

• Ability to deliver presentations and facilitate large group meetings

• Well developed PC skills including MS Office: Word, Power Point, Excel

Hours & Location

• Full Time  Monday – Friday

• Location – On site at Baystate Medical Center

Advantages of Working with Baystate Health

• Established career ladders with guaranteed compensation increases.

• Excellent Benefits, Compensation and generous PTO

• Nursing forgivable loan program

• First time home buyers’ program

• High-quality, low-cost medical, dental and vision Insurance

• Competitive 403b retirement match

• Wellbeing programs that include but are not limited to mental, physical and financial health.

We strive to be the place where we can help you build the career you deserve – apply today – YOU belong at Baystate!

OUR COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY

• We offer competitive total compensation that includes pay, benefits, and other recognition programs for our employees. The base pay range shown above considers the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including knowledge/skills; relevant experience and training; education/certifications/licensure; and other business and organizational factors. This base pay range does not include our comprehensive benefits package and any incentive payments that may be applicable to this role.

Baystate Health is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system serving over 800,000 people throughout western New England.  Baystate Health is one of western Massachusetts’ strongest economic engines.  With a workforce of nearly 13,000 team members and over 900 beds on average across our five hospitals. 

You Belong At Baystate

At Baystate Health we know that treating one another with dignity and equity is what elevates respect for our patients and staff. It makes us not just an organization, but also a community where you belong. It is how we advance the care and enhance the lives of all people.

DIVERSE TEAMS. DIVERSE PATIENTS. DIVERSE LOCATIONS.

Education:

Bachelors Degree (Required)

Certifications:

Registered Nurse - OtherOther

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Baystate Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.