Staff Nurse - Hematology

Position Responsibilities:

Provide Specialty Clinical/Technical Service/Patient Care

Provide nursing care for approximately 700 patients of the IHTC; provide continuity of care throughout their life span.

Plan, organize, implement, and evaluate job duties needed to be done daily

Provide a specialized level of clinical service for care coordination to patients with congenital and acquired bleeding disorders, infectious diseases and clotting disorders.

Manage and support telephone triage for the IHTC.

Follow treatment protocol and established therapeutic guidelines.

Perform venipuncture for labs and/or infusion of treatment products.

Conduct risk assessments for IHTC patients with the help of physicians and clinical coordinators for Hepatitis and HIV. Order and interpret  per IHTC infection disease protocol. Counsel patients and families on symptoms, transmission, and resources.

Make recommendations for follow-up.

Assist with discharge planning of IHTC bleeding disorder patients who are in-patient.

Participate in outpatient clinics for comprehensive annual evaluation of patients with congenital bleeding disorders, infectious diseases, and thrombophilia.

Coordinate patient care for clinic, in-patient and out-patient surgeries, and general care including communication with involved disciplines, obtaining medical history of patients, pre-scheduling testing, ordering labs per protocol, follow-up with patients and care providers, coordinating continuing appointments, consultation, and instruction to patients.

Update and provide treatment care plans within scope of practice under supervision of physicians.

Assess lab results, symptoms, and history of patients suspected of a bleeding disorder and complete follow-up care coordination.

Review insurance and initiate prior authorizations for medications and services as needed.

Help with planning and execution for Annual Hemophilia Treatment Center Amish Outreach Clinic with Social Work through Continuity of Care.

Attend hemophilia national and regional meetings (NBDFF, HTRS, ISTH, BDH, or Great Plains Regional Meetings, etc.) to enhance knowledge and understanding about bleeding disorder.

Attend national hemophilia training program for new hemophilia nurses (i.e. Partners Program) as appropriate or needed.

Prepare for, attend, and provided nursing care to children attending Hemophilia Camp.

Attend Bleeding Disorders of the Heartland events including an overnight annual meeting, and overnight family education meeting.

Collaborate with nursing staff and other health care professionals in the development and review of standards of care and protocols for persons with bleeding disorders to assure safe and effective delivery of care. Monitor practices to ensure they comply with these standards and practices.

Communicate effectively with team members including but not limited to patients, caregivers, internal and external physicians and dentists, referral sources, schools, internal or external physical therapists, social work, internal and external pharmacists and pharmacy techs, insurance companies, and external nursing agencies.

Collaborate with national hemophilia organizations (i.e. NBDF, HFA, NACCHO, YETI, NHF Nurses Working Group (NWG), Great Plains Region, and more).

Participate in the local and national bleeding disorder communities.

Perform public relations role for the UI Health Care IHTC including attending events outside of normal work schedule.

Collaborate with the UI Health Care hemophilia specialty pharmacy team, and pharmacy storeroom manager, to arrange factor treatment for surgery, inpatient and outpatient infusion, and home going supply. In addition to our IHTC pharmacists provide monthly review of patients ordering factor from our pharmacy as required by CMS guidelines.

Collaborate and participate in patient care programs in both Pediatric and Adult Hematology inpatient units, collaborating with nurse management teams to provide education to staff, students and residents on bleeding disorders, identification, treatment and management of bleeding episodes and special nursing care of these patients.

Provide advanced health education related to bleeding and clotting disorders to health professional students/residents/fellows/staff nurses.

Serve as a clinical expert in bleeding and clotting disorders and provide disease specific education for patients and families.

Communicate detailed, complex medical/dental information to health care…