Cardiac Device Nurse

Position Title

Cardiac Device Nurse
Days - Full Time
Bell Hospital

Come join one of the largest Cardiac Device Programs in the country. In addition to managing device clinic and remote monitoring for 6,000+ patients, we have established innovative collaboratives with Radiation Oncology, MRI, Proton Therapy, and CV imaging to provide the excellent care to our device patients. We host specialized clinics for advanced cardiac devices including CRT, left bundle branch pacing, and cardiac contractility modulation.

We are a rapidly growing team with ambitious goals; we analyze remote transmissions within 24 hours. This is a wonderful opportunity for a new or experienced cardiac device nurse. If you are interested, but new to device, our robust orientation provides extensive didactic and hands on training.

Hours:

4 10's during the M-F workweek, 7-5:30

The Cardiac Device RN is a licensed registered professional nurse who is a clinical expert in cardiac device management and provides ethical, evidence-based, safe, and compassionate nursing care. The Cardiac Device RN focuses on patient safety and the quality of nursing care by identifying and clarifying patient needs related to cardiac device, conducting education, promoting patient advocacy, coordinating healthcare services, and evaluating patient outcomes.

The Cardiac Device RN will assist with coordination of care amongst disciplines and departments including but not limited to General Cardiology, EP Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Primary Care, Acute Inpatient Care, Peri Op, Oncology. The Cardiac Device RN will be responsible for providing comprehensive patient care by completing thorough, competent interrogations and reprogramming of implanted cardiac devices in the inpatient and outpatient settings.

The Cardiac Device RN will assist in coordination of care and device optimization throughout imaging studies. The Cardiac Device RN is responsible for triaging remote transmissions and programming recommendations for patients undergoing therapies that may impact the device.

• Coordinate care by triaging orders, device data and the clinical scenario to provide recommendations for programming of device patients undergoing proton therapy, radiation oncology, spine center, peri, post operative and/or MRI.
• Coordinate care for hospitalized device patients by performing in-person device evaluation, communicating to vendor representatives, or utilizing remote transmission technology.
• Telephonic assessment and guidance for cardiac device patients to provide seamless coordination of care utilizing device data to optimize patient health.
• Provides comprehensive patient care by accurately identifying malfunctions, alerts, and sub-optimal device operations along with clinical scenario and following up appropriately with the patient and provider teams.
• Manage patients enrolled in remote monitoring services. Coordinate plan of care by triaging alerts and communicating with provider’s aligned nursing teams.
• Creates and maintains a supportive work environment for the entire team. Creates and maintains an atmosphere of respect and courtesy toward patients, staff and colleagues.
• Maintains clinical relevance, demonstrating self-development by keeping current on a variety of clinical and health care topics
• Collaborates in patient end of life scenarios with device management and programming.
• Respond to ED for coordination of care, triaging and urgent device interrogation and programming.
• Maintains competency with new device software and device technologies across various vendors
• Expert in deciphering complex cardiac device data elements
• Participates in process improvement, quality, and safety…