LVAD​/Transplant Coordinator; JR

To heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve.

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery is seeking an LVAD Coordinator to join its team. In collaboration with physicians and the multidisciplinary healthcare team, the LVAD Coordinator will be responsible for the planning, evaluation, coordination, implementation, and facilitation of all aspects of care for patients and families requiring mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation.

• Coordinates and provides education to ventricular assist device (VAD) patients and their families.
• Coordinates the comprehensive inpatient and outpatient clinical management of the ventricular assist device population.
• Ensures adherence to established protocols and program certification requirements.
• Participates in remote on-call coverage for approximately four shifts per month, providing emergency transplant/LVAD hotline management.

• Four-day workweek.
• Weekends and holidays off, unless scheduled for remote on-call coverage.
• Regular schedule: 8:30 AM-6:30 PM.
• Wednesday schedule: 7:30 AM-5:30 PM.
• 37.5 hours per week.

• Master's degree in Nursing required.
• Current New York State license and registration as a Registered Professional Nurse (RN).
• Current New York State Nurse Practitioner specialty certification and registration OR current certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Three (3) years of clinical experience in a highly specialized, complex care program preferred.
• Clinical experience in a highly specialized cardiac care program preferred.