6/29 Modified 12:00:00 AM Account Manager: Ashley Belarmino Account Manager Email: COVID-19 Vaccine: Required + Booster - Medical/Religious Exemptions only Flu Vaccine: Unknown Job Requirements & Qualifications Previous Charge Experience : - Years of Experience : 2 Patient Ratio Experience : Charting System Experience : Required Charting System Name : Epic Community Hospital Experience : - LTAC Experience : - Trauma Level I Experience : - Trauma Level II Experience : - Travel Experience Required : - Certifications : ACLS, BLS, BSNSkills : Abnormal VAD parameters, Activity restrictions and lifestyle modifications, Alarm recognition and response, Assess pump function, Battery changes, Bridge to Recovery, Bridge to Transplant (BTT), Cardiology, Cardiovascular assessment, Care coordination, Changes in Patient Status, Continuous flow, Controller exchanges, Coordinates readmissions when needed, Destination Therapy (DT), Device operation, Discharge Planning, Driveline care and dressing changes, Driveline exit site assessment, Emergency preparedness, Emergency procedures (controller failure, pump stop), Hemodynamic monitoring, ICU, Identifies and responds to device alarms, Implantable VAD, Infection Prevention, Interpretation of dysrhythmias, Isolation Precautions/PPE, Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), Maintains VAD logs, discharge checklists, and parameter sheets, Normal VAD parameters, Paracorporeal/External VAD*, Percutaneous VAD*, Power source management (battery vs AC power), Preoperative evaluation of VAD patients, Prepare and submit required reports to regulatory bodies*, Progress Monitoring and Reporting, Psychosocial assessment, Pulsatile flow, Review Lab Tests, Signs of complications (infection, bleeding, stroke, thrombosis, right heart failure), System checks and troubleshooting, Total Artificial Heart (TAH)*, Universal precautions, VAD device components, Validates patient and caregiver competency, Volume status and perfusion, VAD Management* Unit Details Staffing & Scheduling Scheduling Type : - Patient Ratios Days : 25 Patient Ratios Nights : - Patient Ratios Weekends : - Float Required : - Call Required : - Weekend Coverage : - Number of Weekend Shifts Per Contract : 0 Pre-Approved Time Off : - Orientation Hours : - Facility & Patient Care Details Patient Age Groups : Adults, Geriatrics Daily Census : - Number of Visits Per Day : - Number of Rooms : - Number of Beds : - Additional Unit Information Interdisciplinary Support : Interpretation Services Patient Diagnoses : Cardiogenic shockHeart FailureVentricular Assist Device Special Procedures/Unit Details : ***Experience managing VAD outpatient preferred, 2 years cardiac ICU or CTICU experience with VAD management required or 2 years ambulatory VAD management required The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Heart & Vascular Center s Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Program seeks a full-time Nurse Coordinator to help grow our program. Our MCS program is nationally known for cutting edge MSC support in both the outpatient and inpatient setting and offers a variety of support systems (long-term and short-term).?The Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Nurse Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating the care of patients in the outpatient setting and will work closely with the Advanced Heart Failure physicians, MCS APPs, case management, social workers and other multidisciplinary teams.