RN-Heart Failure Program Coordinator

R0275947

Job Objective:

Responsible for the development, planning, evaluation, and management of the Heart Failure Program. The Primary goal of this individual is to maintain and enhance the quality of care delivered to heart failure patients, with particular focus on the accreditation process and oversight

Job Description:

Education:

Required: Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
Preferred: Master’s degree in Nursing

Licensure/Certification:

Required: Current California RN licensure, American Heart Association BLS & Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS

Experience:

Required: Five (5) years clinical experience, preferably in ED and/or cardiac services
Preferred: Prior experience in a heart failure program role

Essential Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies, and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.
• Monitors heart failure program & performance data.
• Coordinates and evaluates effectiveness of the multi-disciplinary Performance Improvement for the heart failure Program, providing recommendations for improvement.
• Plans and establishes goals and objectives for the heart failure program, in conjunction with the Medical Director, Cardiac Leaders, and ED Leaders.
• Provides supervision and education to ensure the proper functioning of the heart failure Program; serves as a resource to the health care team members involved in caring for all cardiac related patient population.
• Monitors heart failure accreditation requirements and ensures timely progress. Collaborates with involved departments to fulfill accreditation.
• Participates in Eisenhower’s heart failure & critical care committees; works closely with the Medical Director to assist in establishing the standards of quality for heart failure care.
• Demonstrates implementation skills in accordance with Eisenhower Health’s Standards of Care, policies, procedures, and Nurse Practice Act.
• Maintains current knowledge of cardiac-related best practices and the latest clinical practice guidelines, including legislation and regulations that impact heart failure care.
• Coordinates and attends heart failure education presentations for those caring for heart failure patients internally – and for referring facilities as needs and opportunities are identified.
• Consistently documents in accordance with EMH policies and procedures.
• Assesses and analyzes outcome measures for continued heart failure accreditation.
• Demonstrates competency in heart failure patient flow.
• Provides accurate and precise data reporting of heart failure patient encounters to appropriate registries.
• Identifies educational needs and provides comprehensive education pertaining to heart failure intervention, prevention and rehabilitation for inpatients and community.
• Collaborates with nursing management, physicians and the Education Department to identify gaps in processes, develop and implement staff education related to heart failure issues.
• Coordination of heart failure patient care between the ED and other departments as needed.
• Coordinates research, collects and gathers data for reporting.
• Complies with departmental plan to meet budget goals.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Department of Nursing and Joint Commission required quality indicators, performance improvement and patient safety goals.
• Oversee heart failure data abstraction and reporting of metrics related to the heart failure process for the ongoing term of heart failure accreditation.
• Serves as liaison to administration and represents the heart failure program on various hospital and community committees to enhance and foster excellence in heart failure care.
• Other duties as assigned.

Essential Skils:

• Good verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Knowledgeable of the standards and requirements for maintaining heart failure accreditation
• Demonstrates clinical competencies in acute care settings
• Understanding heart failure center accreditation and performance management expectations
• Must be able to create Excel spreadsheets, aggregate and present data
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision