APN - Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Coordinator

Deborah Heart and Lung Center • Browns Mills, NJ

13h

About The Position

The APN - Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Coordinator oversees the development, implementation, and maintenance of care for patients with a ventricular assist device, in collaboration with the Heart Failure Medical Director. The role coordinates and manages care for this high-risk patient population throughout the continuum, working to optimize patients’ clinical, functional, and psychosocial status. Patient care includes adults ages 18 through 64 and geriatric patients ages 65 and above.

The coordinator manages VAD evaluations and serves as a communication link among the multidisciplinary healthcare team. In collaboration with the Heart Failure Medical Director, the role helps lead a performance improvement program focused on continually improving patient outcomes. The position also provides leadership and mentorship to Cardiologists and the Nursing Department through advanced clinical and experiential skills, and facilitates participation in heart failure and mechanical circulatory support clinical research trials.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3–5 years of nursing experience and a cardiovascular post-surgical management background is preferred.
• Master’s degree or greater.
• Graduate of an ANA-accredited School of Nursing.
• New Jersey Registered Nurse license.
• Certification as an Advanced Practice Nurse through a specialty association, with prescriptive authority.
• Current CDS and DEA credentials required within six months of employment.
• Approval of credentials and clinical privileges according to Center procedure.
• Maintain required continuing education credits and current CPR and ACLS certification.
• Complete the education required for nurse practitioner recertification: 30 hours of Category 1 contact hours per year, with 50% of overall credits per five years from an approved ANCC provider.
• Computer proficiency.
• Six contact hours of continuing education in pharmacology related to controlled substances, including pharmacologic therapy education requirements related to initial and renewal certification.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of all aspects of care for patients with a ventricular assist device in collaboration with the Heart Failure Medical Director.
• Coordinate and manage care for the high-risk patient population throughout the continuum.
• Optimize patients’ clinical, functional, and psychosocial status.
• Coordinate VAD evaluations and communication among the multidisciplinary healthcare team involved in the patients’ care.
• Work with the Heart Failure Medical Director to lead a performance improvement program focused on improving patient outcomes.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to Cardiologists and the Nursing Department using advanced clinical and experiential skills.
• Facilitate participation in heart failure and mechanical circulatory support clinical research trials.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior