Registered Nurse 2 - Heart Transplant - UW Medical Center - Montlake

University of Washington Medical Center•Seattle, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides expert nursing care to post heart transplant patients. The role involves maintaining knowledge of post-heart transplant patient care, interpreting patient health and transplant status data to provide appropriate nursing care, and administering medications correctly based on patient age and clinical condition. The nurse will provide patient care based on acuity, patient needs, preferences, choices, and available resources. The role requires knowledge of growth and development principles to provide age-appropriate care and the ability to interpret patient status post-transplant to identify and address age-specific needs. The Registered Nurse will systematically assess patient needs and deliver nursing services, including performing systematic assessments on post-heart transplant patients, assessing and reassessing pain using appropriate management techniques, and educating patients and families on pain management. Documentation standards, including UNOS and transplant database requirements, must be met. The position also involves patient care coordination, formulating and revising individualized plans of care, treating patients and families with respect, identifying and addressing psychological, cultural, ethnic, and religious/spiritual needs, and functioning as a liaison between administration, patients, physicians, and other healthcare providers. Additionally, the role includes providing telephone medical advice and triage to post-heart transplant patients, documenting care provided via telephone, and ensuring patient safety by optimizing the environment and reducing medical errors. Client teaching is integrated into care delivery, ensuring educational activities are culturally appropriate and tailored to patient and family comprehension. The role also coordinates care given by others for efficient clinic operations, communicates clearly with the transplant team, demonstrates flexibility and organization under stress, orients new personnel, serves as a preceptor and mentor, adheres to attendance standards, and demonstrates knowledge of department-specific billing policies and computer applications like EPIC, Transplant database, and UNET. The nurse is expected to assume responsibility for continued professional growth and share expertise through teaching, presentations, and participation in professional organizations and staff meetings.

Requirements

Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing
Active, unrestricted Washington State Registered Nurse License
Minimum of 1-2 years of cardiac-related nursing experience in a cardiac ICU and/or Cardiac Telemetry Unit
BLS certification required

Nice To Haves

1 year experience as a post-heart transplant nurse coordinator preferred
ACLS certification preferred

Responsibilities

Provides expert nursing to post heart transplant patients by maintaining knowledge and care of post-heart transplant patients.
Interprets data about the patient’s health and transplant status in order to provide appropriate nursing care.
Administers medications correctly based on age of the patient and their clinical condition, including the five rights.
Provides patient care based on acuity/urgency of patient needs, preference, choices and available resources.
Applies knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and skills necessary to provide age appropriate care to the patient population.
Interprets data about the patient’s status post-transplant in order to identify each patient’s age specific needs and provide care needed by the patient group.
Systematically assesses the need for and the delivery of nursing services that meet patient care requirements.
Performs a systematic assessment on post heart transplant population.
Assesses and reassesses pain, using appropriate pain management techniques for post-transplant patients and educates the patient and family regarding pain management.
Meets documentation standards and policies, including UNOS + transplant database.
Formulates, coordinates and revises an individualized plan of care as indicated by the patient’s response to treatment and evaluates overall plan daily for effectiveness.
Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity.
Identifies and addresses psychological, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and their families.
Functions as liaison between administration, patients, physicians and other healthcare providers.
Provides care for individual patients over the telephone using the nursing process.
Consistently follows policies and procedures for providing telephone medical advice to post transplant patients.
Consistently documents care provided via telephone per UWMC policy.
Provides efficient and effective telephone triage for post heart transplant patient population.
Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors.
Complies with specific UWMC policies for safety and infection control.
Utilizes PSN to report events causing or having the potential to cause patient harm.
Integrates patient and family education into the delivery of care, ensuring educational activities are culturally appropriate and are tailored to the patient’s and family’s ability to comprehend and participate in the post-heart care.
Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning, family is included in teaching as appropriate.
Coordinates the care given by others to achieve efficient clinic operations.
Communicates appropriately and clearly to manager, co-workers, physicians and all members transplant team.
Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized and function well under stressful situations.
Orients new permanent and temporary personnel to the transplant team.
Serves as a preceptor and mentor.
Adheres to Attendance Standards.
Demonstrates knowledge of department specific billing policies and application of their procedures, including Facility Only Coding and nurse visits.
Demonstrates ability to use computer applications required for successful completion of job requirements, including EPIC, Transplant database, UNET and other UWMC programs.
Assumes responsibility for continued professional growth and sharing expertise with other team members.
Teaches other health care team member(s), using informal and formal methods.
Shares expertise and information formally and informally, such as publication, presentation or community activities.
Participates in professional organizations and/or is responsible to develop or maintain own professional growth.
Participates in staff meetings in person and/or actively seeks to keep self-informed of information.