Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology Job In Nashville, Tennessee
VAD Coordinator Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Company:
HCA
Profession/Specialty:
Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology
Location:
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Type of Facility:
Hospital
Job Description
Qualified Candidates:
Job Responsibilities:
Incentive/Benefits Package:
About TriStar Centennial Medical Center:
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Specialization:
Cardiology Heart Failure and Transplant
Job Summary:
TriStar Centennial Medical Center’s premier cardiovascular consultant group is seeking a certified acute care provider for a VAD coordinator role in Nashville, Tennessee.Qualified Candidates:
- Acute care nurse practitioner or physician assistant certification
- Tennessee licensure or ability to obtain
- Two years hospital experience in a cardiac or CV surgical ICU
- Experience caring for mechanical circulatory support and advanced heart failure patients is preferred
- Full time, 4 10-hour shifts
- Shared 24/7 call 1:4 with other coordinators
Job Responsibilities:
- Coordinates and participates in patient evaluation and selection for advanced therapies
- Coordinates/leads patient selection and performance improvement meetings
- Outpatient clinic visits, clinical management, and care coordination (shared call with 3 other coordinators)
- Inpatient discharge planning/care coordination
- Inpatient and outpatient education to VAD patients and their caregivers
- Oversees/provides education to acute care staff and community resources (EMS, rehab, home health, etc.)
- Participates in the development and maintenance of VAD statistical databases and associated registries (INTERMACS)
- Equipment and supply management using online inventory tool
- Joint Commission certification preparedness
- Involvement with community outreach on VAD safety measures and awareness
- Liaison between surgeons, heart failure cardiologists, industry partners and patients
Incentive/Benefits Package:
- Competitive salary with additional call pay
- Comprehensive benefits package including paid malpractice
- CME and dues allowance
About TriStar Centennial Medical Center:
- 741-bed comprehensive facility offering programs including behavioral health, 24-hour emergency, heart and vascular, imaging, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, rehabilitation, sleep disorder and women’s services
- 43-acre campus, home to TriStar Centennial Heart & Vascular Center, TriStar Centennial Women’s Hospital, The Children’s Hospital at TriStar Centennial, Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at TriStar Centennial Medical Center, TriStar Centennial Advanced Joint Replacement Institute and TriStar Centennial Parthenon Pavilion
- 32,500 + annual patient admissions, 87,500+ annual ER visits, 3,100+ staff, and over 1,000+ physicians
- 24/7 APP coverage of CICU unit
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Middle Tennessee is well known for beautiful scenery, communities rich in history, a mild four-season climate and outstanding entertainment. Nashville, the capitol of Tennessee, is a thriving metropolitan city with a population of approximately 600,000 (1.6 million SSA) offering a superior lifestyle and one of the best medical communities in the country - and NO State Personal Income Tax.
Nashville is repeatedly recognized as one of the country’s top cities for business and future growth. In 2011, Forbe's magazine rated Nashville #3 as America's Next Big Boom Towns and Kiplinger's magazine rated Nashville as their #3 "Best Value City", based on vibrant economy, reasonable living costs, and great amentities. Previously Modern Physician Magazine listed Nashville as 7th on "The List" of the top 75 places to run a medical practice in the country. Population, malpractice premiums, Medicare reimbursement, labor costs, state income tax (TN has none) and education attainment were criteria used in the ranking. In 2011, Nashville was given a Top 5 ranking by Travel & Leisure for its "Affordable Getaways" and "Friendliest City" categories.
Long noted as the “Athens of the South” for its sixteen institutions of higher learning it also provides outstanding Private/Parochial options with strong Public Schools and an expanded Library system. While the city is perhaps best known as “Music City” for its Country music beginnings, it has matured to offer wide-ranging venues from Jazz/Blues to the new Schermerhorn Symphony Center. The city’s beautiful tree-lined streets, excellent park system, two local lakes, Sports complexes.
About TriStar Centennial Medical Center
TriStar Centennial Medical Center is located in the heart of Nashville (founding city and location of HCA’s Corporate Headquarters).
Celebrating 44 years of providing quality healthcare to Nashville, Middle Tennessee and the surrounding region, TriStar Centennial Medical Center is a 657-bed comprehensive facility offering medical and surgical programs including behavioral health, 24-hour emergency, heart and vascular, imaging, neurosciences, oncology, orthopaedics, pediatrics, rehabilitation, sleep disorder, and women’s services.
As the flagship hospital of HCA and the TriStar Health System, Centennial continues to raise the bar for healthcare on both a regional and national level, serving Nashville, middle Tennessee and the southeastern United States.
An affiliate of TriStar Health, TriStar Centennial Medical Center is home to TriStar Sarah Cannon Cancer Center at TriStar Centennial, TriStar Centennial Women’s & Children’s, TriStar Centennial Heart & Vascular Center as well as TriStar Centennial Parthenon Pavilion, one of the oldest and largest full-service psychiatric facilities in the region. Round-the-clock care is also available at TriStar Ashland City Medical Center, a critical access hospital in nearby Cheatham County. The new TriStar Emergency Room at Spring Hill will provide 24-hour emergency care for nearby Spring Hill, Tenn., and surrounding communities when it opens in 2013.
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