Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Enterprise: Full Time Heart Coordinator RN

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Job Description

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is hiring a Full Time Heart Failure Coordinator!

Job Summary

Oversees clinical care of patients admitted with heart failure at TJUH and JMH; collaborates with appropriate clinical staff to ensure optimal HF care at TJUH and JMH. Ensures Heart Failure education for patient and family. Ensures an appropriate HF discharge plan is developed and includes follow up with MD appointment, Home care, HF outpatient center when indicated. Maintain data on heart failure outcomes - Guideline directed medical therapy, LOS and readmissions, HF resource utilization and quality indicators.

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.

• Provides consultation, education and support to patients and patient caregivers related to care giving responsibilities

• Maintains effective working relationship with medical team and all agency personnel providing care to the patient.

• Prepares and submits timely and accurate statistical reports on HF related metrics and transitional care interventions.

• Maintains effective collaborative communication with multidisciplinary team members in maintaining quality care for the patient.

• Attends educational activities and departmental meetings as required.

• Documents all care management activities for each patient/client.

• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Education and Requirments:

• BLS & ACLS
• BSN
• 3 years of Cardiac Exp.
  • Heart Failure Preferred

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.