Job Abstract

The Acute Care Nurse Coordinator for the Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center (AHF CCC) will function in numerous roles: The nurse coordinator will work closely with the AHF ambulatory Heart Transplant coordinators to expedite inpatient heart transplant evaluations for acute and critically ill patients. He/she/they may also provide direct care to hospitalized patients with Advanced Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Pulmonary Hypertension and Mechanical Circulatory Support. The Nurse Coordinator will provide nursing supervision, monitoring, and management of patients with mechanical circulatory support devices while undergoing procedures requiring anesthesia. Transporting and traveling throughout the hospital with acutely ill patients is a requirement of this role. The Nurse Coordinator will also be an integral and key member of the Advanced Heart Failure Multidisciplinary team and work closely with providers to provide safe and comprehensive care for patients on the Advanced Heart Failure service. The Nurse Coordinator will work with the patient, family and caregiver to optimize the discharge plan. Key components of the role include education regarding disease process, medications, lifestyle management, and self-monitoring and safety awareness. The Nurse Coordinator participates in daily rounds with the inpatient Advanced Heart Failure Service, as well as Multidisciplinary rounds. The Nurse Coordinator will work very closely with the outpatient AHFCCC teams and will participate in daily huddles and communicate a plan of care in a clear hand-off template to the outpatient AHF CCC clinical team to promote a safe and smooth transition from the hospital to home, ensure all aspects of care following discharge have been reviewed and optimized to prevent decompensation and/or readmission.


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• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
• One (1) to three (3) years of outpatient ambulatory cardiology/heart failure/transplant clinic experience
• Three (3) years Recent Nurse Case Management experience in a hospital system.
• Working knowledge in assessing advanced heart failure/cardiac disease
• ECMO Certification, Certification in Heart Failure Nursing, Cardiovascular Nurse Certification or Gerontological Nursing Certification

• At least three (3) years of Cardiac ICU nursing employment experience with evidence of sound knowledge of hemodynamics
• Working knowledge and independent management of all temporary and durable Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
• Ability to assist with transport of patients and the physical ability to wear a lead apron and other lead protective devices as needed when present in procedures with radiation exposure risk.
• Demonstrated exemplary patient teaching skills and transferring of critical knowledge to patient and families with closed loop communication. Knowledge of Teach Back Method
• Excellent organizational skills, proficiency in meeting deadlines, ability to work independently, prioritize workload and manage numerous concurrent tasks in high stress environment
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations in person on campus