LVAD/Transplant Coordinator

Montefiore Health System; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 137,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY, seeks an LVAD Coordinator in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. This role partners with physicians and the multidisciplinary team to plan, coordinate, implement, and facilitate all care aspects for patients requiring mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation.

Responsibilities include educating VAD patients and families, coordinating comprehensive inpatient and outpatient management, ensuring protocol adherence, and providing

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Nursing required.
• Current New York State license and registration as an RN.
• Current NYS Nurse Practitioner certification and registration OR NCCPA certification.
• Three years of clinical experience in a highly specialized cardiac care program preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and educates VAD patients and families.
• Manages comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care for VAD patients.
• Ensures adherence to established protocols and program requirements.
• Participates in remote on-call coverage for ~4 shifts per month with emergency transplant/LVAD hotline management.

Skills

VAD education

Care coordination

On-call support

Education

Master’s degree in Nursing

NY State RN license

NYS NP certification or NCCPA

Job description

City/State:

Bronx, New York

Grant Funded:

No

Department:

CVTS - Heart Transplant Program

Work Shift:

Day

Work Days:

MON-FRI, VARIED HOURS

Scheduled Hours:

8:30 AM-6:30 PM

Scheduled Daily Hours:

9.5 HOURS

Pay Range:

$137,280.02-$171,600.03

LVAD Coordinator – Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery is seeking an LVAD Coordinator to join its team. In collaboration with physicians and the multidisciplinary healthcare team, the LVAD Coordinator will be responsible for the planning, evaluation, coordination, implementation, and facilitation of all aspects of care for patients and families requiring mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation.

Responsibilities Include:

• Coordinates and provides education to ventricular assist device (VAD) patients and their families.
• Coordinates the comprehensive inpatient and outpatient clinical management of the ventricular assist device population.
• Ensures adherence to established protocols and program certification requirements.
• Participates in remote on-call coverage for approximately four shifts per month, providing emergency transplant/LVAD hotline management.

Schedule:

• Four-day workweek.
• Weekends and holidays off, unless scheduled for remote on-call coverage.
• Regular schedule: 8:30 AM–6:30 PM.
• Wednesday schedule: 7:30 AM–5:30 PM.
• 37.5 hours per week.

Education and Skills Required:

• Master’s degree in Nursing required.
• Current New York State license and registration as a Registered Professional Nurse (RN).
• Current New York State Nurse Practitioner specialty certification and registration OR current certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Three (3) years of clinical experience in a highly specialized, complex care program preferred.
• Clinical experience in a highly specialized cardiac care program preferred.

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.