APP- LVAD Coordinator

Requirements (education/work experience)
Graduation from an accredited graduate nursing program with a MSN and/or DNP, and five-years related experience. Prefer experience in young adult/adult primary care and student-centered care promoting health and wellbeing. Prefer nursing management and leadership experience. Requires licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing and certification in Basic Life Support and/or certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
Patient Care (80%). Provide comprehensive primary care to a young adult/adult population. Formulate, implement, and evaluate plans of care utilizing sound clinical judgement and evidence-based knowledge guided by accurate assessments of physical, psychological, emotional, and environmental needs of student needs. Establishes positive patient rapport and therapeutic relationships. Provides safe, ethical, patient-centered, culturally congruent, and evidence-based care. Documents patient care in the electronic medical record. Promotes health, wellbeing, and student self-management.

Clinical Staff Support (5%). Facilitate staff to perform patient triage and care, nursing and medical interventions as ordered, vaccine clinics, immunization verification process and protocol for blood borne pathogen exposures.

Administrative Functions (5%). Provides backup coverage to the Associate Director/FNP including supervising and managing CICU staff as necessary. If the Executive Director and Associate Director is absent, assumes the clinic leadership role.

Occupational Health (5%). Collaborates with the CICU staff to ensure that MUSC students meet university pre-matriculation requirements and maintain ongoing compliance with university student health requirements (e.g., annual flu vaccine, annual TB surveillance). When consulted, provides university immunization and compliance requirements for visiting students.

Maintenance of Physical Facility (5%). Ensures clinic is compliant with any accreditation, HIPAA, FERPA, JCAHO, OSHA, and DHEC requirements. Assist with quality and process improvement projects. Uses computer software programs (e.g., such as Point N Click, Maxient, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and others) to meet position responsibilities. Ensures and role-models a culture of health and wellbeing with excellent interpersonal skills along with promoting student self-management.