Structural Heart Clinical Practice RN Coordinator

Job Description

Christiana Care Hospital is currently seeking a Clinical Practice Coordinator (RN) to support Structural Heart procedural services for the Heart & Vascular Center.

The Clinical Practice Coordinator collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to provide clinical nursing expertise through all phases of care for patients with structural heart disease requiring interventional therapies. The coordinators serve as the primary patient and system resource and own patient tracking, pre-operative procedural coordination to include education and planning needs, data management, and process and program improvements and oversight.  In addition, they facilitate required clinical follow ups, post-op updates, discharge planning and education in conjunction with the heart team.   They serve as active participants in patient care coordination with the structural heart team, as well as hold responsibility for education to the health system, both internally and externally on structural heart program offerings and their value to the community and surrounding patient population.

The Structural Heart Disease Program at ChristianaCare was formed in 2011 as the first Structural Heart team in the state of Delaware to provide innovative and minimally invasive treatment options to complex cardiovascular patients. Our program features a multidisciplinary heart team approach, with physicians from different specialties bringing together their expertise to deliver patient outcomes that are consistently above the national average. Our structural heart team is comprised of interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists, noninvasive cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, as well as our dedicated nurse coordinators, who are here to help guide patients through the evaluation process.

Work Schedule :

• Full time – 80 hours – Bi-weekly (Monday through Friday, day shift)
• Flexible hours,  7 : 00 AM – 4 : 30 PM
• Office location is on site at ChristianaCare – Newark Campus
• No Holidays, No Weekends, No Call

Requirements / Qualifications :

ChristianaCare benefits :

Incredible Work / Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and phenomenal discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!

Our medical / dental / vision benefits are available to our caregivers on their first day of employment! And we offer two different mechanisms toward planning for your retirement, a 403(b) and a defined contribution plan.

The primary function of the WOCN is to serve as the clinical resource and consultant for the acute and rehabilitative care of patients with select disorders of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary and integumentary systems.  This role offers an opportunity for an expert RN to demonstrate their skill in an autonomous work environment where support is available and offered whenever requested. This part time role will work 20 hours each week, 40 hours per pay period, will require the successful candidate to work Monday through Friday 8-4 : 30 2 days one week and three days the other week of the pay period; weekends are not generally required though may be a necessity occasionally based upon business need; no holidays on call or overnight work.

Hourly Pay Range : $38.22 - $61.16

This pay rate / range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements.

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.