MedStar Health · 10 hours ago
Cardiac Surgical Systems Coordinator (RN)
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expMedStar Health is seeking a Cardiac Surgical Systems Coordinator (RN) responsible for coordinating patient care across the continuum under the physician's prescribed plan of care. The role involves overseeing education for patients and their families throughout the surgical process and ensuring efficient patient flow by acting as a liaison among various stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards, and safety standards. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations
Works collaborative with an interdisciplinary team including the Medical Director/Surgeon throughout the continuum of surgical care to develop and manage the plan of care for the patient, including triaging patients' calls, assessing the need to be seen and how soon, answering general questions, and assisting the patient/family with scheduling ancillary testing and other services
Presents the necessary history, results from diagnostic studies to the Medical Director/Surgeon in order to facilitate the development and management of the plan of care for the patient
Provides initial, continuing and discharge education related to the specific disease process, associate treatment modality, diagnostic testing, and follow up care
Coordinates with an interdisciplinary team the assessment, development and evaluating of pre-op and post-op educational data to ensure patients and their families are provided quality updated education and educational materials
Provides comprehensive individual and group education to patients and their families throughout the continuum of care
Manages the Cardiac Surgery schedule, including on call coverage, acting as the liaison between the surgeons and surgical posting, and updates families and patients of any surgical schedule changes
Coordinates patients transferring from outside facilities, monitors triage of in-house patients and supports clinical staff to ensure surgical consents, clinical pathways and outcomes are met
Develops in collaboration with the Surgeon/Medical Director and an interdisciplinary team surgical consent documents
Manages Cardiac Surgical Grand Round meetings, ensuring compliance with CEU regulations. Coordinates with the audiovisual team and the surgeons office for web base conference set ups and ensures the AV needs of guest speakers are met
Evaluates the success of pre and post-op care in terms of patient progress and patient experience feedback via the 30 day post-op phone call. Communicates any issues identified during the call to the surgical team
Acts as a liaison between insurance companies, pharmacies, durable medical good companies ensuring patients and families receive the prescribed care
Actively participates in ongoing quality improvement projects
Utilizes approaches and strategies that support quality patient care and optimizes outcomes in an interdisciplinary care environment and consistent with patient and family wishes
Demonstrates competencies, including knowledge and behaviors to meet specific patient care requirement, nursing practice standards, and other regulatory or required knowledge/or skills. Maintains current knowledge of clinical improvement strategies and outcome management through self-study, literature review, educational conferences and other forums
Supports a Patient First Culture that fosters a high level of patient experience/satisfaction as demonstrated by outcome data
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Nursing required
3-4 years progressively more responsible job related experience required
RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure License as a registered nurse in the District of Columbia required
PROBLEM SOLVING: Job requires a relatively high level of problem solving to find solutions to difficult human technical clinical or administrative problems
INTERNAL CONTACTS: Internal contacts necessary to effectively advice consult or counsel others to gain cooperation and acceptance of ideas or actions
INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT: Work assignments are generally received in the forms of results expected due dates and general approach to be taken
Preferred
3-4 years The ideal candidate should possess 3-4 years of clinical experience in cardiac surgery, with knowledge of procedures, protocols, and patient care requirements
3-4 years Experience working with multidisciplinary teams, managing cardiac surgical patients, supporting high-acuity cases, and participating in quality improvement initiatives
Company
MedStar Health
MedStar Health is a not-for-profit healthcare organization
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$29MKey Investors
American Medical AssociationAgency for Healthcare Research and QualityA. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation
2023-06-21Grant
2022-09-27Grant· $2M
2020-07-03Grant· $27M
Leadership Team
David Mayer
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