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ICD Nurse Specialist III/RNP - Full-time / Part-time
•30 days ago
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Fontana, California |
About this job
The ICD Nurse Specialist role at Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region is an advanced practice nursing role with the critical element being expert clinical practice. The role is built around the five role subcomponents as regulated by the California Board of
Registered Nursing: Clinical Practice, Research, Education, Leadership, and Consultation. The ICD Nurse Specialist functions under the medical direction of the Electrophysiologist and/or Cardiologist evaluating, educating, and performing device programming,
for patients with implantable cardiac devices (ICD and pacemaker).
Essential Functions:
* To ensure that nursing care needs of the cardiac device patient population are met, provides 24 hour clinical leadership by developing standards of practice, policies & procedures for cardiac device patient population that are consistent w/ professional practice standards.
* Implementing methods & processes in specialty area to support change in nursing practice, care programs & clinical innovation.
* Achieving improved patient/family outcomes.
* Independently assess cardiac device transmissions, including electrograms, from patients using knowledge & experience in device programming.
* Functions independently in the assessment & interpretation of cardiac device data from patients in outpatient clinic, inpatient hospital, & by remote interrogation.
* Provides medical and/or technical programming recommendations & advice.
* Performs interrogations & reprogramming as needed, on all types of implantable cardiac devices.
* Evaluates clinical practice in cardiac device patients to ensure community/professional standards are met.
* Effectively identifies, evaluates & addresses disease prevention & health promotion issue of the cardiac population w/ implanted devices, while administering quality patient care.
* Follows selected patient population in order to coordinate care.
* Provides nursing & medical services to individuals, families, & groups, w/ a focus on health promotion & disease prevention.
* Rounds on hospital patients w/ implanted cardiac devices (includes community needs assessments).
* Evaluates implantable device policies & procedures for clinical nursing practice for all areas of Cardiac Service.
* Facilitates multidisciplinary collaboration based on clinical needs of patient/family.
* Participates in basic science & clinical research projects conducted in Cardiac Services.
* Prepares statistical reports & analysis setting forth progress, adverse trends & appropriate recommendations or conclusions.
* Participates in outcomes research.
* Reviews work of lower rated employees who interface w/ device patients, including, but not limited to: Care Managers, Nurse Educators, clinic nursing personnel, staff RNs & technicians assigned to device clinics.
* Oversees, coordinates, & evaluates information provided by vendor representatives from cardiac device companies. 100%
* Identifies clinical quality indicators for cardiac device populations.
* Conducts systematic reviews when required.
* Sets & develops standards of practice, policies, & procedures for a specialty population that are consistent w/ professional standards of practice.
* Implements methods&processes to sustain change in nursing practice, programs of care, & clinical 0% JOB DESCRIPTION * Required Fields Printed on: 2/5/2014 11:35:25 AM pg. 2 innovation.
* Facilitates evaluation of records by physicians, peers, & quality standards, according to protocols & receives & implements constructive directives.
* Makes recommendations on cost/quality strategies, works w/in budget.
* This job description is not all encompassing.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
* Minimum two (2) years experience in area of specialty required.
Education
* Clinical master's degree in nursing required.
* Graduate of an accredited RN and NP program.
Licenses, Certifications, Registrations
* Current CA RN License.
* Current CA Nurse Practitioner Certificate.
* DEA Registration Number and California Furnishing Number.
* National Provider Identification Number (NPI) and be an approved Medicare provider.
* Current BLS card and ACLS cards.
* Maintain current national certification from an approved organization (American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners).
Additional Requirements:
* Demonstrated clinical expertise in Cardiology and ability to collaborate with physicians on titration of arrhythmia-related medications.
* Proficient in 12 lead ECG and arrhythmia interpretation.
* Proficient computer skills to manage cardiac device data in spreadsheets, databases, and vendor programs.
* Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
* ICD/pacemaker experienced RN.
* Experience in Cardiac Services preferred.
Notes:
* Will support clinic and inpatient device patients, cardiac cath lab, EP service, cardiology clinic.
* May rotate to Ontario clinic.
Registered Nursing: Clinical Practice, Research, Education, Leadership, and Consultation. The ICD Nurse Specialist functions under the medical direction of the Electrophysiologist and/or Cardiologist evaluating, educating, and performing device programming,
for patients with implantable cardiac devices (ICD and pacemaker).
Essential Functions:
* To ensure that nursing care needs of the cardiac device patient population are met, provides 24 hour clinical leadership by developing standards of practice, policies & procedures for cardiac device patient population that are consistent w/ professional practice standards.
* Implementing methods & processes in specialty area to support change in nursing practice, care programs & clinical innovation.
* Achieving improved patient/family outcomes.
* Independently assess cardiac device transmissions, including electrograms, from patients using knowledge & experience in device programming.
* Functions independently in the assessment & interpretation of cardiac device data from patients in outpatient clinic, inpatient hospital, & by remote interrogation.
* Provides medical and/or technical programming recommendations & advice.
* Performs interrogations & reprogramming as needed, on all types of implantable cardiac devices.
* Evaluates clinical practice in cardiac device patients to ensure community/professional standards are met.
* Effectively identifies, evaluates & addresses disease prevention & health promotion issue of the cardiac population w/ implanted devices, while administering quality patient care.
* Follows selected patient population in order to coordinate care.
* Provides nursing & medical services to individuals, families, & groups, w/ a focus on health promotion & disease prevention.
* Rounds on hospital patients w/ implanted cardiac devices (includes community needs assessments).
* Evaluates implantable device policies & procedures for clinical nursing practice for all areas of Cardiac Service.
* Facilitates multidisciplinary collaboration based on clinical needs of patient/family.
* Participates in basic science & clinical research projects conducted in Cardiac Services.
* Prepares statistical reports & analysis setting forth progress, adverse trends & appropriate recommendations or conclusions.
* Participates in outcomes research.
* Reviews work of lower rated employees who interface w/ device patients, including, but not limited to: Care Managers, Nurse Educators, clinic nursing personnel, staff RNs & technicians assigned to device clinics.
* Oversees, coordinates, & evaluates information provided by vendor representatives from cardiac device companies. 100%
* Identifies clinical quality indicators for cardiac device populations.
* Conducts systematic reviews when required.
* Sets & develops standards of practice, policies, & procedures for a specialty population that are consistent w/ professional standards of practice.
* Implements methods&processes to sustain change in nursing practice, programs of care, & clinical 0% JOB DESCRIPTION * Required Fields Printed on: 2/5/2014 11:35:25 AM pg. 2 innovation.
* Facilitates evaluation of records by physicians, peers, & quality standards, according to protocols & receives & implements constructive directives.
* Makes recommendations on cost/quality strategies, works w/in budget.
* This job description is not all encompassing.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
* Minimum two (2) years experience in area of specialty required.
Education
* Clinical master's degree in nursing required.
* Graduate of an accredited RN and NP program.
Licenses, Certifications, Registrations
* Current CA RN License.
* Current CA Nurse Practitioner Certificate.
* DEA Registration Number and California Furnishing Number.
* National Provider Identification Number (NPI) and be an approved Medicare provider.
* Current BLS card and ACLS cards.
* Maintain current national certification from an approved organization (American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners).
Additional Requirements:
* Demonstrated clinical expertise in Cardiology and ability to collaborate with physicians on titration of arrhythmia-related medications.
* Proficient in 12 lead ECG and arrhythmia interpretation.
* Proficient computer skills to manage cardiac device data in spreadsheets, databases, and vendor programs.
* Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
* ICD/pacemaker experienced RN.
* Experience in Cardiac Services preferred.
Notes:
* Will support clinic and inpatient device patients, cardiac cath lab, EP service, cardiology clinic.
* May rotate to Ontario clinic.
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