Cardiovascular Nurse Navigator
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Job Location:
Santa Cruz, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Where Youll Work
Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of Californias Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology womens and childrens services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare.
Comprehensive Care
Dominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominicans services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives A grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
As Santa Cruz Countys heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospitals heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patients chest.
Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
The cardiovascular nurse navigator is responsible for guiding select cardiovascular high risk patients from their pre through their post hospital care experience. The navigator functions directly under the CVS director. The navigator is responsible for organizing the relevant education of the patient and their family and serves as the cardiac surgery resource on behalf of cardiovascular services. The navigator assists with new program development and is responsible for data collection and extraction as directed by the CVS director.
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Job Requirements
Minimum:
3 - 5 years of full time experience as a RN with critical thinking and working with high-acuity patient populations
Experience in providing formal and informal physician and nurse education
Computer skills utilized in the health care environment
Licensure:
Current and valid California RN license
Current BLS certification from American Heart Association
Current ACLS certification from American Heart Association
Experience in community care and chronic disease management
Preferred:
Bachelors or Masters Degree in Nursing or Education
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- ICU Experience
- Dermal Fillers
- Experience Administering Injections
- Home Care
- Nursing
- Botox Experience
- Critical Care Experience
- Medication Administration
- Tube Feeding
About Company
Dignity Health provides compassionate, high-quality, affordable health care services throughout Arizona, California and Nevada. Schedule an appointment today!
