Cardiac Device Nurse

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Cardiac Device RN is a licensed registered professional nurse who is a clinical expert in cardiac device management and provides ethical, evidence-based, safe, and compassionate nursing care. The Cardiac Device RN focuses on patient safety and the quality of nursing care by identifying and clarifying patient needs related to cardiac device, conducting education, promoting patient advocacy, coordinating healthcare services, and evaluating patient outcomes. The Cardiac Device RN will assist with coordination of care amongst disciplines and departments including but not limited to General Cardiology, EP Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Primary Care, Acute Inpatient Care, PeriOp, Oncology. The Cardiac Device RN will be responsible for providing comprehensive patient care by completing thorough, competent interrogations and reprogramming of implanted cardiac devices in the inpatient and outpatient settings. The Cardiac Device RN will assist in coordination of care and device optimization throughout imaging studies. The Cardiac Device RN is responsible for triaging remote transmissions and programming recommendations for patients undergoing therapies that may impact the device.


Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Coordinate care by triaging orders, device data and the clinical scenario to provide recommendations for programming of device patients undergoing proton therapy, radiation oncology, spine center, peri, post operative and/or MRI.
• Coordinate care for hospitalized device patients by performing in-person device evaluation, communicating to vendor representatives, or utilizing remote transmission technology.
• Telephonic assessment and guidance for cardiac device patients to provide seamless coordination of care utilizing device data to optimize patient health.
• Provides comprehensive patient care by accurately identifying malfunctions, alerts, and sub-optimal device operations along with clinical scenario and following up appropriately with the patient and provider teams.
• Manage patients enrolled in remote monitoring services.  Coordinate plan of care by triaging alerts and communicating with provider’s aligned nursing teams.
• Creates and maintains a supportive work environment for the entire team.  Creates and maintains an atmosphere of respect and courtesy toward patients, staff and colleagues.
• Maintains clinical relevance, demonstrating self-development by keeping current on a variety of clinical and health care topics
• Collaborates in patient end of life scenarios with device management and programming.
• Respond to ED for coordination of care, triaging and urgent device interrogation and programming.
• Maintains competency with new device software and device technologies across various vendors
• Expert in deciphering complex cardiac device data elements
• Participates in process improvement, quality, and safety initiatives within the department.
• Coordinate and develop plan of care for patients who have a device with a clinical field advisory. Follow up with all patients who have a cardiac device product alert.
• Provide care navigation and triage patient lists when device advisories are issued.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate
• Associates Degree and 5 years of cardiac device experience may be substituted for Bachelor's - ONLY for tenured UKHS employees moving into the position
• Bachelor Degree Nursing Anyone hired into or moved into the position after 10/1/2024

Required Licensure and Certification

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) upon Hire
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) upon Hire
• Must have current active multi-state Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing in state in which you live OR active single state RN license in good standing in the state you will be working, with proof of application of a multi-state RN license in the state in which you live. Staff hired prior to 2/1/2024 are required to obtain a multi-state RN license from the state in which they live at the time of their next RN license renewal by 3/31/2026. upon Hire
• Successful completion of a cardiac device rhythm management course within within 180 Days

Preferred Licensure and Certification

• Cardiac Device Remote Monitoring Specialist (CDRMS) - International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE)
• Cardiac Vascular Nursing Certification (CV-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• Certified Cardiac Device Specialist (CCDS) - International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE)

Knowledge Requirements

• Basic typing and word processing ability.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.