Job Description

Provides leadership in the coordination and delivery of quality compassionate patient care. Utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to provide, delegate, supervise and document care and teaching of patients and family. Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to health care team. Participates in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and ensures implementation of solutions.


The Electrophysiology (EP) Device Clinic Nurse functions with a great deal of autonomy in the day-to-day operations of the Arrhythmia Center under the clinical supervision of a Cardiologist. The EP Device Clinic Nurse performs follow-up visits of pacemaker and Implantable Defibrillator patients. This includes device evaluation, data entry, documentation, billing, and triaging information to the appropriate follow-up clinician. The EP Device Clinic Nurse will also assist with pacemaker clinic research.


4-10-hour shifts Monday-Friday (No weekends, Holidays or On-Call")


Start times for the 10-hour shift would be either 630AM-5PM or 8AM-430PM.


Full-Time Benefits


Location-Detroit

Qualifications

1. Performs pacemaker, ICD, and loop recorder evaluations per protocol to assure normal device function and safe programmed settings.


2. Make appropriate changes in device programming when symptoms or monitor strips confirm a problem such as atrial or ventricular arrhythmias, capture or sensing abnormalities.


3. Evaluate rate histograms and patient symptoms to tailor rate response settings.


4. Evaluate device remote transmissions for normal and abnormal function.


5. Notify appropriate clinician with new onset of atrial arrhythmias or ventricular arrhythmias.


6. Follow-up with patients who have abnormal results.


7. Evaluate stored electrocardiograms to assure proper sensing and therapy provided by ICD.


8. Utilize resources such as EP providers, device clinic staff, or technical services to assist with assessment and interpretations of ECG's.


9. Evaluate devices in the hospital and the emergency department per physician request and documents findings in the patient chart if needed.


10. Share findings with EP or cardiologist for further management.


11. Enter implant data into the computer database, updating with pertinent information, such as complications or device alerts.


12. Asses surgical implant site of devices and report wound care issues to providers.


13. Educate patients and family regarding device and home cardiac monitoring follow-up.


14. Provide phone triage services for device patients with device related issues.


15. Maintain expertise as new technology becomes available, including use of new programmers and programming of new devices.


16. Coordinate scheduling of elective device replacements including pre-procedure report for EP personnel, pre-op office visit with Electrophysiologist or Advanced Practice Provider.


17. Assists in research documentation and device follow-up.


18. Provide patient care to ensure that all EP Device Clinic services are of high quality.


19. Ensure appropriate quality control functions are being provided on all equipment periodically.


20. Complete accurate billing data and submit to the billing office.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

BSN preferred.


Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.


Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate effective nursing care plans.


Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services.


Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, and hospital personnel.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

Current licensure by the Michigan State Board of Nursing.


BLS required


ACLS required within one year of hire


Requires experience in cardiology such as cardiac telemetry, cath lab, ICU, ED, and device clinic


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Additional Details

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.



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Overview

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services - from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.



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Benefits

The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That's why we offer support in the various components of our team's well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.


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Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is



committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to



race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,



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