Registered Nurse III - Heart Institute Ambulatory - 8 Hour Days

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every moment matters. This shared culture of happiness, passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it???s just one of the many reasons we???ve achieved our fifth consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence. From working with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you???ll have everything you require to do something incredible???for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America???s Best Hospitals and best Cardiology programs!

The Ambulatory Heart Institute Clinic:?? Enhanced Heart Care??is a core element of the Smidt Heart Institute and focuses on the Heart Failure population.?? The Enhanced Heart Clinic works with patients during their Heart Failure admission and sees them post discharge, to help prevent or reduce any further Heart Failure admissions.?? ??You will work with Heart Failure inpatients, establish relationships with them, help provide Heart Failure education, and see them in the post discharge clinic, along with the Advance Practice Practitioners and pharmacist.????

As a Registered Nurse in the Ambulatory Heart Institute Clinic:?? Enhanced Heart Care,??you will assume responsibility and accountability for the application of the nursing process and the delivery of patient care within the Heart Failure??patient population. In this role, you have the unique opportunity to establish relationships with this patient population during their inpatient stay, help with their care coordination, provide Heart Failure education, schedule a post discharge clinic visit and see them in the post discharge clinic.?? You will work in collaboration with the Clinic???s Advanced Practice Practitioners and a Pharmacist.????

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• Perform patient assessments, triage patient concerns, draw clinic labs, deliver clinic mediations and??provide clinical education to patients for Heart Failure??and other disease processes.??
• Perform inpatient rounds on Heart Failure patients.????
• Triage phone calls from patients, pharmacies and other providers
• Meets with patients and families to offer transportation options and coordinates the trip.
• Makes post-discharge appointment in collaboration with the patient/family performs follow-up on post-discharge matters as required
• Evaluates patient needs/requests; reports observation and brings urgent and/or crisis situations to the attention of the team immediately
• Demonstrates a culturally sensitive approach to patient and families