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Nurse Coord Heart Center

Job Description and Responsibilities:

Shift and Salary Grade

Shift: 7a - 3p

Salary Grade:13

About Texas Childrens Hospital

Texas Children's Hospital is an internationally recognized full-care pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. One of the best pediatric hospitals in the United States, Texas Children's Hospital is dedicated to providing the finest possible pediatric patient care, education and research.

Texas Children's is nationally ranked in the top five among children's hospitals by both Child magazine and U.S. News & World Report. The hospital has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and breakthrough developments in the treatment of cancer, diabetes, asthma, HIV, premature babies, and cardiogenic and attention-related disorders.

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Position Summary

Overview:
Coordinate daily operations by assisting physicians, promoting development of others and demonstrating clinical expertise. Responsible for coordinating care of the patient and family.

Responsibilities:
Assess patients: collaborate with team to assist in the assessment of the patient/family throughout the peri-operative period; take calls for issues occurring after hours and on weekends; complete nursing assessment of the patient/family (biological, psychological, age appropriate developmental, environmental, cultural and spiritual); determine patient needs and priorities for care. Coordinate patient care: collaborate with team to develop a plan of care based upon the nursing assessment; implement and document plan of care, analyze situations, anticipate problems and take course of action; evaluate and document patient/family responses to care and identify changes and abnormal findings. Educate patients/families and identify interventions for parent/family experiencing anxiety and/or grief. Act as liaison between the Congenital Heart Surgery Service/Cath Lab and other institutions. Participate in continuing education of staff members by facilitating specialty in-services.

Knowledge and Skills:
Knowledge gained from clinical expertise and experience in cardiology, ICU, post-operative care and congenital heart disease. Ability to operate all types of equipment and perform special procedures in the assigned nursing area; flexible to meet the needs of the personnel and unit on a 24-hour basis; demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills; be self-directed and organized; and demonstrate basic computer skills.

Education, Experience and Licensure:
Bachelor's or Associate;s degree in Nursing. Minimum of five (5) years experience in pediatric/neonatal nursing and three (3) years in cardiology/congenital hear surgery required. Texas nursing license required and PALS preferred. apply

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