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Full-time Outpatient Cardiology Registered Nurses

Majority administrative role, ensuring smooth clinic operations.

Reports To: Practice Director- Ambulatory Medicine

Full Time – Day Shift (M-F 8am-4:30pm, no weekends)

Essential Job Duties:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• Schedules test for patients as needed (CT, Ultrasound, Vascular, Lab, etc.) and surgical appointments with patient and with hospital or surgical center.
• Communicates with insurance companies to obtain required authorizations and completes patient FMLA and Return to Work forms.
• Handles DME, Home Nursing Orders and follow-up/Post-Op. calls to patients.
• Assists physician with in-office procedures and sterilizes surgical equipment as needed.
• Responds to urgent/emergency clinical situations, assists with answering phones, follows up on medical questions, medication inquiries, assessing and interpreting lab results, and updating the MSDS binder as needed.
• Evaluate and monitor patient vitals, especially cardiovascular readings, and any heart related devices such as pacemakers and loop recorders.
• Enrolls, interrogates, and programs patients with cardiac electronic devices in the out-patient setting
• Accurately identifies malfunctions, alerts, and sub-optimal device operations and follows appropriate protocols with making programming changes and notifying physicians.
• Giving instructions to patients, making follow-up appointments, or advising patients go to ED. Triages patients for remote alert notifications.

Educational/Experience Requirements:

• Requires a BSN Bachelor of Science in Nursing,
• Two years of clinical nursing experience.
• Experience in cardiology, cardiac nursing and/or Primary Care preferred.
• Experience with implantable devices and knowledge of device functionality, arrhythmias and internal electrograms preferred.
• Must demonstrate proficiency in the following areas within 90 days of hire: implantable devices, device functionality, arrhythmias and internal electrograms.

Required License/Certifications:

• Current Maryland Board of Nursing license.
• 4CPR through the American Heart Association (BLS for Healthcare Providers level).
• EP Device Certificate (i.e. Metronics) or must obtain within 90 days of hire