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Description:

Trinity Health Of New England is looking for an experienced Registered Nurse to join our team of mission-driven healthcare innovators. Our vision is to provide state-of-the-art healthcare to those within our local communities, creating a positive impact for each individual that walks through our doors. This person is responsible for assisting physicians while providing exceptional treatment to patients with a variety of medical conditions.

The Heart Failure Program at Trinity Health of New England (includes Saint Francis Hospital, Saint Mary’s Hospital, and Mercy Medical Center) is looking for an energetic, experienced nurse to work primarily in our busy outpatient Advanced Heart Failure Centers.

This role is a critical component of the Advanced Heart Failure Clinic and will be involved in daily patient care to include, but not limited to, patient education, hospital transition visits, care coordination, remote patient monitoring and clinic IV infusions. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter and act as a liaison between the inpatient and outpatient Heart Failure Team to assist patients with transition from hospital to home.

This position will be a regional role sharing time between the Hartford and Waterbury sites.

Top Reasons to Work at Trinity Health of New England:

• Day 1 benefits, no waiting period!

• Health Insurance Coverage

• Career growth and advancement potential

• Supportive team-driven environment

• Culturally Diverse Community

Work Hours/Shift:

• Full-Time

• Monday – Friday

• No Weekends or Holidays

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Performs individualized nursing assessments, organize patient care and collaborate with staff and physicians to provide holistic patient care.

• See post-acute patients for transitional care management, including disease management education, medication reconciliation, review of hospital stay and disease progression, self-management and symptom recognition, etc.

• Assist in clinical education/orientation of other staff, both inpatient and outpatient

• Guide and supervise assigned personnel in the delivery of patient care

• Complete patient follow up as a part of the care team, including lab results, test results and required follow up critical value reports/monitoring

Additional Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary in order to appropriately and accurately convey information to patients, physicians, APP’s, and other professional colleagues.

• Confidence in ability to independently practice, including independent nurse visits with patients for medication management and titration, as well as education and medication reconciliation.

• Must be able to troubleshoot patient needs via phone, appropriately triage and prioritize, and independently develop a care plan.

• Excellent organizational skills required in order to effectively service all those involved in the management of our heart failure patient panel.

• Ability to contribute to our Mission and Vision at Trinity Health Of New England as described in the job description.

Requirements :

• Certification: BLS certification required

• BSN with at least 2-3 years cardiology practice experience required; step down unit or heart failure experience beneficial.

• Current RN license in the State of CT; graduation from an accredited nursing program

About Trinity Health Of New England:

Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community's overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.

Trinity Health Of New England benefits include health insurance, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, sick time, and professional advancement just to name a few.Employees can also take advantage of extra benefits specific to each hospital.

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.