Facility: Kennestone Hospital

Job Summary:

The Cardiac Rehab Educator functions under the direction of the Cardiac Rehab Manager and WellStar Director of Cardiac Rehab and is responsible for providing age appropriate cardiac education which addresses the biological, emotional, developmental, and psychosocial needs of the patient/family within the acute care setting. Serves as a resource of cardiac education to other inter-disciplines of the acute care setting. The Cardiac Educator functions as the liaison and/or facilitator for patients and families between inpatient cardiac services and appropriate outpatient cardiac services such as Phase II and Phase III Cardiac Rehab.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Patient and Family Teaching
* Provide patient specific teaching according to diagnosis, treatment plan and patients learning needs.
* Provide family education both individually and, in a class, setting.
* Use team centered approach to address patient and family learning needs. Maintains confidentiality
Facilitate Outpatient Referral Process
* Provide patients and families information regarding Phase II and Phase III cardiac rehab and encourage participation as appropriate.
* Act as a liaison between inpatient (patients and physicians) and outpatient Cardiac Rehab to ensure a smooth referral process
Self-Development
* Seeks opportunities to learn through in-services, grand rounds, web casts, computer-based learning modules, meetings and peer to peer knowledge sharing
* Identifies self-learning needs and seeks opportunities for improvement
* Maintains current BLS and ACLS skills. ACLS requirement determined by Site Leader
Communication and Documentation
* Demonstrates understanding of circumstances when referral to other health professional is appropriate.
* Documents in a timely manner any clinical findings that require medical follow-up for patient safety and treatment success.
* Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills with patients, families, team members and other health care professionals.
* Demonstrates competency in communicating and documenting delivery of care (patient education) to patients/families.
Teaching Resources
* Communicate with staff and supervisors regarding teaching material needs
* Assist team with appropriate material updates to reflect changes in the cardiology scope of practice
* Utilize custom books and Krames on Demand to fulfill patient and family education resource needs
Team Responsibilities and Professional Conduct
* Supports performance improvement initiatives designed to promote quality patient care.
* Serves as a mentor in the development of peers, staff and students
* Supports fiscal accountability for human and material resources
* Maintains flexibility to respond to changing needs of team
* Collaborates with leadership to promote a positive team atmosphere
* Demonstrates an understanding of and practices the Safety First initiatives.
* Maintains attendance/punctuality in accordance with system policy and procedure
* Adheres to dress code and is neat in appearance.
* Adheres to department standards according to Cardiac Rehab policies and procedures
Customer Service
* Uses internal resources to enhance skill and promote customer service.
* Actively searches for methods to improve customer service or patient care.
* Serves as an educational resource for other professionals within the hospital and WellStar system.
* Serves as liaison between Phase 1 and Phase 2 and 3 Cardiac Rehab, for physicians and multidisciplinary team.
Technology
* Has working knowledge of Outlook.
* Has working knowledge of Success Factors
* Has working knowledge of basic Microsoft word.
* Has working knowledge of Perfect Serve
* Limits equipment/computer use to work related functions
* Electronic Medical Record separate competency
* Security and Confidentiality separate document
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

• Accredited Program Nursing or Accredited Program Exercise Science
• Masters Exercise Science or Masters Other

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor

Additional License(s) and Certification(s):

ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support Upon Hire Preferred or
ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor Upon Hire Preferred or
RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) If candidate is an RN Upon Hire Required or
RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact If candidate is an RN Upon Hire Required or

Required Minimum Experience:

Minimum 1 year in Cardiology Required

Required Minimum Skills:

Knowledge of cardiovascular anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and cardiovascular procedures, tests, and recovery care.
Knowledge of cardiovascular disease risks and life style modification recommendations.
Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.
Must be able to teach individuals as well as large groups using various teaching principles and methods of learning.
The individual must be able to communicate and understand verbal and written English language and display a positive attitude. (See core competencies).