Nurse 4 - Cardiac Clinics

Position Overview

Under the general direction of the Manager Health Services and the clinical direction of the Medical Director, Manitoba Adult Heart Transplant Program, and while demonstrating a commitment to the Mission, Values and Management Philosophy of St. Boniface Hospital, the CARDIAC TRANSPLANT AND VAD COORDINATOR is responsible for coordinating patient care, in collaboration with other members of the Multidisciplinary Team, for patients with advanced heart failure most likely seeking heart transplant and VAD procedures. This includes coordinating the functions and activities related to the Heart Transplant and VAD Program (for heart recipients and living donors); providing expert nursing care to patient recipients and their families pre and post-transplant; functioning as an expert and acting as a clinical and information resource to others both within and external to the facility on heart failure/transplant; participating in orientation and educational activities; ...