Pharmacy Nurse Care Coordinator

About IHI

At Innovative Hematology, Inc. (IHI), we offer a future where people with rare blood disorders flourish. Our experts provide the highest quality comprehensive services and holistic care to patients with bleeding, clotting, and other hematologic disorders, and to their families.

What You Will Do

As the Pharmacy Nurse Care Coordinator, you will support the ongoing care of both pediatric and adult patients at the IHI. Your responsibilities will include phone triage, educating and reviewing infusion logs, conducting dose and utilization reviews, providing information about new products, visiting patients at home to assess their needs, training for home infusion, educating patients on care techniques for bleeding disorders, and following up with patients.

The Opportunity

• Instruct pharmacy patients on factor dosing, new product education, assess patient needs and direct patients to immediate care when necessary.
• Facilitate triage and prompt communication of nursing assessments to providers and ensure accurate electronic medical record (EMR) documentation.
• Effective cooperation and communication with other team members in the pharmacy and billing departments to ensure all patient needs are met and financial risks to the IHTC are minimized.
• Identify trends in patient care and needs and make recommendations/implement programs to improve patient services.
• Infusion log review and education.
• Home visits and needs assessments.
• Factor order completion and non-factor prescriptions.
• Home infusion training.

Occasional travel to patient homes as needed.

Performance Requirements:

Knowledge:

1. Medical terminology, anatomy and physiology.  Familiarity with heath care systems, regulations, policies and functions.  Understanding of documentation standards.
2. Equipment, supplies and materials needed for medical treatment. Understanding basic laboratory procedures including preparation and screening.
3. Infectious disease management, control and safety standards.

Skills:

1. Following protocols for accessing ports, PICC lines, central line catheters and peripheral IVs.
2. Reading and following written and oral medical orders.
3. Initiating appropriate emergency procedures.
4. Handling a number of tasks simultaneously.

Abilities:

1. Use manual dexterity to perform medical treatments.
2. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers and diverse patient population.
3. Perform mathematical calculations for drug dosages.

Requirements

• Completion of an approved nursing program
• Minimum 2 years of related experience
• Valid LPN or RN license in the state of Indiana
• All IHI employees are expected to enable multi-factor authentication via their personal smartphone or smart device to access IHI systems as a requirement of their role

Benefits

Why join our team?

IHI is a not-for-profit program based in Indianapolis and offers a competitive salary and benefit package.

IHI is the only federally designated comprehensive hemophilia program in Indiana and serves the entire state through services available in Indianapolis and at outreach clinics.

IHI is a leader in hemophilia care, education and clinical research and has a dedicated on-site multidisciplinary staff to ensure availability of a wide range of required services.

IHI participates in national and international clinical research, including new infusion products and therapies, investigation of long-term outcomes, and the impact of associated conditions. The IHI research program provides patients access to new therapies, and an opportunity to improve care. Our center has more than 50 clinical research projects involving bleeding disorders, sickle cell disease, thrombosis and more.

Innovative Hematology, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.