Julie Macdonald
Waltham,MA
Summary
Driven Registered Nurse with 24 years of experience caring for patients within Electrophysiology/Device Clinic setting. Smoothly deliver comprehensive patient care and delegate tasks according to patient needs and personnel skillsets. Dedicated to providing top quality care within multidisciplinary team environment.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
09.2000 - Current
- Responsible for performing interrogations, interpretation, and programming Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD)
- Recognize abnormal functions of pacemakers, defibrillators, ILRs and CRT devices and recommend strategies to address and correct issues
- Uses device company sites to transfer patient data and completes reports for the physicians and patient medical record
- Uses device manufacturer programmers to interrogate and adjust devices under physician supervision( in Building)
- Performs clinic and remote interrogations and device management according to established protocol under the supervision of a physician
- Recognizes, documents and reports basic abnormal findings to provider for appropriate assistance
- Prepares standardized remote reports for provider review and interpretation
- Educates patients and families regarding device function, clinic follow-up scheduling and device home monitoring
- Enrolls new patients and transfers into appropriate remote monitoring site
- Manages clerical tasks associated with device clinic functioning
- Schedule patients for appropriate clinic, remote, and provider appointments as needed
- Change, cancel, and enter new orders into Epic as needed
- Appropriate documentation in Epic of patient communication and follow-up
- Completes encounter and ensures correct billing and coding of device checks
- Identifies opportunities to enhance workflows
- Develop operating policies and procedures
Cardiac Stress Testing RN
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
05.1998 - 09.2000
CCU Staff Nurse
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
09.1990 - 05.1998
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Lasell College
Auburndale, MA05-1987
Skills
- Patient Management
- Appointment Scheduling
- Nursing staff leadership
- Family and patient support
- Medical Records Management
- Call triaging
ACLS
- Reference upon request
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Mount Auburn Hospital
09.2000 - Current
Cardiac Stress Testing RN
Mount Auburn Hospital
05.1998 - 09.2000
CCU Staff Nurse
Mount Auburn Hospital
09.1990 - 05.1998
Associate of Science - Nursing
Lasell College