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• Demonstrate knowledge and ability to facilitate living donation/transplantation and will utilize that knowledge to coordinate the care of the living donor for evaluation and live organ donation. Identifies appropriate live donor candidate upon referral and interacts with appropriate staff.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to coordinate the care of the transplant recipient in the outpatient setting to achieve optimal physical social and emotional rehabilitation. Identifies and responds to recipient/family/legal guardians educational psychosocial and economic needs in posttransplant phase. Reinforces postoperative teaching. Collects and reviews data pertinent to recipients health and organ function. Communicates lab data and diagnostic results to transplant physician/health care provider. Implements changes in drug/treatment therapy as ordered by physician(s) and/or health care provider. Arranges for consultations diagnostic procedures and hospitalization when indicated. Reinforces and facilitates need for well care (i.e. periodic mammography pap smears and colonoscopy). Ensures recipient is screened annually for malignancy. Assesses recipients need for immunizations.
• Demonstrates knowledge and the ability to monitor and coordinate care of the candidate awaiting organ transplantation. Develops and institutes a teaching plan addressing transplant candidate/family/legal guardians learning needs. Maintains/ensures communication with patient referring physicians payers other health care providers and transplant team members. Ensures cytotoxic antibody screen is obtained regularly per transplant center protocol. Maintains routine health maintenance and surveillance for malignancy during the waiting period. Exhibits ability to maintain and update candidatelisting status per OPTN/UNOS regulations. Identifies the need for candidate reevaluation and initiates when appropriate. Provides andmaintains comprehensive documentation of candidate progress.
• Demonstrates proficiency and continual growth in the knowledge of and integrates into practice the current professional literature in the field of transplant. Attends practicerelated conferences. Participates in professional transplant/procurement organizations. Examines current transplantrelated research. Shares knowledge through mentoring/precepting newly hired staff. Demonstrates understanding and the ability to assume responsibility for individual judgments to achieve the highest quality of care for the transplant candidate recipient family and living donor.
• Demonstrates understanding and ability to facilitate/coordinate evaluation and OPTN/UNOS listing of potential transplant candidate. Identifies appropriate candidate upon referral and interacts with appropriate staff. Identifies requirements for candidate evaluation. Coordinates with multidisciplinary team the evaluation process for potential transplant candidate.
• Demonstrates understanding of posttransplant management including medications complications interventions and discharge planning in the coordination of recipient care. Demonstrates the ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary team. Monitors patient progress posttransplant. Identifies complications and considers interventions with the transplant team. Communicates recipients status to referring physician health care providers and payers. Identifies and responds to the educational psychosocial and economic needs of recipient/family/legal guardian during hospitalization. Educates recipient/family/legal guardian regarding care and responsibilities after transplantation.
• Educates candidate/family/legal guardian about living donation options evaluation process OPTN regulations organ allocation waiting phase transplant process risks/benefits including utilization of expanded donors highrisk donors if applicable postoperative phase including immunosuppressive therapy and effects potential research protocols of the transplant program candidate/family/legal guardian responsibility throughout the transplant process.
• Exhibits knowledge and ability to facilitate transplant process when organ becomes available to transplant candidate. This includes defining and adhering to the current OPTN/UNOS regulations and allocation policies. Communicates with the OPO and collects the appropriate data necessary for decisionmaking regarding organ acceptance/rejection for transplant. Shares necessary information about the donor organ including ABO compatibility with the transplant surgeon/physician. Reviews potential recipients current medical status to determine eligibility for transplant. Assesses need for and obtains results of final cytotoxic cross match. Facilitates admission or transfer of patient to the transplant. Arranges any preoperative procedures required (i.e. dialysis). Notifies transplant team of pending surgical procedure. Acts as a liaison between the donor and recipient transplant teams. Exhibits ability to remove transplant recipient from list per OPTN/UNOS regulations. Provides outcome specifics to OPO for donor family followup. Maintains communication with referring physician health care providers and payers.
• Identifies and responds to the psychosocial and economic needs of the transplant candidate/family/legal guardian during evaluation. Demonstrates knowledge of and compliance with OPTN/UNOS policies and listing requirements. Informs and educates patient/family/legal guardian at time of listing. Ensures patient and referring physician are informed in writing of transplant listing denial or postponement. Provides and maintains comprehensive documentation of evaluation process and makes appropriate referrals to specialists.
• Interprets serological results of the potential transplant candidate and their implications for transplant. Obtains recipient blood type tissue typing and cytotoxic antibodies according to transplant center protocol. Identifies possible comorbidities in the transplant candidate and evaluates as indicated. Identifies absolute and relative contraindications to transplantation. Ensures patient understands risk and benefit of immunizations required prior to transplantation.
• Must be able to perform the professional clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate
• Associate Degree Nursing
• Bachelor Degree Nursing within five years of hire/transfer.
• 2 or more years acute clinical experience.

Required Licensure and Certification

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) MultiState State Board of Nursing Registered Nurse in State of Kansas
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) American Heart Association (AHA) or obtained within 14 days

Preferred Licensure and Certification

• Must have current active multistate state Register Nurse (RN) license in good standing in state in which you live OR active single state RN license in good standing in the state you will be working with proof of application of a multistate RN license in the state in which you live.
  
  Staff hired prior to 2/1/2024 are required to obtain a multistate state RN license from the state in which they live at the time of their next RN license renewal by 3/31/2026.

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We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a persons race color religion sex (including pregnancy gender identity and sexual orientation) national origin ancestry age 40 or older) disability veteran status or genetic information.

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