Transplant Coordinator II - Heart Acquisition - Full Time 8 Hour Days (Exempt) (Union)

Develops and maintains nursing practice standards of care for a specific transplant population. Serves as a liaison and provides consultation and education services to support standards of care. Identifies and resolves clinical issues relating to the transplant patient. Collaborates with staff the patient and his/her family concerning patient evaluation and discharge planning. Maintains appropriate documentation for transplant candidacy and posttransplant followup care. Coordinates communications with the outpatient transplant population such as transplant clinic visits community referrals telephone consultations outpatient treatments and subsequent hospital admissions. Develops and coordinates a system to organize the flow of patients from initial referral through evaluation and education to posttransplant followup and referral back to the community. Participates in collaborative interdisciplinary research activities related to transplant patients or process improvement activities. Performs related responsibilities as required. This position may require rotating on call responsibilities as needed including nights weekends and holidays.

The Donor Allocation Transplant Coordinator II has responsibility for taking call for the transplant programs. This call includes delegating appropriately all aspects of call related duties to the Donor Allocation Specialist reviewing deceased donor organ offers when organs become available to transplant candidates for all organs triaging patient calls for the transplant programs and other duties as may be assigned by the Donor Allocation Managers. The Donor Allocation Transplant Coordinator II facilitates acceptance or refusal of donor organs for transplant and coordinates the organ recovery with the transplant surgeons Organ and Tissue Donation Team Histocompatibility lab and communicates effectively and sensitively with patients receiving the organs. The Donor Allocation Transplant Coordinator II must be able to spend the majority of his/her time executing complex logistical support pertaining to all aspects of organ recovery and placement. The Donor Allocation Transplant Coordinator is a homebased position that may require on campus meetings and trainings.

Essential Duties:

• Takes deceased donor organ offers when organs become available to transplant candidates and after hours patient triage calls for the transplant programs.
• Facilitates acceptance or refusal of donor organs for transplant and coordinates the organ recovery with the transplant surgeons Organ and Tissue Donation Team Histocompatibility lab as well as communicates with patients receiving the organs
• Executes complex logistical support pertaining to all aspects of organ recovery and placement.
• Maintains composure and professional communication in all interactions with surgeons potential recipients Organ and Tissue Donation Staff and donor hospital staff.
• Demonstrate competence in triaging patient calls after hours and escalating calls to the oncall physician when appropriate
• Demonstrates competence and management in the care of people with renal hepatic cardiac and respiratory failure diabetes cardiopulmonary disease hypertension and other disorders related to transplantation. Knowledgeable in the management of immunosuppression including a host of adverse reactions and drug interactions.
• Demonstrates sound knowledge base of UNOS policy and CMS regulatory requirements in relation to organ allocation waitlist management as well as ongoing patient status updating.
• Participates in UNOS responsibilities (listing delisting disease transmission reporting donor culture reports management status updates for all solid organs etc.) and waiting list management
• Knowledge of computer software is required to operate within the programs local network utilizing the Cerner platform and UNOS platform.
• Responsible for entering and obtaining information in the potential recipients chart and accessing the UNOS database for transplant donors.
• Participates in 24/7 on call coverage on a rotating schedule including nights weekends and holidays.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Req Bachelors degree Nursing Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing OR
• Req Associates degree Nursing If graduate of an accredited school of nursing with Associate Degree must have BSN degree conferred within two years of hire

• Req 5 years Clinical experience in transplant or organ donation.
• Req Must have experience taking organ offer or donor call.

• Req Must have excellent communication skills including the ability to speak read and write English proficiently.
• Req Knowledge of medical procedures and conditions and ability to understand follow and successfully perform duties including whole blood collection and apheresis procedures in accordance with administrative and clinical policies regulations and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications:

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Req Registered Nurse RN (CA DCA)
• Req Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
• Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)
• Req Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator CCTC (ABTC) CCTC or CPTC required. If CPTC certified must obtain CCTC within three years of hire

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