Cardiac Nurse Transplant Coordinator (RN)
Cardiac Nurse Transplant Coordinator (RN)
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Job Description
We are looking for and Cardiac Transplant Coordinator -to coordinate all activities at the highest quality of care for the transplant patient family and living donor at a developmentally appropriate level for patients served. This includes but is not limited to completing pre-transplant evaluations preparation and presentation to the medical review board coordination of organ transplant and living donation process education of the in-patient transplant recipient including discharge teaching and planning for outpatient care and post-operative follow-up.
Think you have what it takes
- Education Experience/Care Coordination
- 2 years ICU experience or transplant experience
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in nursing associates degree or technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or an associates degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an RN license required or must be currently enrolled in a nursing bridge program working toward an MSN with a verified BSN-equivalency or a signed agreement.
- 2 year Pediatric or solid organ transplant nursing experience
- RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact
- CPR Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of Renal Liver Heart and Lung pathophysiology and the transplant process
- Ability to demonstrate and perform generic and unit-based/critical competencies including the specific care of age and diagnosis appropriate patients.
- Demonstrate positive interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrate flexibility and utilize time and resources in a cost-effective manner.
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified in Transplant CPN CCRN
Specific Duties
- Identifies appropriate candidate upon referral and interacts with appropriate staff.
- Coordinates with the multidisciplinary teams to facilitate the evaluation process for potential transplant candidates and living donors.
- Interprets serological results of the potential transplant candidate and their implications for transplantation or donation and shares these with the multidisciplinary team.
- Obtains recipient blood type tissue typing and cytotoxic antibodies according to transplant center protocol.
- Educates candidate/family/legal guardian about all phases of the transplantation process referral evaluation listing transplantation and post-transplant care
- Understands OPTN regulations and Organ allocation
- Collects and evaluates medical psychosocial and financial data for review by the transplant multidisciplinary team.
- Prepares evaluation results for presentation at the multidisciplinary Medical Review Board (MRB).
- Demonstrates knowledge of and compliance with OPTN/UNOS policies and listing requirements.
- Shares necessary information about the donor organ including ABO compatibility with the transplant surgeon/physician.
- Acts as a liaison between the donor and the recipient transplant teams.
- Arranges transportation of teams/organ to/from donor hospital and transplant center in collaboration with the designated
- Provides and maintains comprehensive documentation of donor and recipient information.
- Monitors patient progress post-transplant.
- Verbalizes understanding of standing orders and acts as resource for internal and external health care providers.
- Informs recipient of their voluntary option of and the process for written communication to the donor family.
- Coordinates/ensures discharge planning to provide forpatients continuity of care.
- Provides and maintains comprehensive documentation per departmental procedure of recipients progress and education.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
