Director, Transplant Services

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Overview:

The Director Transplant Services leads directs and manages highperformance teams with accountability for operations quality regulatory compliance customer service financial stewardship and strategic success of assigned transplant and advanced heart failure programs. Areas of responsibility are high volume complex and have significant strategic and financial impact on current and future success of Sentara hospitals.

This role provides operational and strategic leadership for Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs (approximately 120 transplants annually) and the Heart Transplant Program (approximately 20 transplants annually). The Director also has oversight of the LVAD Program Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) and SHOCK Program as well as living donor services related to kidneyand potential future segmental transplant opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership

• Directs daily operations of kidney pancreas and heart transplant programs as well as LVAD/MCS and SHOCK services.

• Oversees clinical and administrative teams including nurse coordinators APPs data analysts financial coordinators support staff and other multidisciplinary roles.

• Provides leadership for living donor program operations including regulatory compliance workflow optimization and donor-focused care pathways.

• Partners closely in a dyad leadership model with surgical and medical directors to ensure aligned clinical and operational decision-making.

Regulatory Compliance

• Ensures full compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation UNOS policies OPTN requirements and DNV requirements for VAD/MCS programs.

• Leads preparation for regulatory surveys audits and program recertifications.

• Oversees development implementation and monitoring of corrective action plans in response to regulatory findings or performance improvement needs.

• Maintains policies and processes that support safe compliant highquality transplant and MCS operations.

Quality Safety & Outcomes

• Develops and leads quality improvement initiatives focused on patient outcomes safety and regulatory performance metrics.

• Oversees the transplant quality team performance analytics and reporting of key outcome measures to internal and external stakeholders.

• Partners with clinical leadership to ensure excellent outcomes patient experience and posttransplant followup.

Strategic & Program Development

• Designs and executes growth strategies for kidney pancreas and heart transplant programs as well as LVAD/MCS services.

• Leads programmatic development including creation of new clinical pathways service expansion bestpractice implementation and innovation to advance transplant and advanced heart failure care.

• Collaborates with physician leaders and senior executives to align program performance with market systemlevel and service line strategies.

• Supports referral development outreach initiatives and clinical program expansion.

Financial & Business Management

• Oversees operational and capital budgets financial modeling and business planning for transplant and mechanical support programs.

• Develops and manages pro formas supports payer contracting and guides resource allocation to ensure financial sustainability.

• Provides oversight for transplant financial coordinators and financial clearance processes.

Collaboration & Communication

• Builds and maintains strong relationships with transplant surgeons transplant medicine specialists cardiologists nephrologists APPs nursing leadership and administrative partners.

• Coordinates with the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) for organ allocation process efficiency donor availability and compliance.

• Ensures effective communication across all phases of care from referral to posttransplant followup.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Masters degree required (MHA MBA MSN MPH or related field).

• Minimum 5 years of clinical management or healthcare leadership experience required.

• Prior transplant leadership experience required.

• Clinical experience in transplant medicine preferred preferably heart or kidney.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams in a complex clinical environment.

• Demonstrated experience with financial modeling pro formas and business planning.

• Successful track record leading within a dyad model with physician partners.

• If the candidate is a nurse leader an active and unencumbered RN license in Virginia or a Compact/MultiState license is required.

Preferred Competencies

• Strong knowledge of CMS UNOS OPTN DNV (for VAD/MCS) and other transplantrelated regulations.

• Demonstrated ability to lead quality and performanceimprovement programs.

• Excellent interpersonal communication and relationshipbuilding skills.

• Ability to lead through influence and manage multiple highacuity clinical programs.

• Strong strategic thinking analytical skills and business acumen.

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Sentara Norfolk General Hospital located in Norfolk VA is a 525-bed tertiary care facility that is home to the only Level I Adult Trauma Center and burn trauma unit in Hampton Roads and also serves as the primary teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School.

In addition to the high-quality heart program at Sentara Heart Hospital our facility is home to Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance and several other dedicated facilities and specialized services. As a recognized accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence our hospital specializes in heart and vascular neurosciences neurosurgery urology oncology spine care advanced imaging behavioral health maternity and womens health including a state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobacco-free environment.

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