Pediatric Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Coordinator

Pediatric Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Coordinator

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or equivalent
• 5+ years intensive care and/or cardiac telemetry experience which includes 2 years transplant experience
• Current RN license in the State of Illinois
• CPR certification
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven leadership skills
• Good organizational skills
• Good educator
• Basic computer knowledge
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Effective time management skills
• Attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Plans, assesses and implements the pre-transplant patient evaluation, peri, and post transplant care as it relates to heart transplant patients
• Participates in the initial evaluation and education session of patients and their families considering heart transplantation and ventricular assist device (VAD) therapy
• Develops a nursing care plan for pre and post heart transplant recipients which includes patient and family education, and psychosocial needs
• Under the established medical protocol, initiates the medical evaluation of the potential recipient and post transplant patient
• Assesses the pre-transplant and post transplant evaluation results, and communicates to transplant surgeons and cardiologist
• In collaboration with Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs), organizes, prepares and presents pre and post transplant patients to the Heart Transplant Selection Committee
• Provides continuing education and psychosocial support to the patient and families during the pre and post transplant process
• Identifies patients who have completed their evaluation process in preparation for placement on the local and national waiting lists
• Serves as a resource and liaison between the financial coordinator, insurers, healthcare providers and transplant patients
• Provides outpatient support to physicians and APN’s
• Participates equally in accepting emergency calls from pre- and post-heart transplant patients
• Coordinates the communication and facilitation of the transplant case
• Triages patient and physician calls for pre- and post-transplant patients
• Maintains working cell phone and pager
• Coordinates and assists with any research supportive measures during the transplant process
• Works collaboratively to place patients on the internal ready list, and the local and national waiting lists
• Maintains communication with the patient regarding patient’s medical, insurance and psychosocial status
• Assists local organ procurement organization and ACMC Lab with obtaining monthly serum samples for patients on the cadaver waiting list
• Notifies the transplant surgeon and cardiologist of cadaveric donors’ medical acceptability based on patient and cadaveric donor evaluation
• Serves as a resource person for other members of the multi-disciplinary health care team
• Does necessary data entry of all pre transplant patients’ work-up, labs, and other test results in the transplant database
• Responsible for data entry into OTTR, UNET for pre and post transplant TEIDI forms, waitlist management (UNOS Status) and Donor Net
• Collaborates with APNs, data coordinators, nurses, and administration in remaining compliant with the required transplant and VAD regulations of CMS, Accrediting Organization, UNOS, and other regulatory bodies
• Provides direct patient care for the heart transplant, Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) and heart failure patients

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.