Transplant Coordinator

Transplant Coordinator

Requirements

• Associate’s degree or equivalent from two-year college program or technical school or nursing diploma, Associate’s Degree or Equivalent or Nursing Diploma, Associate Degree Nursing
• Nursing – 4 years of experience
• Registered Nurse (RN) license – Arkansas or Compact State

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison between patients and their family members, transplant team, nursing and laboratory personnel and other support personnel.
• Coordinates activities associated with evaluation for transplantation.
• On call for solid organ or donor cell availability. Responds to transplant calls within 20 minutes.
• Coordinates procurement and care of the transplant patient pre and post transplant.
• Assist with long-term post transplant patient assessment and management in the clinics.
• Makes rounds on transplant service patients to observe patient progress, identify actual or potential problems and initiate problem solving actions.
• Performs or assists with patient procedures including venipuncture for laboratory studies or intravenous infusions, care and dressing of wounds.
• Evaluates psychological response to both illness and medical/nursing interventions. Provides support, comfort and encouragement to patient/family/significant other as indicated.
• Responsible for pre-transplant testing and collaboration with applicable organ/cell matching organizations. Must be able to participate in pertinent on-site inspections/audits.
• Responsible for ongoing input and analysis of benchmarking data into appropriate national databases.
• Must be able to coordinate and evaluate living donor workup/follow-ups.
• Collaborates with team to provide patient/family education pre and post transplantation. Collaborates in the planning, organizing and implementation of the orientation program for all personnel on the nursing units and team.
• Conducts nursing research and collaborates in medical research programs.
• Identifies and actively participates in quality improvement initiatives for the transplant program.
• Maintains data bases relevant to specialty areas and areas of investigation in collaboration with primary investigator.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree Nursing, Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent or Nursing Diploma
• Blood and Marrow Transplantation Certified Nurse (BMTCN) – Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation
• Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator (CCTC) – American Board of Transplant Certification (ABTC)