Clinical Transplant Coordinator, Miami Transplant Institute, Lung Acquisition, Full Time, Days

Jackson Health•Miami, FL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Transplant Coordinator is a professional member of the transplant health care team with primary responsibility for coordinating clinical care. The coordinator supports patients and families from transplant evaluation through and after transplantation, facilitating access to and continuity of care with compassion and tact. The role works closely with physicians, surgeons, nurses, social workers, financial coordinators, and administrative personnel, and operates independently while seeking support or direction as needed. The coordinator must provide age-appropriate care and understand growth and development, assess patient status, and identify age-specific needs. The position coordinates clinical care across candidate and living-donor evaluation, inpatient transplant or donation, and post-transplant or post-donation phases. Duties include patient and family education, monitoring and follow-up, clinical communication, care coordination, quality improvement, and participation in multidisciplinary committees and program activities. Coordinators may also support organ procurement, research, and professional education. The posting includes additional duties specific to VAD Coordinators in the Heart Acquisition department; those duties are not specific to the Lung Acquisition department identified for this opening.

Requirements

Associate's degree in Nursing.
Three to five years of related experience.
Valid Florida RN license.
AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) certification with at least six months of validity; maintain required certifications, licensures, and competencies.
Ability to analyze, organize, and prioritize work accurately while meeting multiple deadlines.
Effective oral and written communication skills and the ability to provide clear information to doctors, nurses, patients, and family members.
Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure, exercise sound independent judgment, and understand and follow instructions.
Knowledge and skill in job-appropriate technology and software applications.
Ability to respect and accommodate patients' preferences, beliefs, customs, and practices, and to interact compassionately, patiently, and without judgment.
Clinical knowledge, skills, and ability to complete unit competencies accurately.
Management and program skills, including planning, implementing, and evaluating programs; setting goals; allocating resources; monitoring performance; and recognizing, analyzing, and solving problems.
Ability to meet the position's physical requirements, including extended standing or walking, carrying objects weighing 21 to 50 pounds, and lifting or moving objects weighing 51 to 100 pounds with appropriate devices.

Nice To Haves

BSN degree is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify absolute and relative contraindications to transplantation or donation and interpret relevant diagnostic and laboratory results in accordance with program criteria.
Educate patients, living donors, and families; support informed-consent review and confirm understanding.
Assist with the evaluation and selection of transplant candidates and potential living donors.
Monitor patients during evaluation and while on the deceased-donor waiting list or pending donation; manage follow-up, clinic needs, testing, communications, and documentation for a large patient load.
Apply applicable UNOS and CMS requirements and program criteria for evaluation, listing, waitlist management, donor selection, organ offers, matching, and living donation.
Participate in multidisciplinary patient and living-donor selection committee meetings and provide clinical coordination input.
Coordinate inpatient transplant and donation care, including patient, donor, and family education, communication with referring physicians, daily team rounds, and discharge preparation.
Serve as a liaison among patients, donors, families, and health care team members, and as a transplant and living-donation resource for nursing staff.
Manage post-transplant and post-donation follow-up, including assessment of patient health, diagnostic studies, medication-related needs, triage, and communication of concerns to transplant physicians.
Recognize symptoms and issues associated with immunosuppression, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder, infections, transplant complications, and living-donation complications.
Coordinate comprehensive care with other team members, including financial coordinators, social workers, and dieticians.
Educate donors and families about post-donation care and the importance of follow-up with the transplant team.
Support clinical research studies, public and professional education, and completion of data required by UNOS when applicable.
As needed, take organ-offer calls, dispatch the organ procurement team, and arrange hospital admission for potential organ recipients.
Attend required educational webinars, quality meetings, patient and living-donor selection committees, and other program meetings; provide substantive clinical coordination feedback.
Assist with specialty quality metrics, participate in at least one performance-improvement project during the calendar year, and follow up on project outcomes.
Participate in professional organizations and maintain active membership in NATCO and other related organizations as required.
Participate in development of the Multi-Organ Transplant Center and its operations-improvement and patient-quality plans, as well as relevant departmental and hospital committees.
Identify, report, and resolve quality issues according to Institute protocol.
Pursue and maintain CCTC certification within three years of hire.
Follow unit-specific policies and procedures, maintain required competencies, use required job and unit equipment, demonstrate the CARE values, and perform other related duties as assigned.