Critical Care Nurse-Organ Recovery-Nights ($5K sign on bonus!)

Donor Network of Arizona•Tempe, AZ

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Organ Recovery Coordinator (ORC) is responsible for directing, overseeing, implementing, and maximizing the organ donation and procurement process in collaboration with the advisor on call (AOC), Donor Legacy Advocate (DLA), hospital staff, physicians, and medical director as needed. The ORC is responsible for responding to heart beating ventilated referrals and assessing organ donor suitability. For potential organ donors, the ORC is responsible for overseeing family approach regarding donation and obtaining informed consent, in collaboration with DLA staff if available, as well as performing the medical and social history interview. Also, informing the donor family of donor designation and providing support to the family to proceed with the donor’s wishes. This includes collaborating with hospital staff to determine appropriate timing for family counseling and approach. The ORC is responsible for donor management, meeting donor management goals, allocation of organs, medical-legal activities surrounding death-neurological or cardiovascular, medical examiner consent, compliance with hospital policies, local, state, and federal requirements, as well as overseeing organ recovery and preservation. Maintains donor records, assisting hospital development with post-donor hospital communication, providing donor family support, and communication in conjunction with donor family advocate services. Responsible for facilitating organ offers to transplant centers. Hospital development and professional education. This is a night shift position.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree, RN, EMT-P, RRT or other health care certification with 2 years prior organ recovery experience, or completion of an approved educational program in donation sciences.
1-2 years of critical care experience, or 2 years of organ recovery experience.
Excellent Human relations & Oral/written communication skills.
Flexibility: unpredictable schedule (on call).
Ability to handle high pressure situations.
Strong work ethic with high adaptability skills.
Owns or has unlimited access to a motor vehicle while on call.

Nice To Haves

Organ Recovery experience, or completion of an approved educational program in donation.

Responsibilities

Directing, overseeing, implementing, and maximizing the organ donation and procurement process.
Responding to heart beating ventilated referrals and assessing organ donor suitability.
Overseeing family approach regarding donation and obtaining informed consent.
Performing the medical and social history interview.
Informing the donor family of donor designation and providing support to the family to proceed with the donor’s wishes.
Collaborating with hospital staff to determine appropriate timing for family counseling and approach.
Donor management, meeting donor management goals.
Allocation of organs.
Medical-legal activities surrounding death-neurological or cardiovascular.
Medical examiner consent.
Compliance with hospital policies, local, state, and federal requirements.
Overseeing organ recovery and preservation.
Maintaining donor records.
Assisting hospital development with post-donor hospital communication.
Providing donor family support and communication in conjunction with donor family advocate services.
Facilitating organ offers to transplant centers.
Hospital development and professional education.
Shares 12-hour “on-call” responsibility with other organ recovery coordinators as determined by on-call schedule.