Director - Transplant Outreach

Mayo Clinic•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

The Director develops and maintains community-based infrastructure and partnerships to support culturally competent outreach and improve access to Mayo Clinic Arizona (MCA) services. The position may focus on the Cancer Center’s Minority/Underserved Populations Cancer Outreach Program or the Transplant Outreach Program. For Cancer Center outreach, the Director supports cancer awareness, prevention, and treatment activities among racial/ethnic minority and underserved populations. The Director advises MCA Cancer Center and MCA leaders on strategies to develop community education, research, and training; reduce cancer disparities; improve enrollment of ethnic/racial minority patients in cancer clinical trials; and expand access to patient care. The Director also develops, submits, and supports collaborative research projects addressing cancer health disparities. For Transplant Center outreach, the Director supports culturally competent transplant awareness, helps explain clinical factors that may warrant transplant evaluation, and facilitates referrals from external physicians. The role develops community education about end-stage renal, liver, and heart disease; works to increase external referrals through local visits to physicians’ offices, dialysis centers, and other healthcare providers; and expands access to MCA patient services. The Director develops and supports collaborative education projects for patients, nurses, and physicians about the transplant process, designs and implements an organ-program-specific strategic outreach plan, and reports metrics monthly to the Transplant Center Director and Operations Administrator. In either role, the Director maintains an inventory of relevant internal resources and uses experience securing extramural support and relationships with local, state, and federal agency representatives to augment resources and coordinate outreach infrastructure and partnerships. The Director must demonstrate knowledge of lifespan growth and development and competence in understanding and respecting cultural differences. The position requires living within 100 miles of campus or being willing to relocate.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and six years of equivalent experience.
At least five years of experience developing, managing, and/or participating in medical/clinical and/or research outreach activities in racial/ethnic minority and/or underserved populations.
Knowledge of lifespan growth and development.
Competence in understanding and respecting cultural differences.
For Cancer Center outreach: knowledge of extramural funding agencies and processes.
For Transplant Center outreach: knowledge of current market dynamics.
Must live within 100 miles of campus or be willing to relocate.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree and four years of equivalent experience.
Registered Nurse licensure for Transplant Center outreach.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain community-based infrastructure and partnerships for culturally competent outreach.
Advise MCA and relevant Cancer Center or Transplant Center leaders on outreach strategies and participate in implementation as directed.
Develop community education, research, and training activities to reduce cancer disparities, where assigned to Cancer Center outreach.
Support strategies to improve minority enrollment in cancer clinical trials and expand access to MCA patient care.
Develop, submit, and support collaborative research projects addressing cancer health disparities, where assigned to Cancer Center outreach.
Develop community education about end-stage renal, liver, and heart disease, where assigned to Transplant Center outreach.
Increase external transplant referrals through outreach to physicians’ offices, dialysis centers, and other healthcare providers.
Facilitate the transplant referral process for external referring physicians and expand access to MCA patient care services.
Develop and support collaborative patient, nurse, and physician education projects about the transplant process.
Design, develop, and implement an organ-program-specific strategic outreach plan and report metrics monthly to the Transplant Center Director and Operations Administrator.
Maintain an inventory of internal resources relevant to outreach infrastructure and partnerships.
Use extramural funding experience and relationships with local, state, and federal agency representatives to augment internal resources and coordinate cooperative efforts.