In-House Coordinator: Designated Work Area-Sarasota, FL

LifeLink Foundation

13d•Onsite

About The Position

LifeLink Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives through organ and tissue donation. Founded over four decades ago, it has grown into a vision-driven organization with over 700 professionals serving Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. LifeLink's mission is to honor donors and save lives, with a vision to maximize the gift of life and provide hope to donor families and transplant patients. The organization is guided by its core values: Compassion, Excellence, Legacy, People, and Quality.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Nursing, Social Services, Allied Health, or a related field (RN, BA, BS, or AA), or equivalent combination of education and relevant hospital and/or OPO critical care experience.
Ability to work outside normal business hours, including evenings, weekends and holidays as well as non-scheduled hours when necessary.
Ability to apply sound judgment and flexibility, working autonomously with an open line of daily communication with manager.
Demonstrated effective presentation and personal interaction skills with above average written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated physical ability to lift, carry and/or move equipment of varying weight from 1 to 75 pounds for 5% of the work time.
Reliable vehicle with good driving record and current driver’s license.

Nice To Haves

Passionate about helping others and making a difference
Aligned with LifeLink’s core values of Compassion, Excellence, Legacy, People, and Quality

Responsibilities

Utilize available resources and coordinate information with appropriate hospital and LifeLink staff to evaluate and respond to hospital referrals for the purpose of determining a potential organ/tissue donor.
Apply LifeLink’s policies and procedures in performing and documenting the approach, authorization, honoring donor designation and medical/social behavioral interview of next-of-kin and other appropriate family members/associates to offer the option of donation for the purpose of transplantation, medical therapy, or research.
Perform unit rounding through all appropriate areas, hospital staff follow-up, and other preliminary or back-up recovery related duties.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with appropriate hospital staff to facilitate successful recovery of organs and tissue for transplant.
Act as the primary communication link between LifeLink staff and hospital staff.
Maintain high visibility on all shifts.
Identify potential donor referrals in collaboration with hospital staff and update appropriately.
Participate in quality assessment performance improvement (QAPI) activities for the OPO.
Attend Hospital Development initiatives such as Donor Advisory Committees.
Participate in OPO meetings, special projects, and activities as directed.
Provide coverage as assigned.
Participate in screening referrals ensuring a timely response and appropriate hospital collaboration for initial referral and follow-up referrals.
Provide recommendations to hospital staff on implementation of catastrophic brain injury guidelines (CBIG).
Encourage continued treatment and suggest treatment as indicated to preserve donation opportunities.
Evaluate referrals for potential brain death donation (BDD) or donation after circulatory death (DCD) with appropriate DCD evaluation tool completed.
Determine suitability of potential donors in concert with the Administrator on Call (AOC) and Medical Director on Call (MDOC).
Ensure that FL statute 765.512 order of priority is followed for authorization and donor disclosure.
Communicate effectively with AOC, MDOC and on-call team regarding all potential donor situations.
Review patient’s medical records and complete physical assessments.
Review donor information with appropriate hospital personnel.
Determine appropriate time for discussions with family and requesting authorization from NOK or disclosure of donor designation, utilizing approved authorization and donor disclosure forms and protocols.
Document referrals and other case details, including family dynamics, in a timely manner.
Support family and offer all appropriate information post-authorization.
Notify the call team of authorization/donor disclosure outcome.
Provide follow-up with family in conjunction with the transplant coordinator and administrator on call.
Update information according to FCC guidelines.
Initiate case start order set.
Obtain specimens for infectious disease testing, HLA tissue typing, and cultures.
Perform other recovery-related duties as directed by the Administrator on Call.
Participate in activities to improve donor conversations, cultural sensitivity, overcoming obstacles, avoiding cultural barriers or donor designation objection to donation.