Kidney Transplant Process Coordinator, RN, 40 Hours, Days

UMass Memorial Health • Worcester, MA

20h

About The Position

Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day. The clinical transplant coordinator is a professional registered nurse and a designated member of the transplant team who is responsible for coordination of services necessary to determine suitability of potential recipient’s candidacy for transplantation as well as potential living donors, and maintenance of optimal health status during potential recipient’s waiting period on the UNOS wait list. The clinical transplant coordinator works with patients and families beginning with the evaluation phase for transplantation and continuing through and following transplantation in a compassionate and tactful manner in order to facilitate access to and provide continuity of care. Responsible for management of post transplant care for the lifetime of the patient. The coordinator also works with other members of the transplant team, including surgeons, physicians, mid-level practitioners, nurses, social workers, financial coordinators and administrative personnel. Maintains an active role in educating the hospital and public about current information regarding organ donation and transplantation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• Current Massachusetts Registered Nurse license and registration.
• Three to five years tertiary care nursing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Nursing preferred

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with transplant surgeons and transplant physicians, arranges for new patient evaluation and pre-transplant work-up of potential recipients.
• Arranges evaluation of all potential living donors for transplantation.
• In collaboration with medical transplant physicians and the surgical transplant physicians, monitors patient’s overall health status and intervenes when necessary, during the waiting period prior to transplant. Responsible for assisting the pre-transplant patient to maintain optimal health status during this waiting period so that the patient may experience the best outcomes from transplantation. Communicates all patient issues and concerns to the appropriate transplant surgeon or physician.
• Interacts with all transplant related physician staff and nursing staff and educates them to the best practices associated with transplantation.
• Provides patient and family education through all phases of transplant, discharge planning for the transplant patient, as well as education for the inpatient hospital staff.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level