Nurse Transplant Coordinator (RN)

Texas Children's Hospital • Houston, TX

8h • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Nurse Liver Transplant Coordinator (RN) to coordinate all activities, at the highest quality of care for the transplant patient and family at a developmentally appropriate level for patients served. This includes, but is not limited to, completing pre-transplant evaluations, preparation and presentation to the medical review board, coordination of organ transplant, education of the in-patient transplant recipient including discharge teaching and planning for outpatient care and post-operative follow-up. This role involves working with surgeons, hepatologists, social workers, child life specialists, dietitians, pharmacists, and physical and occupational therapists to provide the best care possible for children.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, associate’s degree, or technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or an associate’s degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an RN license required or must be currently enrolled in a nursing bridge program working toward an MSN with a verified BSN-equivalency or a signed agreement.
• 2 years Pediatric or solid organ transplant nursing experience
• RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact
• CPR – Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
• Ability to demonstrate and perform generic and unit-based/critical competencies including the specific care of age and diagnosis appropriate patients.
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate flexibility and utilize time and resources in a cost-effective manner.
• Excellent organization skills and self-starter.

Nice To Haves

• Interest in treating the most challenging and rarest of cases giving every child the best chance for recovery
• 2 years ICU experience and Education Experience/Care Coordination
• Certified in Transplant, CPN, CCRN

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all activities for the transplant patient and family at the highest quality of care.
• Complete pre-transplant evaluations.
• Prepare and present cases to the medical review board.
• Coordinate organ transplants.
• Educate in-patient transplant recipients.
• Provide discharge teaching and planning for outpatient care and post-operative follow-up.
• Identify appropriate candidates upon referral and interact with appropriate staff.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate the evaluation process for potential transplant candidates and living donors.
• Interpret serological results of potential transplant candidates and their implications for transplantation or donation and share with the multidisciplinary team.
• Obtain recipient blood type, tissue typing, and cytotoxic antibodies according to transplant center protocol.
• Educate candidate/family/legal guardian about all phases of the transplantation process – referral, evaluation, listing, transplantation, and post-transplant care.
• Understand OPTN regulations and organ allocation.
• Collect and evaluate medical, psychosocial, and financial data for review by the transplant multidisciplinary team.
• Prepare evaluation results for presentation at the multidisciplinary Medical Review Board (MRB).
• Demonstrate knowledge of, and compliance with, OPTN/UNOS policies and listing requirements.
• Share necessary information about the donor organ, including ABO compatibility, with the transplant surgeon/physician.
• Act as a liaison between the donor and the recipient transplant teams.
• Arrange transportation of teams/organ to/from donor hospital and transplant center, in collaboration with the designated personnel.
• Provide and maintain comprehensive documentation of donor and recipient information.
• Monitor patient progress post-transplant.
• Verbalize understanding of standing orders and act as a resource for internal and external health care providers.
• Inform recipient of their voluntary option of, and the process for, written communication to the donor family.
• Coordinate/ensure discharge planning to provide for recipient’s continuity of care.
• Provide and maintain comprehensive documentation, per departmental procedure, of recipient’s progress and education.
• Identify appropriate living donor candidate upon referral and interact with appropriate staff.

Benefits

• Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families.
• Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children
• Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country
• Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children
• A global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world.
• Affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree