Procurement Transplant Coordinator 1

OneLegacy•Redlands, CA

16h•Onsite

About The Position

Join OneLegacy, the nation's largest organ, eye, and tissue recovery organization, dedicated to saving lives and sharing hope. As a Procurement Transplant Coordinator, you will provide primary medical care to authorized organ donors in hospital Intensive Care Units and OneLegacy recovery facilities. This role involves managing hemodynamics and pulmonary function to preserve organs for transplant. It's an exciting and rewarding career in organ donation where you will truly save lives and make a difference every day.

Requirements

RN or RT (Bachelor’s degree preferred).
Critical Care patient management (ICU, OR, ER, pre-hospital) experience required.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification required at the time of employment.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certified within the employees orientation period.
Current California driver’s license and vehicle insurance.
Ability to assume responsibility without direct supervision, exercise initiative, judgment and make decisions within the scope of assigned authority.
Ability to keep accurate records, perform statistical analyses and interpret data.
Keyboarding skills for using a personal computer.
Interpersonal skills, including the ability to deal with all levels of management, staff, medical professionals, hospital staff and to work within the individual guidelines of OneLegacy affiliated community donor hospitals, organ transplantation centers, eye and tissue banks.
Excellent communication skills, written and oral, to include the ability to make public presentations.
Instructional skills in written and verbal form.
Ability to perform patient transfers and heavy lifting up to 50 pounds.
Ability to function as an effective and competent team member.
Maintain confidentiality of all information pertinent to organ, eye and tissue donors and recipients, OneLegacy staff, OneLegacy affiliated donor hospitals and affiliated processors.
Must be able to use office equipment, including personal computer, fax machine, calculator, photocopier/scanner, cell phone and audio/visual equipment.
Reliable automotive transportation required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree

Responsibilities

Provide primary medical care to authorized organ donors in hospital Intensive Care Units and OneLegacy recovery facilities, managing hemodynamics and pulmonary function to secure perfusion and oxygenation to lifesaving organs for transplant.
Assist hospitals to identify and report potential donor referrals and proceed through the organ recovery procedure.
Reinforce and support all processes of donation as outlined in the UAGA (Uniform Anatomical Gift Act).
Perform direct medical donor care, including assessment, resuscitation, physiologic management, organ allocation, documentation, packaging and labeling of organs for transplant or research at the time of recovery.
Direct the medical treatment regimen to meet the assessed needs of the donor in accordance with established medical practices, donor requirements, policies & procedures, and the practices and goals of OneLegacy.
Identify and support the psychosocial needs of donor families and loved ones with direct aid from OneLegacy family support teams.
Perform administrative, training, and regulatory responsibilities.
Support hospital development in assigned hospitals and conduct professional and public education presentations about organ, eye and tissue donation.
Respond promptly and appropriately to potential donor referrals to assess suitability and enhance the donation process.
Establish and enhance relationships with hospital staff to increase referral activity.
Access and review referring hospital’s medical records charts and transcribe appropriate information to digitalDONOR fields per OneLegacy policies and practices.
Consult with hospital staff to evaluate current organ function and identify early stages of medical derangements.
Formulate a treatment plan at the direction of the Medical Director of Referral Management and advocate on behalf of potential donors and their families for interventions needed to preserve the opportunity for donation and optimize organ function.
Make written and oral reports/recommendations to the attending physician, transplant physician, Medical Director, consulting Intensivist and CRS concerning the status and care of the donor, as appropriate.
Develop and communicate a plan for continuity of care along with the progression of the referral.
Review medical-legal documentation pertaining to brain death declaration for completeness and accuracy.
Perform administrative duties regarding the patient, such as completing digitalDONOR charting, as well as any other forms or documentation required per OneLegacy documentation policies and/or hospital policies.
Implement and maintain established policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control.
Identify AP (Authorizing Party) and language requirements, and document pertinent family dynamics and any other relevant information needed to properly assess the AP and/or family members of potential donors in preparation for approach.
Collaborate with the hospital care team, the RTS and/or the Family Care Specialist Resources (FCSR) in the end-of-life discussion to ensure the AP is provided with the opportunity for donation in the most appropriate manner.
Discuss the elements of authorization with the AP and/or family members of potential donors.
Obtain authorization for donation per UAGA and verify medical-legal documentation necessary for organ recovery is complete according to OneLegacy policies and procedures.
Complete Donor Risk Assessment Interview (DRAI) and obtain any required follow-up information.
Respond to donor referrals or assigned donor cases at shift start time unless otherwise instructed by CRS/RTS.
Obtain accurate medical information for evaluation and evaluate potential organ and tissue donors according to OneLegacy, regulatory and/or credentialing body guidelines.
Discuss and support the donation process with family members or Authorizing/Acknowledging Party (AP).
Coordinate all aspects of donor management.
Assure accuracy and completeness of charting in the hospital and OneLegacy Electronic Medical Record systems.
Collaborate with Medical Examiner/Coroners, tissue recovery staff, hospital staff, social services and clergy.
Coordinate the logistics for multiple organ procurements and allocation cases, maintaining clear communication with Donor Allocation Coordinator (DAC) regarding organ allocation.
Verify that all medical-legal documentation necessary for organ procurement is completed according to OneLegacy, governing and/or credentialing body guidelines.
Provide organ allocation staff with organ/donor information, as required.
Responsible for all chart documentation in the OR during recovery and post recovery including review and completion of Confidential Donor File (CDF) at the conclusion of each completed case.
Review Not Brain Dead Status Board (NBD) when in a hospital for an active referral and conduct a site visit on NBD referrals and chart in EMR system.
Participate in “Presence with a Purpose” in collaboration with the Donation Development Coordinator (DDC) to educate hospitals on the donation process along with current and upcoming donation related events.
Coordinate and conduct scheduled education on donation and transplantation in partnership with the DDC in assigned hospital(s).
Participate in OneLegacy signature events such as: OneLegacy Donation and Transplantation Symposium, Donate Life RunWalk, etc. as requested.
Promote positive relationships with all hospital and clinical staff.
Participate in hospital meetings to assist with presenting information or addressing issues relating to the donation process.
Join hospital sponsored clinical rounds and/or conduct other case-finding activities.
Debrief Donation Development Coordinator (DDC) after a case.
Achieve PTC-II status through demonstrated proficiency and documented competencies in all organ operations at OneLegacy’s recovery center within 24-months of hire date of employment.
Maintain professional conduct at all times with both internal and external customers.
Cooperate with other personnel to achieve company objectives and maintain good employee, interdepartmental and public relations.
Meet with and solicit advice from the Medical Director(s), Director of Organ Clinical Operations, Supervisor, Donor Management, SOP (Supervisor on call), CRS, Transplant Centers, Attending Physicians, Director of Nursing Services and Nursing Staff concerning donor patient care.
Maintain an effective and friendly working relationship with health professionals, physicians, consultants and family members involved in every donation process.
Share schedule responsibility with other assigned PTC-I staff (seven 12-hour shifts per pay period every two weeks).
Accept additional work time and shifts as assigned, as needed, to uphold OneLegacy’s mission.
Travel within OneLegacy’s Donor Service Area to respond to a referral/donor case or other OneLegacy business.
Give verbal report to oncoming OneLegacy staff when assignment is completed.
Carry OneLegacy issued electronic devices and appropriate case materials on scheduled work shifts and ensure that all equipment is working properly.
Enable and ensure location services on OneLegacy issued devices work properly during scheduled shifts.
Stay professionally current as required for assigned job function, certification or licensure.
Comply with all UNOS policies, standards and requirements.
Attend staff meetings and scheduled trainings unless on call, post-call or protected time off (UPTO/PTO, bereavement, jury duty, etc.) as deemed necessary by Leadership.
Support the organization’s Standards of Professional Conduct as outlined in OneLegacy Policies and Procedures and exemplify OneLegacy’s mission, vision and values.
Observe a code of ethics that requires truthfulness, honesty and personal integrity in all activities.
Perform other duties as assigned.