Registered Nurse (RN) - Transplant Coordinator, Liver Transplant Program, FT, Days

Prisma Health•Greenville, SC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Transplant Coordinator facilitates and coordinates all transplant-specific phases of care and processes for liver transplant recipients. The role maintains documentation required for certified transplant centers and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to provide individualized patient care. The coordinator participates in quality improvement initiatives aligned with program, department, and hospital strategic plans. The position advocates for patients and families as they navigate complex care, supports shared decision-making and patient independence, maintains accurate electronic documentation, and coordinates communication and care across patients, families, providers, and the transplant team. Responsibilities span candidate evaluation and listing, waiting-list monitoring, transplant procedures, and post-transplant outpatient care. The coordinator also provides education throughout the transplant process, supports regulatory compliance and survey readiness, and contributes to continuing education and improvement initiatives. This is a non-management position reporting to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive. The role is based at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, and works the day shift.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
Current RN compact/multistate license recognized by the NCSBN Compact State, or a license to practice as an RN in the state where the team member is working.
Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator (CCTC) or Certified Clinical Transplant Nurse (CCTN), or ability to complete certification within two years of hire.
If substituting a nursing diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) for the BSN, previous transplant nursing experience is required, along with a signed agreement to enroll in an accredited BSN or MSN program within one year and obtain a BSN or MSN degree within four years.
Ability to maintain professional knowledge and clinical capability to evaluate and treat complex patients in specialty areas including abdominal transplantation.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Nursing.
Two years of RN experience in a transplant program.

Responsibilities

Advocate for patients and families and coordinate resources and care as they navigate the healthcare setting.
Support patient and family participation in rounds and medical decision-making, and help them develop skills to manage care at home.
Maintain thorough, accurate, and timely electronic documentation of patient encounters and transplant-related care phases.
Communicate clinical findings, care plans, patient status, and evaluation outcomes to patients, families, providers, payors, and transplant team members.
Collaborate with nursing staff, social work, and other providers to establish and implement patient care plans.
Interpret clinical data and participate in medical decision-making for complex transplant patients.
Monitor medical, psychosocial, and economic needs and routinely update patient status on the national registry waiting list.
Provide and assess individualized education for patients and families throughout evaluation, listing, transplantation, and post-transplant care.
Participate in continuing education, institutional improvement initiatives, and education for transplant professionals and other organizations.
Maintain knowledge of and comply with institutional policies, transplant-center regulations, guidelines, outcomes, and performance standards; support survey readiness and required documentation.
Coordinate evaluation and listing of potential transplant candidates, including gathering and evaluating medical, psychosocial, financial, serological, and blood-type information.
Identify comorbidities and potential contraindications, coordinate candidate evaluation requirements, and communicate candidate status and outcomes.
Monitor candidates awaiting transplantation, maintain listing status, identify the need for reevaluation, and address psychosocial and economic needs.
Coordinate transplant and donation processes, share pertinent recipient information with the transplant team, facilitate admission or transfer, and notify the team of pending procedures.
Remove transplant recipients from the waiting list in accordance with regulatory guidelines and provide required outcome information to regulatory bodies.
Coordinate outpatient care and rehabilitation for transplant recipients; identify complications and work with the transplant team on interventions.
Coordinate discharge planning and continuity of care, assess adherence to medication and medical regimens, and collaborate to support compliance.
Collect and review recipient or donor health and organ-function data with the transplant physician; communicate ordered care-plan or medication adjustments.
Arrange consultations, diagnostic testing, hospitalization, and emergent evaluations when indicated.
Assist with reporting required data to regulatory bodies.
Perform other duties as assigned.