Registered Nurse (Transplant Care Coordinator)

Veterans Health Administration • Salt Lake City, UT

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Care Coordinator is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care. The coordinator assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care using age-specific components, and coordinates care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. The role follows established procedures, policies, and guidelines.

The coordinator supports Veterans, families, and caregivers in navigating appropriate transplant options and services for complex health care needs. The position coordinates transplant-related care requirements for pre- and post-transplant patients, including ongoing record review, monitoring, timely submission of transplant consideration packets to the Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO) Tracer Program, and coordination of travel, imaging, and pathology. The coordinator works with providers across care levels and sites, and helps ensure continuity between VA and community programs. The role also includes patient management, care coordination, discharge and disposition planning, clinical counseling, medication management, treatment-plan monitoring, and work toward team goals in inpatient and outpatient settings.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or qualifying master's-level bridge-program or foreign-education pathway as described in the posting.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a Graduate Nurse Technician exception is described for eligible candidates pursuing licensure.
• Meet the education and experience criteria for the assigned Nurse grade and level. Criteria vary by grade and may include an ADN, diploma, BSN, MSN, or doctoral degree and specified professional or specialized nursing experience.
• Must be able to perform all position activities without restriction.
• Must meet stated federal employment conditions, including U.S. citizenship subject to the stated exception, background/security investigation, pre-employment physical evaluation, and seasonal influenza vaccination requirement.

Nice To Haves

• Three to five years of cardiac nursing care experience.
• Experience focused on heart failure, LVAD, critical care in an ICU setting, or cardiovascular care.
• Experience coordinating complex patient care, educating patients and caregivers with multilevel needs, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and navigating inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Knowledge of the transplant process before and after transplantation, advanced heart failure therapies, immunosuppression management, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong organizational skills, clinical judgment, prioritization of patient and team needs, and ability to coordinate care across settings and facilities while collaborating with a diverse health care team.

Responsibilities

• Provide competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients.
• Provide patient management, care coordination, and discharge or disposition planning in inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Help Veterans, family members, and caregivers access appropriate transplant options and services for complex health care needs.
• Coordinate timely pre- and post-transplant care requirements, including repeated record review and monitoring.
• Submit transplant consideration packets to the VACO Tracer Program in a timely manner.
• Coordinate travel, imaging, and pathology related to transplant care.
• Coordinate care with multiple providers across levels and sites of care.
• Support continuity of care by interfacing services within VA and community programs.
• Use cognitive decision-making, communication, and counseling to address patient needs.
• Monitor medication management, treatment plans, and team goals.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care using age-specific components.
• Coordinate care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
• Follow established procedures, policies, and guidelines.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year, comprising 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid Federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting and a federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

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