RN Transplant Coordinator - Heart Transplant

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

9d • Onsite

About The Position

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in nursing required.
• 3 years of Medical/Surgical or Intensive Care experience.
• Current Texas RN (or BNE Compact State) license required. Upon Hire
• BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC). Upon Hire

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
• CCTC

Responsibilities

• Performs and documents physical, psychosocial, and emotional assessments, considering age-specific criteria.
• Anticipates patient's and/or patient's family's expectations and needs, utilizing them to develop an appropriate plan of care.
• Maintains and utilizes competencies per unit expectations.
• Utilizes critical thinking skills in planning and prioritizing nursing care.
• Identifies and implements appropriate nursing interventions based on assessment and completes documentation.
• Coordinates interdisciplinary plan of care and confers with healthcare team members to ensure optimal patient care.
• Prioritizes nursing interventions based upon assessment and identifies changes in condition, reporting and taking follow-up action as appropriate.
• Evaluates implemented interventions and modifies care according to evaluation, documenting interventions and modifications.
• Adheres to appropriate policies, procedures, clinical pathways, and nationally accepted standards of nursing practice.
• Suggests practices to enhance nursing care based on current literature and research.
• Provides answers and/or education to patients and/or families, completing documentation of all education provided and obtaining feedback.
• Ensures comfort level of post-discharge care and demonstrates effective communication with all age groups.
• Welcomes and orients patient and family to the unit, encouraging participation in care.
• Reviews plan of care with patient and family, explains special diets, tests, procedures, and medications, and makes rounds on patients.
• Reports errors promptly and takes appropriate follow-up action.
• Provides supervision of, and direction to, unlicensed support personnel and nurses new to the unit, delegating duties appropriately.
• Responds to patient's and/or family's complaints in appropriate and effective manner, reporting complaints to management and utilizing chain of command.
• Serves as an advocate to patient and family.
• Participates in performance improvement activities as directed.
• Attends at least 80% of scheduled staff meetings and 100% of mandatory educational sessions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

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