Coord, Transplant I

Emory Healthcare•Atlanta, GA

6d•$50 - $58

About The Position

The Transplant Coordinator I enhances internal and external service quality through quality assurance and improvement practices and takes a holistic view of patient management. The coordinator develops and maintains nursing standards of care for a specific transplant population, serves as a liaison, and provides consultation and education to support those standards. The role identifies and resolves clinical issues involving transplant patients and collaborates with staff, patients, and families on evaluation and discharge planning. The coordinator contributes to interdisciplinary care planning, ensuring protocol medications and diagnostic tests are ordered, completed, and reviewed by a physician, and maintains appropriate documentation for transplant candidacy and post-transplant follow-up. Other related responsibilities may be assigned. The position coordinates outpatient transplant communications and patient flow from referral and evaluation through education, post-transplant follow-up, and referral back to the community. It supports transplant clinical quality and safety, participates in team rounds and interdisciplinary research, and coordinates collection of clinical data and patient samples for research studies. The role also follows Emory Healthcare customer service, confidentiality, and workplace relationship expectations and coordinates basic office equipment maintenance.

Requirements

Associate's degree in nursing.
Three years of recent clinical medical-surgical nursing experience.
Valid, active nursing license or temporary permit approved by the Georgia Licensing Board for roles requiring an unencumbered nursing license.
BLS certification.
If performing virtual care activities that may include multi-state practice, an active compact/multistate license (eNLC) is required within 60 days of hire. Employees in the role before 11/09/2025 have until their next renewal date to achieve compact status.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including occasional lifting and carrying of objects up to 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

Coordinate communications with outpatient transplant patients, including clinic visits, community referrals, telephone consultations, long-range beepers, outpatient treatments, and subsequent hospital admissions.
Develop and coordinate patient flow from initial referral through evaluation and education, post-transplant follow-up, and referral back to the community.
Collaborate with staff, patients, and families concerning patient evaluation and discharge planning.
Enhance service quality through quality assurance and improvement practices.
Develop and maintain nursing practice standards of care for a specific transplant population.
Identify and resolve clinical issues relating to transplant patients.
Report signs or symptoms of possible rejection immediately to the physician and care team.
Serve as a liaison and provide consultation and education services to support standards of care.
Participate in developing the interdisciplinary plan of care, ensuring protocol medications and pertinent diagnostic tests and their frequency are ordered, completed, and reviewed by a physician.
Participate in daily patient rounds or huddles with the transplant team.
Participate in collaborative interdisciplinary research activities related to transplant patients.
Coordinate collection of clinical data and patient samples for research studies.
Greet and welcome customers using the EHC customer service model and serve as a role model for excellent customer service.
Participate in departmental Press Ganey patient satisfaction initiatives.
Treat individuals with dignity and respect and participate in activities to improve working relationships within the section.
Maintain confidentiality of information.
Coordinate basic maintenance of office equipment, including fax machines, copiers, and printers.