What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transplant Coordinator / Kidney Center position at Emory Healthcare?
Overview
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Description
7:30pm to 8am/ Nights / 36 hours / 12 hour shift
We are seeking a capable Transplant Coordinator Registered Nurse / RN who has acquired broad experience in caring for patients, and has developed a sound understanding about the care of a particular patient population.
- Transplant Coordinator II is an experienced transplant nurse and functions in a patient-centered care model of practice and specializes in care of adult patients along the continuum of end stage organ disease and transplant.
- He/she provides patient care throughout all phases of the transplant process: pre transplant, peri transplant, post-transplant.
- Serves as a liaison and provides consultation and education services to support standards of care.
- Performs related responsibilities as required. Works with a team to coordinate a system to organize the flow of patients from initial referral, through evaluation and education, to post-transplant follow-up and referral back to the community.
- Participates in daily patient rounds/huddles with transplant team. Participates in collaborative, interdisciplinary research activities related to transplant patients.
- May lead mid-sized projects and coaches and guides team members to solutions. Serves as a peer to peer coach for onboarding new team members and transplant coordinators. F
- acilitates the empowerment of the nursing profession and excels in implementing new knowledge and improvements in practice to enhance the patient experience outcomes and clinical outcomes.
- Develops self and others by investing time, energy and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance or outcomes.
- Participates in onboarding and mentoring new and existing staff by sharing knowledge, skills and departmental processes.
- Collaborates with the physicians/surgeons and case managers to coordinate transplantation process.
- Identifies, assesses and resolves clinical issues relating to the transplant patient per established protocols. Collaborates with staff, the patient, and family concerning patient evaluation and discharge planning and long term follow up care.
- Identifies abnormal lab and test results (including regular immunosuppressive therapy and trough management) and develops a plan of care to collaborate with physicians on appropriate next steps. Coordinate biopsy and infusion services with transplant staff or ancillary services.
Minimum Qualifications
- An Associate's degree in nursing.
- 4 years of recent, clinical, medical-surgical nursing experience which includes at least one years in a transplant coordinator role.
- All nurses employed in roles requiring an unencumbered nursing license must have a valid, active license or temporary permit approved by the Georgia Licensing Board.
- BLS certification required.
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Additional Details
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