Develops and maintains nursing practice standards of care for a specific transplant population. Serves as a liaison and provides consultation and education services to support standards of care. Identifies and resolves clinical issues relating to the transplant patient. Collaborates with staff, the patient, and his/her family concerning patient evaluation and discharge planning. Maintains appropriate documentation for transplant candidacy and post-transplant follow-up care. Coordinates communications with the outpatient transplant population such as transplant clinic visits, community referrals, telephone consultations, outpatient treatments, and subsequent hospital admissions. Develops and coordinates 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 collaborative, interdisciplinary research activities related to transplant patients or process improvement activities. Performs related responsibilities as required. This position may require rotating on call responsibilities as needed, including nights, weekends and holidays.

The Donor Allocation Transplant Coordinator I is responsible for taking call for the transplant programs. This call includes delegating appropriately all aspects of call related duties to the Donor Allocation Specialist, reviewing deceased donor organ offers when organs become available to transplant candidates for all organs, triaging patient calls for the transplant programs and other duties assigned by the Donor Allocation Managers. The Donor Allocation Transplant Coordinator I facilitate acceptance or refusal of donor organs for transplant and coordinates the organ recovery with the transplant surgeons, Organ and Tissue Donation Team, Histocompatibility lab, as well as communicates with patients receiving the organs. The Donor Allocation Transplant Coordinator I must be able to execute complex logistical support pertaining to all aspects of organ recovery and placement. The coordinator provides 24/7 coverage on a rotating schedule including nights, weekends and holidays is a home-based position that may require on campus meetings and trainings as determined by the Donor Allocation Managers.

Essential Duties:

• Takes deceased donor organ offers when organs become available to transplant candidates and after hours patient triage calls for the transplant programs.
• Facilitates acceptance or refusal of donor organs for transplant and coordinates the organ recovery with the transplant surgeons, Organ and Tissue Donation Team, Histocompatibility lab, as well as communicates with patients receiving the organs
• Executes complex logistical support pertaining to all aspects of organ recovery and placement.
• Maintains composure and professional communication in all interactions with surgeons, potential recipients, Organ and Tissue Donation Staff, donor hospital staff and the staff at Keck Medical Center of USC.
• Demonstrate competence in triaging patient calls after hours and escalating calls to the on-call physician when appropriate
• Demonstrates competence and management in the care of people with renal, hepatic, cardiac, and respiratory failure, diabetes, cardiopulmonary disease, hypertension, and other disorders related to transplantation. Knowledgeable in the management of immunosuppression including a host of adverse reactions and drug interactions.
• Demonstrates sound knowledge base of UNOS policy and CMS regulatory requirements in relation to organ allocation, waitlist management as well as ongoing patient status updating.
• Participates in UNOS responsibilities (listing, delisting, disease transmission reporting, donor culture reports management, status updates for all solid organs, etc.), and waiting list management
• Knowledge of computer software is required to operate within the programs local network, utilizing the Cerner platform and UNOS platform.
• Responsible for entering and obtaining information in the potential recipients chart, and accessing the UNOS database for transplant donors.
• Participates in 24/7 on call coverage on a rotating schedule, including nights, weekends and holidays.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Req Bachelor's degree Nursing BSN
• Req Bachelor's degree Nursing BSN degree or currently enrolled in a BSN program (degree must be completed within 18 months of hire)

• Req 2 years Transplant Coordination experience required in both abdominal and cardiothoracic transplant *Or 2 years Organ Procurement or organ allocation experience required OR
• Req 2 years 2 years Organ Procurement experience and 2 years critical care experience required
• Req On-call experience required.

• Req Must have excellent communication skills, including the ability to speak, read and write English proficiently.
• Req Knowledge of medical procedures and conditions and ability to understand, follow and successfully perform duties, including whole blood collection, and apheresis procedures, in accordance with administrative and clinical policies, regulations and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pref Master's degree Nursing Masters Degree in Nursing or in progress, strongly preferred * Masters Degree in Nursing may be in lieu-of Bachelors Degree in Nursing.

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Req Registered Nurse - RN (CA Board of Registered Nursing) Active CA RN license
• Req Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association

Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)

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