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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Cleveland, Ohio

About this job

- Bachelors Degree Required

Coordinates all transplant activities.Assesses patient with transplant physician. Facilitates plan of care and symptom management with outpatient staff. Coordinates scheduling for follow-up appointments. Reviews medical information from referring physicians with transplant physician and initiates appropriate communication. Collaborates with patients' transplant physician and referring physician in the evaluation of patient for the transplant candidacy. Facilitates tissue typing of recipient and donor, arranges timing and collection of pre-testing prior to transplant with referring physician and transplant team. Assembles evaluation test results and arranges further testing after discussion with transplant physicians. Serves as contact person for pre-transplant evaluation for physician and/or insurance companies. Talks with patient and orders outpatient tests and consults. Prepares and presents case to selection committee. Places patient on national waiting list for transplantation. Coordinates ongoing care of in and outpatients waiting for transplant. Triages patients during the entire transplant process for any medical and psycho social issues. Is available by beeper and by phone in order to provide immediate assessment and delivery of care in a timely and cost effective manner. Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION: Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).

COMPLEXITY OF WORK: Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to prioritize work independently. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and with minimal supervision.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: Minimum of three years acute care experience including disease related experience. An additional five years of experience may offset the Bachelor's Degree requirement.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Requires full range of body motion, manual finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Requires working under stressful conditions and working irregular hours. Must be willing to be on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

MEDICAL STAFF APPROVAL:

MPC and MPCRN

Keywords: Transplant Coordinator I, Peds Cardio, Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiology, Pediatrics Transplant, Peds, Pediatrics

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Cardiac , Clinical , RN/LPN/APN/Ambulatory/Other Nursing-j2w , MPC , MPCRN , Medical , Nursing , Registered Nurse , Healthcare , Pediatric