Transplant Coordinator Job Description
Transplant coordinator
provides appropriate medical information about each potential donor’s organ function to personnel at designated transplant center(s) according to the OPTN/UNOS match run list; complies with OPTN/UNOS, New York State and FLDRN organ allocation policies.
Transplant Coordinator Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT - Obtains ABTC Certification within 2 years
Educate patients, families and staff regarding transplantation
Develop policies, procedures and clinical protocols
Facilitate and coordinate the evaluation of potential transplant candidates, recipients hospitalized for transplantation and post-operative complications and transplant recipients followed as outpatients
POST-TRANSPLANT IN-PATIENT PERIOD - Monitors patient progress post-transplant and educates recipient/family regarding care and responsibilities after transplantation
Coordinating and providing education to cardiac transplant patients and families
Coordinating the diverse inpatient and outpatient clinical management of the cardiac transplant population
Telephone medical advice, interaction with both patients and primary physicians, participation in administrative, selection and education meetings, and inpatient rounds
Ensuring adherence to protocols and program certification requirements
Taking history and physical assessment of cardiac patients
Transplant Coordinator Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Transplant Coordinator
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, ACLS, CPR, CCTC, AHA, OCN, PA, DEA, NP, CNA
Education for Transplant Coordinator
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the transplant coordinator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Nursing, Education, Associates, School of Nursing, Science, Healthcare, Nursing Program, Graduate, Medical, Business
Skills for Transplant Coordinator
Desired skills for transplant coordinator include:
Multiple payor contracts
OPTN/UNOS regulations and allocation policies
Procedures
Patient and patient condition
New departments
Treatments
Listed patients' status to ensure patient safety and facilitate organ placement in collaboration with transplant physicians
Transplantation
Development
Growth
Desired experience for transplant coordinator includes:
Facilitating follow up care
Ordering labs for upcoming outpatient appointments
Assisting with discharge planning
Calling patients with lab results and adjusting medications
Medication reconciliation and teaching
Triaging patient calls
Transplant Coordinator Examples
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Transplant Coordinator Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a transplant coordinator. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for transplant coordinator
- Knowledge of clinical issues pertinent to solid organ transplantation
- Collaborate with physicians and other program staff to evaluated and manage patients
- Complete data capture, analysis and reporting other administrative functions required for transplant program operations
- Participate in the care of heart failure patients
- Monitors post-transplant patient status
- Coordinating and providing education to transplant patients and families
- Coordinating the diverse inpatient and outpatient clinical management of the transplant population
- Telephone medical advice and interaction with both patients and Primary Physicians
- Participation in administrative, selection and education meetings
- Inpatient rounds
Qualifications for transplant coordinator
- Demonstrated skills in critical thinking, problem solving and clinical case management
- Requires full range of body motion, manual finger dexterity , hand and eye coordination
- Must be willing to be on call 24 hours per day on a rotating basis
- Utilize new modalities to help match donors and recipients
- Support patients’ pre-transplant needs
- Educate patients, families and other health care providers
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Our company is hiring for a transplant coordinator. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for transplant coordinator
- Works with Transplant Program Directors and Transplant Institute leadership to identify programmatic goals and to develop mechanisms for implementing goals with staff including written policies and procedures, documented protocols and pathways, and clear workflows
- Have the ability to work independently and will deadlines
- Assesses with other clinical personnel donor’s learning needs, coping skills, decision making process, long-term expectations and commitment regarding the donation process
- Identifies and responds to the educational, psychosocial and economic needs of potential live donor candidates and families
- Collects and reviews evaluation results with the transplant team
- Participates in the determination of a potential live donor’s suitability to donate for transplant according to transplant center protocol and OPTN/UNOS regulations
- Identifies and coordinates responses to the psychosocial and economic needs of potential transplant candidates/families/legal guardians
- Facilitates meeting with Independent Live Donor Advocate
- Assures evaluation and written assessment will be completed by the for each potential live organ donor
- Reviews potential recipient's current medical status to determine eligibility for transplant
Qualifications for transplant coordinator
- Minimum 2 years related clinical experience, previous transplant experience preferred
- Utilizes transplant specific patient database for completion of patient records and documentation
- Coordinates all aspects of transplant process for the transplant patient which may include outreach trips/travel
- Provides patient and family education based on specific disease/condition and patient needs identified in established plan of care
- Arranges for patient’s ordered diagnostic and therapeutic services consultations
- Evaluates outcomes of patient care and transplant process
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Transplant Coordinator Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of transplant coordinator. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for transplant coordinator
- PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 29
- Communicates with organ procurement agency/ORC and collects the appropriate data necessary for decision making re organ acceptance/rejection for transplant as applicable
- Exhibits ability to remove transplant recipient from the list per UNOS regulations as applicable
- Coordinates and presents formal in-service education programs for professional, , general audiences
- Will use knowledge of insurance companies to coordinate coverages for patient
- POST-TRANSPLANT OUT-PATIENT PERIOD - Identifies and responds to recipient and family needs in post-transplant phase
- PRE-TRANSPLANT PERIOD - Maintains communication with patient and referring physician
- TRANSPLANT REFERRAL AND EVALUATION - Receives referrals, triages appropriately and proceeds with evaluation requirements per protocol, including input from other team members
- Identifies appropriate transplant candidates upon referral and interacts with appropriate hospital staff
- Identifies requirements for candidate evaluation
Qualifications for transplant coordinator
- Professional role model for all staff demonstrating ethical, legal, and professional nursing process
- Responds to requests from potential transplant candidates and dialysis centers, if applicable, regarding Selection process (including inclusion and exclusion criteria)
- Identifies and coordinates responses to the psychosocial, nutritional, and financial needs of potential transplant candidates/families/legal guardians
- Communicates with referring physicians, other health care providers, payers, and transplant team members regarding the candidate’s status and evaluation outcome
- Ensures patient, referring physician, and dialysis center, if applicable are informed in writing of transplant listing, denial or deferral
- Acts as the resource person for internal and external health care providers, including patients and their family/support members
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Our company is looking for a transplant coordinator. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for transplant coordinator
- Uses a variety of resources and strategies to manage the care of patients participating in research, ensuring compliance with protocol procedures, assessments, and reporting requirements management of symptoms
- Supports the development of others
- Creates an open environment of open dialogue, inquiry and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice
- Coordinates the evaluation process for potential transplant candidates with the multidisciplinary team
- Provides data to regulatory agencies
- Demonstrates knowledge of compliance with United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policies and listing requirements
- Schedules and coordinates patient consults
- Understands patient diagnosis/treatment plan and educates patients appropriately
- Assists patients with housing, insurance, and caregiver needs throughout transplant process
- Plans and initiates team meetings to review patient treatment plans with physicians
Qualifications for transplant coordinator
- Professional certification in clinical area or management preferred
- Reasoning and mathematical skills performed at high school level
- Minimum 4 years medical insurance benefit coverage assessment, processing and invoices
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education/experience in a medical surgical unit, intensive care unit or transplant unit (one year of experience equals one year of education) required
- RN license to practice in state(s) where care is provided
- Unit specific certification as required (BLS, ACLS, PALS, etc)
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of transplant coordinator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for transplant coordinator
- Coordinate all patient care needs before, during and after transplantation
- Responsible for overall organization and workflow of transplant process
- List and maintain patients on liver transplant waitlist
- Ability to coordinate transplant team activities with patients, families, organ donor networks regulatory agencies, and support groups
- Coordinates the care of the transplant patients through collaboration with the transplant attending surgeons, surgical residents, attending medical staff, transplant nurse educator, nurse practitioners/physician assistants, and nursing staff on the SICU, transplant unit, and transplant clinics
- Serves as a clinical expert and resource for the education of peers, staff members and other health professionals
- Monitors post-transplant patient indicators and coordinates post-transplant care with the NYULMC physicians the patients local physician
- POST-TRANSPLANT/VAD IN-PATIENT PERIOD 18
- PRE-TRANSPLANT/VAD PERIOD 7
- Assess processes,communicate observations, concerns and ideas to the Treatment Team in a timely and professional manner to maintain high standards of patient care
Qualifications for transplant coordinator
- Two years acute care RN experience
- Ability to effectively perform ("take") after hour and weekend call rotation
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and appropriately both orally and in writing
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal problem solving skills, ability to prioritize, and work independently in a fast-paced, challenging work environment
- Experience in a role that requires working effectively while under pressure
- Previous nursing experience with renal transplant, dialysis or nephrology preferred