[Hiring] Donor Procurement Coordinator @Cleveland Clinic

Role Description

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and make a lasting, meaningful impact on patient care. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As Donor Procurement Coordinator, you will coordinate all activities related to:

• The receipt of organ offers for transplant
• Evaluation of organ offers for suitability
• Procurement of organs and transplant set-ups

Your position is essential to the organization and functioning of the Transplant Center, allowing caregivers to supply patients with the necessary treatment they need.

This is a remote role. A caregiver in this position works varying 12hr shifts on a day/night rotation.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Comply with OPTN/UNOS requirements for post-transplant documentation of donor and transplant activities.
• Serve as the contact for all potential offers for transplant from local, regional and national organ procurement organizations.
• Organize the procurement team and dispatch team to the donor site within the required time frame.
• Coordinate air or ground transportation of organs.
• Serve as a resource for organ recovery and preservation.
• Assist in training organ preservation caregivers.
• Orient new residents and fellows to renal procurement, renal allocation and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and present professional education programs as needed.
• Obtain, analyze and report pertinent data regarding potential donors and accepted organs for transplants.
• Attend selection committee meetings.
• Abstract data and enter data into the transplant database.
• Maintain valid licensure and required certificates (Registered Nurse, Registered Respiratory Therapist or Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a science-related field OR a degree/diploma from an accredited Nursing School, Respiratory Therapy Program or Paramedic Program
• One year of experience as an organ procurement coordinator OR clinical experience in critical care or in the field of organ procurement/transplant
• Maintain valid licenses and required certificates (Registered Nurse, Respiratory Therapist or Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic)

Requirements

• Certified Procurement Transplant Coordinator (CPTC) by the American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC)
• Previous transplant or organ procurement experience
• Related healthcare experience, UNOS/UNET experience and knowledge

Benefits

• Equal opportunity to all caregivers and applicants for employment in a drug-free environment.
• Compliance with an influenza prevention program, including obtaining an influenza vaccination annually or obtaining an approved exemption.