[Hiring] Organ Donor Coordinator @CommonSpirit Health

Role Description

The Organ Donor Coordinator position is responsible for supporting the organ procurement services required for transplantation and maintains the peri-operative phase of recipient transplantation. Primary responsibilities for this position include:

• Logistics management, preservation, packaging, and labeling of organs for transplantation.
• Facilitating organ offer review and acceptance processes.
• Recipient admission and pre-operative preparation for transplantation.
• Ensuring adherence to current OPTN/UNOS regulations and allocation policies.
• Communicating with all members of the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO), recovery and transplant teams, and recipient candidates and families.

Qualifications

• Three years of healthcare experience, one year which must be in direct patient care/contact or Organ Procurement Organization, upon hire.
• Preferred: Transplant-related experience, upon hire.
• Certified Surgical Technologist, upon hire or Certified Surgical First Assistant, upon hire.

Requirements

• Communicates in an active, positive, and effective manner to all team members and outside organization partners.
• Collects appropriate data necessary for decision-making regarding organ acceptance/decline for transplant.
• Identifies and responds to the psychosocial needs of the transplant candidate/family/caregivers.
• Participates in organ recovery process according to transplant center protocol.
• Ensures proper review of donor verifications prior to recovery with a recovery surgeon.
• Facilitates transportation arrangements and assures availability of necessary supplies and equipment for recovery.
• Assists in surgical recovery procedures as required.
• Enters appropriate acceptance and decline codes via DonorNet in a timely manner.
• Communicates effectively to ensure proper review of donor medical history and diagnostic data.
• Maintains CMS and OPTN compliant documentation throughout the phases of the process.
• Maintains and submits accurate data for hospital-based statistics and regulatory agencies.
• Participates and contributes in department initiatives for quality and process/performance improvement.

Benefits

• Opportunities for continuing education and professional development.
• Participation in department donor awareness events and educational opportunities.

Company Description

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. Our team’s efforts have led to the creation of many research programs and initiatives to develop advanced treatments found nowhere else in the world.

• The new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians.
• The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.
• Our strong alliance with Texas Heart® Institute and Baylor College of Medicine allows us to bring our patients a powerful network of care unlike any other.