[Hiring] Transplant Coordinator II, RN @Keck Medicine of USC

Role Description

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 Transplant Coordinator II has responsibility for taking call for the transplant programs. This job includes:

• Delegating appropriately all aspects of call related duties to the Donor Allocation Specialist.
• Review of all deceased donor organ offers when organs become available to transplant.
• Triage patient calls for the transplant programs and other duties assigned by the Donor Allocation Managers.
• Facilitating acceptance or refusal of donor organs for transplant and coordinating the organ recovery with the transplant surgeons, Organ and Tissue Donation Team, Histocompatibility lab, as well as communicating with patients receiving the organs.
• Coordinating urgent transplant listings of potential transplant recipients on nights and weekends as needed, including evaluation of all consults, labs, and procedures.
• Executing complex logistical support pertaining to all aspects of organ recovery and placement.
• Providing 24/7 coverage on a rotating schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• This is a home-based position that may require on-campus meetings and trainings as determined by the Donor Allocation Managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited school of Nursing OR Associate's degree in Nursing with a BSN degree conferred within two years of hire.
• 5 years of clinical experience in organ donation or transplantation.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to speak, read, and write English proficiently.
• 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.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse - RN (CA DCA)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
• 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).
• Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator - CCTC (ABTC) CCTC or CPTC required. If CPTC certified, must obtain CCTC within three years of hire.

Benefits

• Annual base salary range for this position is $151,424.00 - $246,605.00.
• Consideration for employment includes factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, and external market and organizational considerations.