Clinical Transplant Coordinator- University Hospital
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Job Description
Overview
IU Health has been nationally ranked for 25 straight years per the U.S. News & World Report!
Just another reason why you should build your nursing career with IU Health. We have an outstanding opportunity available for a Clinical Transplant Coordinator to join our team at our University Hospital location in Indianapolis in the liver transplant department. This role will work Monday-Friday, day shift between the clinic and the hospital as well as handling patient phone calls.
As part of an award-winning hospital system, our part-time and full-time roles include:
- Competitive pay
- Development opportunities & tuition reimbursement
- Matching 401K
- Health insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Paid Medical Leave
The Transplant Coordinator position is a pre liver transplant position responsible for the medical management of our liver transplant patients. This includes responding to and addressing patients’ medical needs such as coordination of paracenteses, managing peritonitis infections, monitoring for hepatic encephalopathy, reviewing labs, assisting MD providers in clinic, coordinating admissions, liver cancer surveillance imaging, and working with the providers to keep the patients medically stable while waiting to be placed on the transplant list as well as while awaiting liver transplant. The coordinator will also track patients’ MELD scores via labs and get updates on a routine basis and submit to UNOS to make sure a patient’s place in line on the waiting list is reflective of their current medical condition.
The Transplant Coordinator fulfills the primary responsibilities involved coordinating the multidisciplinary approach in the evaluation, treatment and facilitation of the transplant process, and the follow-up care of those individuals receiving organ transplants, and those who have donated. The role is one of collaboration and coordination and is both collegial and consultative to nursing leadership, primary nurses and other members of the health care team.
- Requires clinical practice experience related to the program.
- Requires strong organizational; writing; interpersonal; and verbal communications skills.
- Requires critical thinking skills.
- Requires ability to work independently.
- Requires ability to track and perform multiple tasks.
- Requires ability to manage projects. Requires an Associates of Nursing (ASN); Bachelors of Nursing (BSN) preferred. New ASN RNs hired after January 1, 2013 will be required to complete their BSN within five (5) years from date of hire into this job. Requires a current Nursing license from the state.
- Basic Life Support certification required. Other advanced life support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies. v2
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Qualifications for the Clinical Transplant Coordinator- University Hospital Role
Overview
IU Health has been nationally ranked for 25 straight years per the U.S. News & World Report!
Just another reason why you should build your nursing career with IU Health. We have an outstanding opportunity available for a Clinical Transplant Coordinator to join our team at our University Hospital location in Indianapolis in the liver transplant department. This role will work Monday-Friday, day shift between the clinic and the hospital as well as handling patient phone calls.
As part of an award-winning hospital system, our part-time and full-time roles include:
- Competitive pay
- Development opportunities & tuition reimbursement
- Matching 401K
- Health insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Paid Medical Leave
The Transplant Coordinator position is a pre liver transplant position responsible for the medical management of our liver transplant patients. This includes responding to and addressing patients’ medical needs such as coordination of paracenteses, managing peritonitis infections, monitoring for hepatic encephalopathy, reviewing labs, assisting MD providers in clinic, coordinating admissions, liver cancer surveillance imaging, and working with the providers to keep the patients medically stable while waiting to be placed on the transplant list as well as while awaiting liver transplant. The coordinator will also track patients’ MELD scores via labs and get updates on a routine basis and submit to UNOS to make sure a patient’s place in line on the waiting list is reflective of their current medical condition.
The Transplant Coordinator fulfills the primary responsibilities involved coordinating the multidisciplinary approach in the evaluation, treatment and facilitation of the transplant process, and the follow-up care of those individuals receiving organ transplants, and those who have donated. The role is one of collaboration and coordination and is both collegial and consultative to nursing leadership, primary nurses and other members of the health care team.
- Requires experience that provides evidence of clinical competency and leadership skills.
- Requires clinical practice experience related to the program.
- Requires strong organizational; writing; interpersonal; and verbal communications skills.
- Requires critical thinking skills.
- Requires ability to work independently.
- Requires ability to track and perform multiple tasks.
- Requires ability to manage projects. Requires an Associates of Nursing (ASN); Bachelors of Nursing (BSN) preferred. New ASN RNs hired after January 1, 2013 will be required to complete their BSN within five (5) years from date of hire into this job. Requires a current Nursing license from the state.
- Basic Life Support certification required. Other advanced life support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies. v2
#LI-SL1
Indiana University Health is Indiana’s most comprehensive health system, with 16 hospitals and more than 34,000 team members serving Hoosiers across the state. Our partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine gives our team members access to the very latest science and the very best training, advancing care for all. We’re looking for team members who share the things that matter most to us. People who are inspired by challenging and meaningful work for the good of every patient. People who are compassionate and serve with a purpose. People who aspire to excellence every day. People who are always ready to apply themselves.
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