Organ Transplant Nurse Coord
Company: The University of Kansas Health System
Location: Kansas City
Posted on: January 27, 2023
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Job Description:
locations
Kansas City, KS
time type
Full time
posted on
Posted 30+ Days Ago
job requisition id
R-21299
Position Title
Organ Transplant Nurse Coord
Bell Hospital
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Position Summary / Career Interest:
The Organ Transplant Nurse Coordinator plans, directs, and provides
specialized nursing care with the primary emphasis on the treatment
of individuals with end stage organ disease that are designated to
have a solid organ transplant. Provides continuity and coordination
of patient care; conducts patient and professional education
initiatives; collaborative relationship with multidisciplinary
teams, community resources and agencies.
Responsibilities:
Demonstrate knowledge and ability to facilitate living
donation/transplantation, and will utilize that knowledge to
coordinate the care of the living donor for evaluation and live
organ donation. Identifies appropriate live donor candidate upon
referral, and interacts with appropriate staff.
Demonstrates knowledge and ability to coordinate the care of the
transplant recipient in the outpatient setting to achieve optimal
physical, social and emotional rehabilitation. Identifies and
responds to recipient/family/legal guardian's educational,
psychosocial and economic needs in post-transplant phase.
Reinforces post-operative teaching. Collects and reviews data
pertinent to recipient's health and organ function. Communicates
lab data and diagnostic results to transplant physician/health care
provider. Implements changes in drug/treatment therapy as ordered
by physician(s) and/or health care provider. Arranges for
consultations, diagnostic procedures and hospitalization when
indicated. Reinforces and facilitates need for well care (i.e.,
periodic mammography, pap smears and colonoscopy). Ensures
recipient is screened annually for malignancy. Assesses recipient's
need for immunizations.
Demonstrates knowledge and the ability to monitor and coordinate
care of the candidate awaiting organ transplantation. Develops and
institutes a teaching plan addressing transplant
candidate/family/legal guardian's learning needs. Maintains/ensures
communication with patient, referring physicians, payers, other
health care providers and transplant team members. Ensures
cytotoxic antibody screen is obtained regularly per transplant
center protocol. Maintains routine health maintenance and
surveillance for malignancy during the waiting period. Exhibits
ability to maintain and update candidate-listing status per
OPTN/UNOS regulations. Identifies the need for candidate
re-evaluation and initiates when appropriate. Provides andmaintains
comprehensive documentation of candidate progress.
Demonstrates proficiency and continual growth in the knowledge of
transplantation.Reviews and integrates into practice the current
professional literature in the field of transplant. Attends
practice-related conferences. Participates in professional
transplant/procurement organizations. Examines current
transplant-related research. Shares knowledge through
mentoring/precepting newly hired staff. Demonstrates understanding
and the ability to assume responsibility for individual judgments
to achieve the highest quality of care for the transplant
candidate, recipient, family and living donor.
Demonstrates understanding and ability to facilitate/coordinate
evaluation and OPTN/UNOS listing of potential transplant candidate.
Identifies appropriate candidate upon referral, and interacts with
appropriate staff. Identifies requirements for candidate
evaluation. Coordinates with multidisciplinary team the evaluation
process for potential transplant candidate.
Demonstrates understanding of post-transplant management including
medications, complications, interventions and discharge planning in
the coordination of recipient care. Demonstrates the ability to
collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary team. Monitors
patient progress post-transplant. Identifies complications and
considers interventions with the transplant team. Communicates
recipient's status to referring physician, health care providers
and payers. Identifies and responds to the educational,
psychosocial and economic needs of recipient/family/legal guardian
during hospitalization. Educates recipient/family/legal guardian
regarding care and responsibilities after transplantation.
Educates candidate/family/legal guardian about living donation
options, evaluation process, OPTN regulations, organ allocation,
waiting phase, transplant process, risks/benefits, including
utilization of expanded donors, high-risk donors, if applicable,
post-operative phase including immunosuppressive therapy and
effects, potential research protocols of the transplant program,
candidate/family/legal guardian responsibility throughout the
transplant process.
Exhibits knowledge and ability to facilitate transplant process
when organ becomes available to transplant candidate. This includes
defining and adhering to the current OPTN/UNOS regulations and
allocation policies. Communicates with the OPO and collects the
appropriate data necessary for decision-making regarding organ
acceptance/rejection for transplant. Shares necessary information
about the donor organ, including ABO compatibility, with the
transplant surgeon/physician. Reviews potential recipient's current
medical status to determine eligibility for transplant. Assesses
need for and obtains results of final cytotoxic cross match.
Facilitates admission or transfer of patient to the transplant.
Arranges any preoperative procedures required (i.e., dialysis).
Notifies transplant team of pending surgical procedure. Acts as a
liaison between the donor and recipient transplant teams. Exhibits
ability to remove transplant recipient from list per OPTN/UNOS
regulations. Provides outcome specifics to OPO for donor family
follow-up. Maintains communication with referring physician, health
care providers and payers.
Identifies and responds to the psychosocial and economic needs of
the transplant candidate/family/legal guardian during evaluation.
Demonstrates knowledge of, and compliance with, OPTN/UNOS policies
and listing requirements. Informs and educates patient/family/legal
guardian at time of listing. Ensures patient and referring
physician are informed in writing of transplant listing, denial or
postponement. Provides and maintains comprehensive documentation of
evaluation process and makes appropriate referrals to
specialists.
Interprets serological results of the potential transplant
candidate and their implications for transplant. Obtains recipient
blood type, tissue typing and cytotoxic antibodies according to
transplant center protocol. Identifies possible co-morbidities in
the transplant candidate and evaluates as indicated. Identifies
absolute and relative contraindications to transplantation. Ensures
patient understands risk and benefit of immunizations required
prior to transplantation.
*Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or
technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
*Note: These statements are intended to describe the essential
functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list
of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon
your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as
required.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Required:
Associate's Degree in Nursing
Must complete Bachelor's Degree in Nursing within five years of
hire/transfer
Basic Life Support Certification
Registered Nurse in State of Kansas
Minimum two years acute clinical experience
As a condition of your employment and continued employment with the
health system, you are required to secure a Nurse Compact License
(NCL) within 60 days of your date of hire. - This will enable you
to perform your job duties not only in Kansas, but other compact
states. - -You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in
securing this license, and must provide your manager with evidence
of this license before the sixty-day period expires. - If you fail
to secure the NCL as required, you will be immediately removed from
the work schedule and placed on an unpaid administrative leave,
until we can understand the reasons for your non-compliance. -
Further failure to comply with the licensing requirement will
result in your end of employment with the health system. - -
Preferred:
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
Time Type:
Full time
Job Requisition ID:
R-21299
We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a
person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender
identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age
(40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic
information.
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team at The University of Kansas Health System, the region's
premier academic medical center. We invite you to join us as we
lead the way, setting new standards for advanced and compassionate
patient care.
The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, Kansas is a
world-class academic medical center and destination for complex
care and diagnosis. We offer more options for patients with serious
conditions because of our expertise and leadership in medical
research and education. Our physicians are researchers and
educators expanding the boundaries of medical knowledge. Their
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When you need the most advanced care, you'll find our hospital is
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Once again, The University of Kansas Hospital was nationally ranked
as the best hospital in Kansas City and in Kansas. No other
hospital has ever held these honors. We also ranked among the
nation's best in 8 specialties, the most of any hospital in the
region.
The best place for cancer treatment is the best place for oncology
nurses. The University of Kansas Cancer Center is the region's only
NCI-designated Cancer Center and one of only 71 in the nation. NCI
designation means our patients have greater access to clinical
trials using the newest drugs and therapies closer to home. We
treat the most complex cases with the most advanced approaches. We
offer the hope we may one day cure cancer.
The University of Kansas Hospital is the first hospital in Kansas
to attain the highly coveted Magnet designation from the American
Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Our Department of Nursing began
working toward this goal in 2002 and received the designation on
December 20, 2006. Less than four percent of all hospitals
nationwide have earned this distinction since the ANCC developed
the Magnet Recognition Program in 1990. -In 2022, the ANCC
announced that the health system's Kansas City Division had
received Magnet designation for the fourth consecutive time. -
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) announced today
that The University of Kansas Health System's Kansas City Division
has received Magnet designation for the fourth consecutive time
since 2006.
Magnet recognition is the gold standard for nursing excellence and
moves the Kansas City Division into an elite group of healthcare
organizations.
According to the ANCC:
- 570 hospitals (9%) out of 6,090 nationwide are Magnet-designated
facilities.
- Less than 2% of U.S. hospitals (140) have earned designation four
times or more.
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