Liver Transplant Assistant

About the role

The Transplant Assistant facilitates effective clinic organization and patient care by serving as a communication link between the patients, staff, physicians, hospital departments or other outside health care entities. Ensures compliance to CMS requirements for communication to families and donors. Develops and maintains systems for data management to meet requirements and for reporting to internal and external consumers of the information. This position supports the Hospital's and Department's Continuous Quality Improvement and customer service goals through modeling of appropriate behavior and by providing a work environment conducive to attaining these goals. The Transplant Assistant is assigned to a specific department supporting one or more patient populations and the transplant care management team. Duties may vary by setting and they generally work under limited supervision, while acting on their own initiative and direction. Typically, the Transplant Assistant may orient and educate other clerical positions. The position works to ensure an effective clinic flow, often interacting with patients to gather information that is used by others for their treatment and maintains complete and timely medical records and reports. They correspond with patients,