RN, Ambulatory - Transplant Specialist

Facility: 7th Thayer Dial Trnplt • Location: Bismarck, ND • Address: 209 N 7th St, Bismarck, ND 58501, USA

About the role

Delegate care, services, operational and managerial clinical activities for transplant candidates and recipients. Manage information for internal and external transplant databases. Coordinate the entire transplant process for assigned patients, including initial evaluation, organ procurement, admission, testing, education, treatment, discharge and post-transplant care. This position will focus mostly on the quality aspect of our transplant department including maintaining the monthly score card, providing monthly updates and reporting out at the transplant committee.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a focused and effective effort between the transplant center and its major patient referral sources (e.g., Dialysis Units and Nephrology Clinics) for renal transplantation.
• Assume a case manager role in assuring that potential transplant recipients and donors receive timely, efficient transplant education, work-up, updates, and activation for transplantation when directed.
• Manage a designated caseload of patients during the pre/post-recipient and pre/post-donor transplant process, including coordination of referrals and responding to roadblocks within the transplant workup process.
• Provide patient, family, and staff educational programming.
• Ensure policies, procedures, and all regulatory requirements are met to keep the transplant program in compliance with various governing agencies.
• May provide outreach services to regional dialysis and nephrology programs.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited nursing program required, including, but not limited to, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).
• Bachelor’s Degree in nursing required, or in the process of acquiring with an estimated completion date within five years.
• Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
• Minnesota RN license is required within six months of date into position.
• Obtains and subsequently maintains required department-specific competencies and certifications.

Schedule

• Full time
• Day shifts
• 8-hour shifts
• 40 hours per week

Pay

Salary range: $17.00 - $24.00 per hour

Benefits

Sanford offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, benefits may include:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Work/life balance benefits
• Generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance

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