RN Coordinator Transplant - Kidney Acquisition Living Donor

Responsibilities

• Manages the master transplantation list, collects and evaluates data and makes recommendations pertinent to potential organ donation, medical management, and transplantation.
• Affords recipient and cadaver/live donor suitability and prepares them for solid organ transplantation.
• Applies recipient and cadaver/live donor selection criteria at time of transplant and coordinates preoperative care for cadaver/live donor and recipient.
• Maintains, evaluates, and reports postoperative organ function.
• Provides transplantation/implantation and discharge education to the recipient and family.
• Coordinates post-transplant/implant care and facilitates rehabilitation.
• Conducts nursing research and collaborative research with physician related activities, including gathering of data and analyzing results.
• Collaborates with the Business Office to coordinate financial aspects of transplantation/implantation for patients.
• Rotates Donor Call based on schedule assigned by Transplant Nurse Manager.
• Tracts patient calls and referrals (PH position only).
• Maintains, evaluates, and reports pulmonary function and identifies complications and interventions. (PH position only).
• Assembles sterile pump in the operating room (LVAD position only).
• Drives to rural communities to visit with patients and community agencies regarding care of the LVAD patient (LVAD position only).

Qualifications

• REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 3 years clinical hospital experience - 3 years Critical Care LPN or Paramedic experience may be substituted for 3 years of RN experience OR Bachelor's degree in Nursing may be substituted for 2 years of RN experience.
• EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in Nursing in lieu of 2 years of experience.
• LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS: RN (Registered Nurse) Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Oklahoma or current multistate license from a Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) member stateCCTC (Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator) OR CCTN (Certified Clinical Transplant Nurse) within 3 years of hireBLS (Basic Life Support) Issued by American Red Cross or American Heart Association within 30 days of hire.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English (verbal/written).
• LVAD position only: This job requires the incumbents to operate a INTEGRIS-owned vehicle OR personal vehicle (non INTEGRIS-owned) and therefore must have a current Oklahoma State Drivers License as well as a driving record which is acceptable to our insurance carrier.