RN Post Kidney Transplant Coordinator

About the role

Baylor Scott & White Health promotes the well-being of all individuals, families, and communities. We strive to provide exceptional experiences and support our patients and their families.

Shift/Schedule

Full-time days, Monday-Friday, five 8-hour days or four 10-hour days. Required "after hour on call" approximately three days a month.

Essential Functions of the Role

• Assessing transplant eligibility for patients involving interviews and family discussions.
• Cooking tests for transplant candidates, identifying issues in results, and arranging necessary care.
• Working closely with patients, physicians, and other healthcare providers during this process.
• Managing recipient’s post-transplant care, arranging admissions, lab tests, clinic visits, and coordinating with referring, primary care providers.
• Understanding test results, identifying irregularities, setting up needed care as directed, and teaching candidates, families, and caregivers about evaluation, organ allocation, waiting, post-operative, immunosuppression effects, complications, and psychological impact of transplant.
• Using insurance knowledge to help with post-transplant prescriptions, addressing patients' coverage issues, maintaining long-term prescriptions, complying with various regulatory policies, and maintaining records on the transplant waitlist through different online programs.
• Coordinating recipient transplants, using the donor website, communicating with potential recipients, assessing their health status, and notifying hospital departments.

Key Success Factors

• Comprehensive skills in nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
• Knowledge of medical terms, health practices, disease control, medication specs, and side effects.
• Respect for, and diligent observance of, professional nursing ethics and patient privacy rights.
• Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written, for clear transmission of ideas.
• Basic computer skills: Microsoft Office, information security, scheduling systems, payroll systems, electronic medical records, and email use.

Qualifications

• A minimum of an associate's degree in a related field.
• Two years of professional experience as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• A current Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) skills required or obtainable within 30 days if not already held.