Transplant Coordinator / Liver Center

Overview

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Description

8:30am - 5pm/ Full time/ 40 hours 

• The Transplant Coordinator I enhances internal and external quality of services through quality assurance and improvement practices.
• This person has a holistic view of patient management.
• He/she develops and maintains nursing practice standards of care for a specific transplant population.
• Serves as a liaison and provides consultation and education services to support standards of care.
• Identifies and resolves clinical issues relating to the transplant patient.
• Coordinates the collection of clinical data and patient samples for research studies.
• Collaborates with staff, the patient, and his/her family concerning patient evaluation and discharge planning.
• Participates in developing the interdisciplinary plan of care ensuring essential protocol medications, pertinent diagnostic tests, and frequency are ordered, completed and reviewed by physician.
• Reports signs/symptoms of possible rejection immediately to physician and care team.
• Maintains appropriate documentation for transplant candidacy and post-transplant follow-up care.
• Coordinates communications with the outpatient transplant population such as transplant clinic visits, community referrals, telephone consultations, arranging for long-range beepers, outpatient treatments, and subsequent hospital admissions.
• Develops and coordinates a system to organize the flow of patients from initial referral, through evaluation and education, to post-transplant follow-up and referral back to the community.
• Participates in daily patient rounds/huddles with transplant team.
• Participates in collaborative, interdisciplinary research activities related to transplant patients.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.
• Basic Responsibilities of all EHC Employees: Greets and welcomes all customers utilizing the EHC customer service model.
• Serves as a role model of excellent customer service.
• Participates as a key contributor to the Press Ganey patient satisfaction initiatives within the department.
• Treats all individuals with dignity and respect and participates in activities to improve working relationships within the section.
• Maintains confidentiality of information. Coordinates basic maintenance of office equipment (fax, copier, printers, etc).

Minimum Qualification:

• An Associate's degree in nursing. 3 years of recent, clinical, medical-surgical nursing experience.
• All nurses employed in roles requiring an unencumbered nursing license must have a valid, active license or temporary permit approved by the Georgia Licensing Board.
• BLS certification required.

Additional Details

Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare’s Human Resources at [email protected]. Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.