RN Coordinator Clinical Abdominal Transplant, Allegheny General

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Job Description : 

Date Posted: 20251003

Location: Allegheny General Hospital

Department: Abdominal Transplant

Status: Full Time

Shift:  80 hours every two weeks

Daylight hours M-F, on site, no weekends or holidays

On call rotation

Union: YES

THE UNIT:

AGH's team of Abdominal Transplant Coordinators serve as liaisons between patients, donors, and the multidisciplinary team to evaluate and coordinate for kidney, pancreas, and liver transplantation. In addition, the Abdominal Transplant Coordinators play an integral role in coordination of post-transplant care.

ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL:

• AGH is a Level I Shock Trauma Center

• 5 state of the art ICU’s

• State of the art Cancer Center

• 550+ Beds

ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK:

At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities.  AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.

Job Summary: Responsible and accountable for a designated patient population for the purpose of providing care based upon enactment of the nursing process and floats to multiple areas within an assigned team based on skill level.

GENERAL OVERVIEW:

Coordinates and manages transplant patients' care throughout the entire transplant process.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinates all aspects of the transplant process including, but not limited to, referral, evaluation, waitlist, perioperative care, and follow-up care.

• Performs assessment of patients' status, intervenes when appropriate and reports findings to transplant  physicians.

• Ensures that patient education is planned, developed, implemented, evaluated and documented in patient chart and transplant database. Coordinates and presents formal in-service education programs for professional, as well as, general audiences.

• Coordinates the donor/recipient process as a liaison with the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO), referring physicians, histocompatibility laboratory, transplant physicians, hospital staff and patients.    

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum

• 3 years clinical RN experience

• Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).

• BSN

• CCTC required within three (3) years of start date

• CPR – American Heart Association

• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate

• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate

• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate

Preferred

• 1 year transplant experience

• American Board of Transplant Coordination Clinical Certification Examination

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