Transplant Nurse (RN) Care Coordinator - Blood & Marrow Transplant

The Transplant Nurse Coordinator plans, directs, and provides specialized nursing care with the primary emphasis on the treatment of individuals who have advanced or end stage disease and are in need of a transplant. Provides continuity and coordination of patient care; conducts patient and professional education initiatives; collaborative relationship with multidisciplinary teams, community resources and agencies.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate knowledge and ability to facilitate living donation/transplantation, and will utilize that knowledge to coordinate the care of the living donor for evaluation and live organ donation; Demonstrate knowledge and ability to coordinate the care of the transplant recipient in the outpatient setting to achieve optimal physical, social and emotional rehabilitation; Collects and reviews data pertinent to recipient’s health and organ function; Communicates lab data and diagnostic results to transplant physician/health care provider; Develops and institutes a teaching plan addressing transplant candidate/family/legal guardian’s learning needs; Maintains/ensures communication with patient, referring physicians, payers, other health care providers and transplant team members; Exhibits ability to maintain and update candidate-listing status per OPTN/UNOS regulations; Provides and maintains comprehensive documentation of candidate progress; Demonstrates understanding of post-transplant management including medications, complications, interventions and discharge planning in the coordination of recipient care; Educates candidate/family/legal guardian about living donation options, evaluation process, OPTN regulations, organ allocation, waiting phase, transplant process, risks/benefits; Acts as a liaison between the donor and recipient transplant teams; Ensures patient and referring physician are informed in writing of transplant listing, denial or postponement; Interprets serological results of the potential transplant candidate and their implications for transplant.

Requirements

Bachelor Degree Nursing; 2 or more years acute clinical experience; Basic Life Support Heartsaver (BLS HS) (Non-Clinical) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 14 days; Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing Registered Nurse in State of Kansas; Must have current active multistate state Register Nurse (RN) license in good standing in state in which you live OR active single state RN license in good standing in the state you will be working with proof of application of a multistate RN license in the state in which you live; Staff hired prior to 2/1/2024 are required to obtain a multistate state RN license from the state in which they live at the time of their next RN license renewal by 3/31/2026.