TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR - RN BSN or MSN - Post Liver Job at Duke Health, Durham, NC

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  • Duke Health
  • Durham, NC

Job Description

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

 

About Duke University Hospital

 

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which is consistently ranked among the best in the United States and is the number one hospital in North Carolina, according to U.S. News and World Report for 2023-2024. Duke University Hospital is the largest of Duke Health's three hospitals and features 1048 patient beds, 65 operating rooms, as well as comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more.

 

 

Transplant Coordinator for Post Liver - Duke University Hospital

 

Duke University Health System-  Duke University Hospital  seeks to hire an experienced Transplant Coordinator who will embrace our mission of  Advancing Health Together.

 

Department Profile:


The  Liver Transplant Department at  Duke University Hospital is active in delivering exemplary care for each patient to ensure an excellent patient experience, every time.

 

The Liver Transplant Department at Duke Health is active in delivering exemplary care for each patient to ensure excellent patient experience, every time. Transplant coordinator role has direct patient contact in education and assessing potential transplant candidates in the clinic and virtual. .

 

  • Educate patients and families regarding all aspects of transplantation care, including but not limited to, arranging follow up appointments, labs, and working with the multidisciplinary team on patient specific needs in the post – transplant phase.
  • Communicate with patients and caregivers regarding the plan of care and ongoing changes.
  • Maintain case load of post –transplant patients to ensure timely care. 
  • Provide for continuity of care between inpatient care, outpatient care, and long term management. 
  • Ability to make clinical judgements based upon synthesis of current research, concepts, principles, theories, and outcomes to solve complex problems.
  • Collaborate with medical faculty, pharmacy, nursing personnel, case management and other health disciplines to facilitate meeting patient and family needs.
  • Staying current on transplant research and applying evidence based research and recommendations to patients/families on care of the transplant patient.
  • Complete regulatory documentation in UNOS data base / hospital EMR.
  • Reviewing education materials and working with department if there are changes in current practice.
  • Management of immunosuppression plan per protocol/ medical team. ongoing education with patients and caregivers.

 

 

The transplant coordinator is an integral member of a larger interdisciplinary team contributing to excellence in patient care, research, and teaching and in providing leadership in the organization.


Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:  

Attention to detail

Effective communication skills

Ability to multitask and prioritize multiples demands

Patient centered and family coaching skills

Ability to work in a high stress environment 

 

Work Hours and Shifts:

Full time; Day shift (hybrid)

This position does require on call responsibilities shared with a of 9 coordinators for organ offers for adult / pediatric kidney candidates.


Essential Physical Job Functions:

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specificphysical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Education
BSN required, MSN preferred.


Required Experience
5 years nursing experience with at least two years in transplant, critical care, disease specific setting.


Degrees, Licensures, Certifications
Current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina required. BLS required.

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

 

Job Tags

Full time, Remote job, Shift work, Day shift,

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