Organ Offer Transplant RN Coordinator

Job Description:

• Respond promptly to organ offers and communicate donor details to on-call physician
• Evaluate specific clinical criteria for donor and recipient
• Initiate and coordinate virtual/physical crossmatch workflows, including HLA coordination
• Contact and assess potential recipients, reviewing Organ specific Public Health Service, Kidney Donor Profile Index, and any donor risk factors
• Coordinate logistics for organ acceptance, courier tracking, and delivery confirmations
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary hospital departments
• Ensure accurate documentation in multiple electronic databases and manage waitlist removals post-transplant according to policies and procedures
• Assist with waitlist management duties, including but not limited to updated orders, tracking results, and updating pre-transplant coordinators and transplant physicians of any abnormal results and/or need for further testing
• Respond to after-hours outpatient calls
• Independently triage calls from Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)/Transplant Institute patients, evaluate urgency of the calls, initiate and coordinate the care decided upon with the physicians
• Uphold confidentiality and compliance with all regulatory and organizational guidelines
• Monitor continued organ suitability and collaborate management of organ offers and recover teams with organ procurement organizations
• Work collaboratively with Transplant Quality team to identify and analyze improvement opportunities where appropriate
• Coordinate meetings for organ offer reviews and filter settings
• Performs other duties as assigned