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Posted: 19-Apr-24
Location: Temple, Texas
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 24006179
Location: Temple, TX
Facility: BSWH Temple Medical Center
Department: Heart Transplant
Hours: FT, Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
**Preferred: Experience with heart, ICU, or Cath lab
JOB SUMMARY
The Transplant Coordinator Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response. The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator promotes safe passage for their patients by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays. The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient's condition and the competencies of the employee.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLE
The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator assists in evaluation of candidate suitability for transplant, including patient and family interview, coordinating the medical, surgical, laboratory, radiological, psychological, and nutritional evaluation process, reviewing evaluation results to verify accuracy, and working closely with physician to provide patient care and further evaluation as necessary.
The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator coordinates candidates testing while on transplant waitlist. Reviews testing to recognize potential problems, abnormal diagnostic findings, and significant changes during the waiting phase, and coordinate required care per physician order. Maintains communication with patient, referring physicians, other health care providers, and transplant team members while candidate is on the waiting list.
The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator coordinates recipients post-transplant care including arrangement of inpatient admission, laboratory testing, imaging examinations, clinic visits, and coordination of care via referring and primary care physician. Reviews testing to recognize potential problems, abnormal diagnostic findings, and significant changes, and coordinate required care per physician order. Maintains communication with patient and family, multidisciplinary team, primary care physicians, other health care providers.
The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator educates candidate and transplant recipients, family and caregivers about evaluation process, OPTN regulations, organ allocation, waiting phase, post-operative phase, immunosuppression and long term prescription therapy, post-operative complications, and physical and psychological effects of transplant.
The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator has knowledge of insurance and prescription coverage to facilitate post-transplant prescriptions upon discharge from hospital, maintain long-term post-transplant prescriptions, and assist with prescription management for recipients with lack of coverage or funding.
The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator has knowledge of, and complies with OPTN, UNOS, and other regulatory policies. Maintains transplant waitlist via various UNOS web programs.
The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator coordinates recipient transplants, including accessing UNOS donor website, contacting the potential recipient(s), assessing possible recipient(s) current medical condition, notifying various hospital departments, and communicating to the appropriate transplant staff.
The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator is responsible for after-hour calls for pre and post-transplant patients, living donors, and referring and primary care physicians. Returns calls include verbal assess of patient complaints, and providing guidance to patients, and referring and primary care physicians as directed by physician order.
The Registered Nurse (RN) Transplant Coordinator remains knowledgeable of new procedures and practices in transplantation. Provides instruction to patient care personnel in principles and techniques of transplantation.
About Us
At Baylor Scott & White Health, we focus on the well-being of people, families, and communities. Baylor Scott and White is Texas' biggest nonprofit healthcare system, helping you live well.
Our Core Values are:
- We Serve faithfully by doing what's right with a joyful heart.
- We never settle by constantly striving for better.
- We are in it together by supporting one another and those we serve.
- We make an impact by taking initiative and delivering exceptional experience.
Benefits
Our competitive benefits package empowers you to live well and provides:
- Eligibility on day 1 for all benefits
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match, up to 5%
- Debt-free tuition assistance, offering access
to many no-cost and low-cost degrees, certificates and more - Immediate access to time off benefits
At Baylor Scott & White Health, your well-being is our top priority. Visit BSWHealth.com/Benefits to learn about all of our programs that supports mind, body and spirit
Note: Benefits may vary based on position type and/or level
Job Summary
As a Transplant Coordinator RN, utilize a nursing model for quality patient care. Assess patient needs and create personalized care plans. You'll watch how patients respond to personalized care. Ensure patients have smooth transitions through healthcare. Prevent complications or delays by understanding needs.
What You'll Do
- Assessing transplant eligibility for patients involves interviewing them and their families.
- You will coordinate tests for transplant candidates, identify any issues in results, and arrange necessary care. You'll work closely with patients, physicians, and other healthcare providers during this time.
- Manage recipient's post-transplant care.
- Arrange admissions, lab tests, clinic visits.
- Coordinate with referring, primary care. - Understand test results, identify irregularities.
- Set up needed care as directed.
- Teaching candidates, families, caregivers about evaluation, organ allocation, waiting, post-operative, immunosuppression effects, complications, and psychological impact of transplant.
- Using insurance knowledge to help with post-transplant prescriptions. Assisting patients with coverage issues.
- Maintaining long-term prescriptions.
- Complying with various regulatory policies and maintaining records on the transplant waitlist through different online programs.
- Coordinating recipient transplants includes using the donor website and communicating with potential recipients. Assessing their health status and notifying hospital departments are important tasks. Updates are also sent to the team.
What Will Make You Successful In The Role
- Comprehensive skills in nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
- Knowing rules, laws, regulations, standards, guidelines, certifying bodies, accrediting bodies relevant to our department is important.
- Knowledge of medical terms, health practices, disease control, medication specs, and side effects is essential for healthcare professionals.
- Respect for, and diligent observance of, professional nursing ethics and patient privacy rights.
- Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written, for clear transmission of ideas.
- Basic computer skills: Microsoft Office, information security, scheduling systems, payroll systems, electronic medical records, and email use.
Belonging Statement
We believe everyone should feel valued, supported, and welcomed. Our workforce should reflect our communities.
Qualifications
- Associate's degree level.
- Two years of professional experience
- A RN License.
- Basic Life Support skills required or obtain BLS certification within 30 days if not already held.
QUALIFICATIONS
- EDUCATION - Associate's
- EXPERIENCE - 2 Years of Experience
- CERTIFICATION/LICENSE/REGISTRATION -
Registered Nurse (RN)
Basic Life Support (BLS): BLS or BLS within 30 days of hire or transfer.
