Registered Nurse - Heart Transplant Coordinator - 10 Hour Days

Are you ready to bring your clinical skills to a world-class facility recognized as top ten in the United States for transplant services? Do you have a passion for the highest quality and patient satisfaction? Then please respond to this dynamic opportunity available with one of the best places to work in Southern California! We would be happy to hear from you.

With expert surgical and medical proficiency in lung, heart, liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation, the Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center is one of the most successful facilities of its kind. Here, patients find a compassionate environment and hope for a longer, healthier life.

More than a thousand patients have undergone transplants at Cedars-Sinai since the Heart Transplant Program was established in 1988, according to UNOS. Because we treat more of these patients than any other center in the United States, we can tailor our approach to each individual's needs.

The Transplant Coordinator I is involved with the planning and coordination of routine to moderately complex perioperative and intraoperative transplant process. The Transplant Coordinator I supports the donor offers and coordinates with the interdisciplinary services to determine viability.

Responsibilities

• Participates with the primary coordinator for the interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nurses, social workers, dietitians, pharmacists, financial analysts, case managers, and support staff to facilitate patient progression through the care continuum. Assesses appropriate medical intervention for effective use of resources and quality assurance.
• Responds to patient calls and clinical concerns and appropriately documents in patient’s medical record.
• Collects/documents data to meet clinical, regulatory (OPTN/UNOS/MCS), financial requirements.
• Participates in the development and implementation of practice guidelines, protocols, pathways, performance improvement and research activities.
• Provides nursing care consistent with Nursing Standards of Care/Practice, the Plan for Provision of Nursing Care, The Plan for Provision of Care to Patients, CSMC Code of Conduct, the Performance Improvement Plan, the Patient Education Plan and Nursing Strategic Plan.
• Utilizes a systemic approach to assess and meet the educational needs of transplant patients.
• Identifies safety concerns and institute measures to provide safe patient care; and provides appropriate assessment, intervention and evaluation of patients with consideration of clinical and developmental milestones in the patient population.
• Identifies the ability of the patients to follow directions/instructions and give consent and intervene appropriately.
• Develops, coordinates, implements, and evaluates educational programs/projects for patients, interdisciplinary team members and the community. Represents the Medical Center at regional and national meetings/conferences.
• Maintains competency skills including the ability to provide care to special patient populations and patient with diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Partners with the Organ Procurement Organizations and facilitates the transplant process as organs are available for transplant candidates.
• Supports donor management and coordinates transplant recipient care.

Qualifications

• Current California RN License required
• BLS from the American Heart Association required
• CCRN Acute/Critical Care Nursing, PCCN Progressive Care Nursing or other specialty certification required
• Certified Clinical Transplant Nurse (CCTN) preferred (or willing to obtain within one year from start date)

Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years of acute care nursing experience required
• At least 1 year of Critical Care experience required, preferably in a cardiac setting
• Organ transplantation experience preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of case management required
• Experience in data management preferred
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to effectively coordinate all aspects of patient care required