Cardiac Nurse Transplant Coordinator (RN)

We are looking for an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Transplant Coordinator (RN) - to coordinate all activities, at the highest quality of care for the adult congenital  transplant patient and ACHD referrals,  This includes, but is not limited to, processing ACHD referrals and 2^nd opinions, summarizing and presenting during clinical reviews and meeting and  completing pre-transplant evaluations, preparation and presentation to the medical review board, coordination of organ transplant and living donation process, education of the in-patient transplant recipient including discharge teaching and planning for outpatient care and post-operative follow-up.  This position will also support the ACHD Program processing overseeing the intake meeting, clinical review and registries.  This candidate must be able to provide concierge communication and service to referring providers and patients as well as serving as a liaison for ACHD business development.

Think you have what it takes?

• Education Experience/Care Coordination
• 2 years ICU experience

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, associate’s degree, or technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or an associate’s degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an RN license required or must be currently enrolled in a nursing bridge program working toward an MSN with a verified BSN-equivalency or a signed agreement.
• 2 years Pediatric or solid organ transplant nursing experience
• RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact
• CPR – Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of Renal, Liver, Heart and Lung pathophysiology and the transplant process
• Ability to demonstrate and perform generic and unit-based/critical competencies including the specific care of age and diagnosis appropriate patients.
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate flexibility and utilize time and resources in a cost-effective manner.
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

•   Certified in Transplant, CPN, CCRN

Specific Duties

• Identifies appropriate candidate upon referral and interacts with appropriate staff.
• Coordinates with the multidisciplinary teams to facilitate the evaluation process for potential transplant candidates and living donors.
• Interprets serological results of the potential transplant candidate and their implications for transplantation or donation and shares these with the multidisciplinary team.
• Obtains recipient blood type, tissue typing and cytotoxic antibodies according to transplant center protocol.
• Educates candidate/family/legal guardian about all phases of the transplantation process – referral, evaluation, listing, transplantation, and post-transplant care
• Understands OPTN regulations and Organ allocation
• Collects and evaluates medical, psychosocial and financial data for review by the transplant multidisciplinary team.
• Prepares evaluation results for presentation at the multidisciplinary Medical Review Board (MRB).
• Demonstrates knowledge of, and compliance with, OPTN/UNOS policies and listing requirements.
• Shares necessary information about the donor organ, including ABO compatibility, with the transplant surgeon/physician.
• Acts as a liaison between the donor and the recipient transplant teams.
• Arranges transportation of teams/organ to/from donor hospital and transplant center, in collaboration with the designated 
• Provides and maintains comprehensive documentation of donor and recipient information.
• Monitors patient progress post-transplant.
• Verbalizes understanding of standing orders and acts as resource for internal and external health care providers.
• Informs recipient of their voluntary option of, and the process for, written communication to the donor family.
• Coordinates/ensures discharge planning to provide for patient’s continuity of care.
• Provides and maintains comprehensive documentation, per departmental procedure, of recipient’s progress and education.
• Assists with ACHD Program Support

“As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. ”

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Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. 

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