RN Living Donor Kidney Transplant Coordinator

Living Donor Kidney Transplant Coordinator RN

Location: Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Specialty/Department: Living Donor Kidney

Shift/Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday, five 8-hour days with the possibility of four 10-hour days

About Us:

Here at Baylor Scott & White Health we promote the well-being of all individuals, families, and communities. Baylor Scott and White is the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas that empowers you to 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 benefits are designed to help you live well no matter where you are on your journey. For full details on coverage and eligibility, visit the Baylor Scott & White Benefits Hub to explore our offerings, which may include:

• Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
• 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
• Tuition Reimbursement
• PTO accrual beginning Day 1

Note: Benefits may vary based upon 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. Watch how patients respond to personalized care. Ensure patients have smooth transitions through healthcare. Prevent complications or delays by understanding needs.

Essential Functions of the Role:

• Assessing transplant eligibility for patients involves interviewing them and their families.
• You will coordinate tests for transplant candidates, identify 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.

Key Success Factors:

• 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 that all people should feel welcomed, valued and supported.

Qualifications:

• Associate's degree level.
• (2) Two years of professional experience
• An (RN) Registered Nurse License.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) skills required or obtain within (30) thirty days if not already held.

PREFFERED: Nursing experience with kidney transplant patients in an acute care setting