Registered Nurse Transplant Coordinator

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The Abdominal Transplant Coordinator I is a professional registered nurse that performs a variety of clinical services and patient care activities in collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure the smooth flow of the transplant evaluation and post-transplant care process. The coordinator works with patients and their families beginning with the evaluation for transplantation and continuing through and after transplantation in a compassionate and tactful manner in order to facilitate access to and provide continuity of care.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Assessments: Performs appropriate assessments to include psychological, physical, environmental and functional needs
2. Education: Provides patient and family education specific to the patient’s disease process. Serves as a resource for education for patient, family, staff, hospital and community.
3. Communication: Communicates with all members of the transplant team to include hospital staff and referring physician/staff.
4. Data Collection: Participates in the collection/entry of data in the patient medical record as required by all regulatory agencies.
5. Documentation: Documents assessments, interventions and follow-up accurately and timely.
6. Coordination of care through the phases of transplantation with the transplant team as follows:

Pre Transplant Phase

• Assures the performance of necessary studies to determine a patient’s candidacy
• Responsible for the educational process for both patient and family
• Participates in the evaluation and patient selection process
• Monitors patient status throughout work-up and listing
• Participates in the process for patient preparation for transplantation surgery
• Responsible for data collection/entry/management for all regulatory agency requirements

Transplant/Inpatient

• Assumes lead in directing responsibility of the education to patient and family
• Participates in clinical rounding that includes monitoring quality and adverse changes
• Maintains communication with all the multi-disciplinary team
• Acts as the resource person regarding transplantation for all staff
• Monitors ongoing plan of care and implements changes accordingly
• Prepares patients for discharge and outpatient follow-up
• Communicates with referring physicians as indicated for continuity of care.
• Responsible for communication from inpatient to outpatient clinical continuity of care
• Responsible for continuing data collection/entry/management for all regulatory agency requirements

Post Transplant Phase

• Monitor and follow all diagnostic studies
• Evaluate health status as per clinical protocol
• Communicate and coordinate any patient issues/concerns to the appropriate transplant team member
• Continues educational process to patient and family members
• Provides patient care under the direction of the transplant physician
• Responsible for data collection/entry/management for all regulatory agency requirements

What qualifications you will need:

• Education: Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program, BSN preferred
• Experience: Minimum 1 year experience
• Employee completes initial and ongoing training and competencies as defined by service line, facility and department/unit which are specific to the needs of the patient population served (if applicable).
• Minimum License, Certificates, or Registrations Required: A valid Texas RN license; BCLS 

Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services 
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services 
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence 
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling 
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing 
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts 

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location. 

Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant has been nationally recognized for its record setting kidney, liver and pancreas transplant programs. It is home to the Texas Transplant Institute and is the largest living donor kidney transplant program in the US. According to the United Network of Organ Sharing database, the center reached a major milestone in 2019 by performing 231 living donor kidney transplants in a single year setting a new national record - that’s 65 more transplants than the second center on the list.

In addition to transplant care, Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant is a full service hospital with over 260 beds that provides specialized services for liver cancer care, emergency care, weight loss surgery, urology surgery, vascular surgery, inpatient rehabilitation, colorectal surgery and behavioral health care. It is a designated Center of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Our Sexual Assault Response Team provides a compassionate environment for sexual assault survivors ages 13+, serving as a model for hospitals and agencies all over the world. Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant prides itself on providing the highest quality of patient care possible as proven by their consecutive Grade A scores from the Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade survey and ranking in the nation’s top quartile for patient experience. For more information, please visit our website at and select Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant under Locations.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder 

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Registered Nurse Transplant Coordinator opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out. 

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