RN, BSN - TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR - FLOAT
Company: Duke Health
Location: Morrisville
Posted on: March 12, 2023
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Job Description:
Duke University Hospital Duke University Hospital is
consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is
known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking
research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient
beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic
facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major
surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery
center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with
nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional
radiology area. For , U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke
University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer,
cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose &
throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology &
neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung
surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first
in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area.
In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive,
geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that
include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty
clinics and outpatient surgery centers.
Duke Nursing Highlights:
Duke University Health System- Duke University Hospital seeks to
hire an experienced Registered Nurse who will embrace our mission
of Advancing Health Together.
Work Hours & Shifts:
Full Time: Day shift (8-4:30pm Monday-Friday); no weekends, call or
holidays required.
Department Profile:
The Abdominal Transplant Programs at Duke University Hospital is
active in delivering exemplary care for each patient to ensure an
excellent patient experience, every time.
The Abdominal Float Transplant Coordinator will work with
transplant patients followed by the kidney, pancreas, liver,
intestine and living donor programs
The Transplant Coordinator will provide care for patients in the
referral, evaluation, and acute transplant process, and
post-transplant, pre and post donation of kidney or liver segment.
The role floats to the various programs to provide care as a
transplant coordinator. This position does extensive patient
assessment in clinic environment, phone triage, and patient
education to ensure exemplary care.
The Abdominal Float Transplant Coordinator provides follow-up and
care across the continuum from pre-transplant, during transplant
and post-transplant. S/he collaborates with members of the health
care team to enhance patient care by developing, supporting and
educating nursing staff. S/he is a clinician, educator,
investigator, consultant and leader. S/he makes clinical judgments
based upon a synthesis of current research, concepts, principles,
theories, and outcomes to solve complex problems. The Abdominal
Float Transplant Coordinator is an integral member of a larger
interdisciplinary team contributing to excellence in patient care,
research, teaching, and in providing leadership to the
organization.
Work Performed:
Clinical Practice:
1. Interprets research and published data to nursing staff and
colleagues concerning current issues in transplantation including
those of a clinical, legal, ethical and economic nature.
2. Incorporates research relating to the care of transplant
patients into evidence-based practice while collaboratively
determining appropriateness with the medical team.
3. Identifies areas for study and participates in and/or designs
and conducts research.
4. Disseminates findings or information through professional
publications and/or presentations.
Consultant:
1. Serves as a consultant to nurses and other health care
professionals regarding the care of the organ transplant
patient.
2. Advises referring physicians/nurses in the care of patients in
collaboration with the surgical and medical teams.
3. Serves as a community consultation resource through media,
telephone and transplant internet links for information about
transplantation and organ donation.
4. Consults with unit leadership to resolve issues relating to
transplant patients.
Professional Leadership and Development:
1. Role models advanced practice professional nursing through
conduct, appearance, communication, mutual respect, leadership,
ethical decision-making, critical thinking, and problem-solving
skills
2. Communicates effectively to maintain positive working
relationships and achieve desired outcomes.
4. Participates in unit, departmental and hospital-wide committees,
task forces or meetings as indicated by role appropriateness.
5. Participates in organ transplant program planning and management
within the health system.
6. Demonstrates responsibility for professional practice through
active participation in professional organizations, a minimum of 25
continuing education hours/year, and active participation in CSU
and departmental meetings / educational opportunities.
7. Enhances the body of knowledge in nursing and solid organ
transplantation through exchange of ideas and knowledge using
venues such as posters, newsletters, presentations, and
publications, organ procurement organization, patient/families and
the medical team involved including ED, OR,ICU (SICU, ACU), blood
bank and histocompatibility labs.
8. Completes necessary documentation according to the United
Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) guidelines including listing,
status changes and post-transplant follow-up information.
9. Communicates with multidisciplinary team members and patients
and families in a timely manner in regard to patient
care/issues.
10. Collaborates with Social worker and other team members in
coordinating discharge plans for patients pre-transplant or
post-transplant including referral to home health /IV therapy /
Hospice / Rehab /SNF.
11. Communicates with insurer case manager on an as needed
basis.
12. Refers patients or families for assistance utilizing health
system and community resources as appropriate.
13. Maintains patient transplant record with current data to
facilitate communication.
14. Plans nursing care and medical procedures with fiscal
responsibility by working collaboratively with transplant
administrators, financial coordinators, DUH utilization review and
third-part case managers.
Teacher/Educator:
1. Educates patients along the continuum to assist understanding of
processes and procedures surrounding pre- and post-transplant
issues.
2. Develops patient education materials or identifies external
resources that are appropriate for patient education in all phases
of transplantation care.
3. Educates nurses and other multidisciplinary team members about
patient care issues to promote positive outcomes for transplant
patients.
4. Provides education and consultation about transplantation, and
organ donations for the Duke Health System, public organizations or
referral centers/practices.
5. Serves as a resource person/preceptor in organ transplant for
graduate and under graduate nursing programs.
6. Participates in team conferences, rounds, or meetings in
relation to care of the transplant patient or program issues.
Research Utilization and Scholarly Inquiry:
1. Provides advanced nursing care for patients before and after
solid-organ transplantation including Kidney, Pancreas, Liver and
Intestine transplant along the continuum of outpatient to inpatient
Monday - Friday.
2. Coordinates evaluation process for pre-transplant (referral)
patients to ensure effective use of hospital and clinical
resources.
3. Assesses post-transplant organ function and general health
status and collaboratively determines need for additional
assessment or intervention.
4. Facilitates the scheduling of studies or procedures for
diagnostic purposes utilizing fiscal responsibility for patient and
hospital costs.
5. Participates in the development and implementation of protocol
and standards of care for the transplant patient in collaboration
with the multidisciplinary team.
6. Assists nurses and other staff to assess, plan, implement and
evaluate the care of the transplant patient.
7. Monitors the process and outcomes of routine care to determine
quality improvement need.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Attention to detail and effective
communication and documentation with numerous physicians, organ
procurement agencies, Operating Room (O.R.), Intensive Care Unit
(ICU) and Emergency Department (ED) staff, the patient and the
patient's family are required.
Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an
individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression,
gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
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