Job TitleClinical Manager Organ Transplant
LocationCleveland
FacilityCleveland Clinic Main Campus
DepartmentTransplant Center-Chief Of Staff Division
Job CodeT33119
ShiftDays
Schedule7:30am-5:00am
Job SummaryJob DetailsThe Clinical Manager of the Lung Transplant Center is a key leader responsible for overseeing clinical operations, ensuring quality care, and driving program growth. A caregiver in this role provides strategic and operational leadership across perioperative and post-transplant care, ensuring seamless coordination, regulatory compliance, and high-quality patient outcomes. You will directly supervise a multidisciplinary team while serving as a key liaison between nursing, surgical, and medical leadership to drive excellence in heart transplant care.
A caregiver in this role works days + on-call shifts from 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. A caregiver who excels in this role will:
- Lead and manage the nursing component of the organ transplant program.
- Ensure continuing nursing job satisfaction and fulfillment through the implementation of appropriate coordinator responsibilities and workload, teamwork and staff morale.
- Ensure patient safety and QA especially in the development of the Living Donor Program (kidney and liver only).
- Establish QA metrics and foci for CQDirect managerial responsibility of the clinical nurse coordinators and matrix management responsibilities with the managers of the OR, ICUs and inpatient floors (adult and pediatrics).
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
- BSN
- Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
- Five years of experience in organ procurement or transplantation
- Managerial experience including hiring, orientation, scheduling and evaluation of employees in a clinical environment
- Experience with quality management and quality improvement
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
- MSN
- Nursing certification in specialty area
- Detailed knowledge of UNOS and OSOTC policies and program standards related to organ transplantation and allocation
- Supervisory experience
- Transplant experience
- Understanding of Oracle, Excel and Outlook
Physical Requirements:- Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
- Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time. Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
- Requires some exposure to communicable disease or bodily fluids.
- Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Personal Protective Equipment:- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
