General Information
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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Posted Date
09/14/2026
Salary Range: $86.72 - 116.58 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
30478
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
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The Transplant Coordinator's responsibilities are related to maintaining and enhancing referral relationships with physicians, payers and major employers. Responsible for servicing clients located in the greater Los Angeles area. Facilitates access to UCLA Health System for advanced lung disease therapies. Clinical Liaison for referred patients, including coordinating/scheduling appointments and transplant evaluations both inpatient and outpatient. Act as Liaison for the referring physicians and clinical practices outside of UCLA main campus; assist in seeing patients, obtain detailed medical history and results of medical investigation and procedures. Assess patient services satisfaction through feedback from patient referral sources. Participate in clinical research projects and screening potential patients that may qualify for clinical trials. Assist with IRB applications. Must have knowledge and expertise in lung transplantation, and advanced lung disease care. These include but are not limited to clinical case management of the transplant recipient involving all phases of the transplant process, from initial referral through outpatient follow up.
Salary range:
TC1: $181,071.365-$243,419.04 (annually)
TC2: $218,175.12 - $260,749.44 (annually)
TC2: must have CCTC
Job Qualifications
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1. TC I: Current California Registered Nurse license, graduation from an accredited nursing program and a BSN or Master's degree with 5 years of relevant RN experience with a combination of critical care and transplant coordinator experience (required).
2. TC II: Current California Registered Nurse license, graduation from an accredited nursing program and a BSN or Master's degree with a CCTC required and 5 years of relevant RN experience with a combination of critical care and transplant experience (required).
3. An ability to case manage all aspects of a transplant patient's medical care from initial evaluation to post transplant follow-up; apply a broad understanding and knowledge of organ transplantation, including immunology, immunosuppression, rejection and other complications of transplantation, drug toxicity, and graft failure.(required)
4. Ability to communicate effectively with persons of various cultural backgrounds. Good verbal and written communication skills.
5. Ability to interface effectively with patients and their families.
6. Excellent organizational skills, proficiency in meeting deadlines, ability to work independently and prioritize workload. Ability to manage numerous concurrent tasks in a high stress environment and deal with change.
7. Ability to effectively coordinate and assess patient care and act as a liaison with nursing staff, outside agencies, team physicians, referring physicians, patients and families. (required)
8. Ability to teach about transplantation and medical management issues. (required).
9. Ability to walk/navigate throughout the Medical Center campus, including surrounding buildings. Frequent sitting and standing. Ability to lift packages and patient charts up to 25 pounds for distances to 10 feet. Strong typing skill necessary for large volume data entry into transplant database and Care Connect. Ability to handle volume, high stress clinical environment (required)
10. Knowledge and experience in lung transplantation and advanced lung disease (required).
As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.
