Cedars-Sinai

Registered Nurse - Abdominal Float Transplant Coordinator - 10 Hour Days

Cedars-Sinai • $100K — $120K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) required
  • Minimum 3 years of Critical Care or Acute Care Nursing experience
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required upon hire
  • Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in California required upon hire

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to facilitate patient care progression
  • Respond to patient inquiries and document clinical concerns in medical records
  • Collect and document data to meet clinical and regulatory requirements
  • Contribute to the development of practice guidelines and performance improvement initiatives
  • Provide nursing care aligned with established standards and protocols
  • Assess and address the educational needs of transplant patients
  • Identify safety concerns and implement measures for safe patient care

Benefits

  • Opportunity to represent the Medical Center at regional and national conferences
  • Engagement in performance improvement and research activities
  • Support for professional development through educational programs
  • Involvement in a multidisciplinary team environment
  • Exposure to diverse patient populations and complex cases
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Transplant Coordinator I is involved with the planning and coordination of routine to moderately complex perioperative and intraoperative transplant process. The Transplant Coordinator I supports the donor offers and coordinates with the interdisciplinary services to determine viability.

Responsibilities

  • Participates with the primary coordinator for the interdisciplinary team, including physicians, nurses, social workers, dietitians, pharmacists, financial analysts, case managers, and support staff to facilitate patient progression through the care continuum. Assesses appropriate medical intervention for effective use of resources and quality assurance.
  • Responds to patient calls and clinical concerns and appropriately documents in patient's medical record.
  • Collects/documents data to meet clinical, regulatory (OPTN/UNOS/MCS), financial requirements.
  • Participates in the development and implementation of practice guidelines, protocols, pathways, performance improvement and research activities.
  • Provides nursing care consistent with Nursing Standards of Care/Practice, the Plan for Provision of Nursing Care, The Plan for Provision of Care to Patients, CSMC Code of Conduct, the Performance Improvement Plan, the Patient Education Plan and Nursing Strategic Plan.
  • Utilizes a systemic approach to assess and meet the educational needs of transplant patients.
  • Identifies safety concerns and institute measures to provide safe patient care; and provides appropriate assessment, intervention and evaluation of patients with consideration of clinical and developmental milestones in the patient population.
  • Identifies the ability of the patients to follow directions/instructions and give consent and intervene appropriately.
  • Develops, coordinates, implements, and evaluates educational programs/projects for patients, interdisciplinary team members and the community. Represents the Medical Center at regional and national meetings/conferences.
  • Maintains competency skills including the ability to provide care to special patient populations and patient with diverse cultural backgrounds.
  • Partners with the Organ Procurement Organizations and facilitates the transplant process as organs are available for transplant candidates.
  • Supports donor management and coordinates transplant recipient care.


Qualifications

Education
  • Bachelor's Degree Bachelors of Science in Nursing - minimum

Experience
  • 3 years Critical Care or Acute Care Nursing experience - minimum

Licenses and Certifications
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) - Upon Hire minimum Basic Life Support
  • RN State License - Upon Hire minimum Registered Nurse License, California

About Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai is a non-profit academic medical center located in Los Angeles, California. It is one of the largest hospitals in the United States, with over 1,000 beds and 2,000 physicians. Cedars-Sinai is known for its high-quality patient care, cutting-edge research, and innovative medical education programs. The hospital has been ranked as one of the best in the country by U.S. News & World Report, and has received numerous awards and accolades for its clinical excellence and research achievements. Cedars-Sinai is affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is a member of the Cedars-Sinai Health System.
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