Cedars-Sinai

Registered Nurse - Kidney Transplant Coordinator - 10 Hour Days

Cedars-Sinai • $90K — $120K *
Los Angeles, CA 90011In-Person
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
1 week ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) required.
  • Minimum 3 years of Critical Care or Acute Care Nursing experience.
  • Current Registered Nurse (RN) License in California required upon hire.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required upon hire.
  • Experience in transplant coordination or perioperative care is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate with an interdisciplinary team to facilitate patient progression through care processes.
  • Respond to patient calls and document clinical concerns in medical records.
  • Collect and document data to meet clinical and regulatory requirements.
  • Participate in developing practice guidelines and performance improvement activities.
  • Provide nursing care aligned with standards and patient care plans.
  • Assess and address educational needs of transplant patients systematically.
  • Identify safety concerns and ensure safe patient care throughout the transplant process.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to represent the Medical Center at regional and national conferences.
  • Collaborative work environment with a diverse interdisciplinary team.
  • Access to continuous professional development and education programs.
  • Engagement in performance improvement and research activities.
  • Supportive framework for patient education and care management.
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.
Learn more about Cedars-Sinai
Size
13,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Founded
1902
* Ladders Estimates

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