Transplant Nurse Coordinator - Blood & Marrow PRN

Job description

Position Title Transplant Nurse Coordinator - Blood & Marrow PRN Westwood Medical Pavilion - West: Position Summary / Career Interest: The Transplant Nurse Coordinator plans, directs, and provides specialized nursing care with the primary emphasis on the treatment of individuals who have advanced or end stage disease and are in need of a transplant. Provides continuity and coordination of patient care; conducts patient and professional education initiatives; collaborative relationship with multidisciplinary teams, community resources and agencies. Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions: - Demonstrate knowledge and ability to facilitate living donation/transplantation, and will utilize that knowledge to coordinate the care of the living donor for evaluation and live organ donation. Identifies appropriate live donor candidate upon referral, and interacts with appropriate staff. - Demonstrates knowledge and ability to coordinate the care of the transplant recipient in the outpatient setting to achieve optimal physical, social and emotional rehabilitation. Identifies and responds to recipient/family/legal guardian’s educational, psychosocial and economic needs in post-transplant...