When you join the healthcare team at Phoenix Children’s, you’ll see the world of medicine through the eyes of a child. You’ll be amazed by something new every day, inspired by the capabilities and expertise of your co-workers, and you’ll be able to transform your professional ambitions into realities. Here, you can be part of a growing system that will never outgrow its sense of joy, purpose or discovery. Come grow with us. 

RN Clinical Liver Kidney Transplant Coordinator

We’re looking for lifelong learners who transform curiosity into discovery to join us in an inspiring place—filled with hope, positivity, support, and compassion. 

Seeking an experienced Inpatient RN or Nurse Coordinator to support our Liver and Kidney Transplant Teams. This role involves working with both inpatient and outpatient patients, collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary team. Must have an Arizona RN license or a compact license with the ability to obtain one within 90 days, current BLS and at least a BSN. Candidates will have at least 3 years of clinical RN experience, with transplant experience preferred. CVICU and pediatric experience are highly desired. Strong communication and critical thinking skills required. The schedule is Full-time Monday-Friday and flexible if 4-10s are preferred. No weekends, holidays or call. This is an exciting opportunity to significantly impact our pediatric patients’ lives. No New Grads will be considered.

The Clinical Transplant Coordinator (CTC) is a Registered Nurse (RN) and a designated member of the transplant multidisciplinary team with primary responsibility to coordinate and ensure continuity of care for transplant candidates, recipients and their families throughout all phases of care (referral, evaluation, waitlist, transplant surgery and post-transplant).The CTC partners with the members of the multidisciplinary team including, but not limited to physicians, surgeons, nurses, social workers, pharmacist, nutritionists, financial coordinators and administrative personnel.

Position Duties:

1. Direct Patient Care
• Delivers direct patient care and supervises nursing care provided by assistive personnel.
• Facilitates and coordinates evaluation of potential transplant candidates. In the case of solid organ transplant also lists patients with OPTN and provides waitlist management.
• Develops, monitors, implements and coordinates comprehensive care plans for the transplant candidate or recipients under protocol including medication management; assessment and treatment of complications; laboratory management; interventions and discharge planning in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• In some transplant program’s role may be responsible for participation in continuous call coverage.
2. Manages patient and program information – including relevant consents.
• Obtains, compiles and manages candidate and recipient records as required by program and regulatory guidelines.
• Enters data into required locations, including transplant specific database, following defined workflow.
• Provides clinical information required to various entities including payors, research and other departments.
• Obtains and maintains consents
• Partners with transplant finance, payors and others inside and outside the organization to obtain required authorizations for care, and to ensure prescribed care is obtained and maintained.
3. Communication
• Communicates clinical assessments, findings, and plan of care to members of the transplant multidisciplinary care team, the transplant candidate, recipient, and family. This includes verbal and written communication to both internal and external audiences.
• Manages appointments, testing and medications with the multidisciplinary care team, transplant candidate, recipient and family.
• Participates in multidisciplinary transplant meetings, including, but not limited to patient selection committee, daily round and huddles.
4. Quality, Compliance, Education and Professional Development
• Acts as a communication liaison between patient, family, and multidisciplinary team by providing teaching and support to recognize limitations and strengths within the patient and family system.
• Attends and participates in program specific quality meetings and performance improvement projects.
• Performs data collection and entry as required for the program’s quality and compliance
• Serves as a clinical role model, patient advocate, and resource to staff, patients, and families. Share’s knowledge and skills of specialty area to assist problem solving collaboratively
• Maintains education and current working knowledge of policies and procedures unique to the transplant program.
• Maintains education and current working knowledge of regulatory requirements unique to the transplant program and the role of the transplant coordinator.
• Participates in ongoing continuing education specific to the transplant program.

Phoenix Children’s offers full- and part-time employees a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive pay with incentives
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance beginning the first day of the month following hire date
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
• DailyPay
• Childcare discounts and much more!

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). 
• Three (3) or more years of clinical practice and leadership experience. 
• Current Arizona RN license or RN Compact license with multistate privileges, and in compliance with the Arizona State Board of Nursing licensure requirements.
• Current BLS provider from the American Heart Association.
• Two (2) or more years of solid organ or bone marrow transplant experience, strongly preferred.

For Immediate consideration, please email resume to:
Dalemeshia Bryant, TA Partner: dbryant@phoenixchildrens.com

For more information, visit https://careers.phoenixchildrens.com/Positions/Posting/877210

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