PEDIATRIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR, RN BSN or MSN

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Pursue your passion for caring with Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which is consistently ranked among the best in the United States and is the number one hospital in North Carolina, according to U.S. News and World Report for 2023-2024. Duke University Hospital is the largest of Duke Health's three hospitals and features 1048 patient beds, 65 operating rooms, as well as comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more.

Transplant Coordinator – Duke University Hospital

Duke University Health System- Duke University Hospital  seeks to hire an experienced Transplant Coordinator who will embrace our mission of Advancing Health Together.

Department Profile:

The Pediatric Kidney Transplant Department  at Duke University Hospital  is active in delivering exemplary care for each patient to ensure an excellent patient experience, every time.

The Kidney Transplant Department at Duke Health is active in delivering exemplary care for each patient to ensure excellent patient experience, every time.  Transplant coordinator role has direct patient contact in education and assessing potential transplant candidates in the clinic and virtual. .

• Educate patients and families regarding all aspects of transplantation care, including but not limited to, arranging follow up appointments, labs, and working with the multidisciplinary team on patient specific needs in the post – transplant phase.
• Communicate with patients and caregivers regarding the plan of care and ongoing changes.
• Maintain case load of post –transplant patients to ensure timely care. 
• Provide for continuity of care between dialysis, outpatient care, and long term management. 
• Ability to make clinical judgements based upon synthesis of current research, concepts, principles, theories, and outcomes to solve complex problems.
• Collaborate with medical faculty, pharmacy, nursing personnel, case management and other health disciplines to facilitate meeting patient and family needs.
• Staying current on transplant research and applying evidence based research and recommendations to patients/families on care of the transplant patient.
• Complete regulatory documentation in UNOS data base / hospital EMR.
• Reviewing education materials and working with department if there are changes in current practice.
• Management of immunosuppression plan per protocol/ medical team.  ongoing education with patients and caregivers.

This position does require on call responsibilities shared with a large team for organ offers for adult / pediatric kidney and kidney pancreas candidates. 

The transplant coordinator is an integral member of a larger interdisciplinary team contributing to excellence in patient care, research, and teaching and in providing leadership in the organization.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

Attention to detail

Effective communication skills

Ability to multitask and prioritize multiples demands

Patient centered and family coaching skills

Ability to work in a high stress environment 

Work Hours and Shifts:

Full-time: Day shift, on call with some weekends/holidays 

Salaried

Essential Physical Job Functions:

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Education
BSN required, MSN preferred.

Experience
Requirement: 5+ years bedside nurse work experience with at least two years in transplant, critical care, disease specific

Preference: Pediatric Experience

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications
Current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina required. BLS required.

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Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.