Transplant Outreach Coordinator
Hiring Department: Transplant
Location: Chicago, IL USA
Requisition ID: 1023794
Posting Close Date: 3/20/2024
Salary Range: $87,000-90,000 Commensurate with experience
About UI Health
The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) provides comprehensive care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), UI Health comprises a clinical enterprise that includes a 495-bed tertiary care hospital, 22 outpatient clinics, and 13 Mile Square Health Center facilities, which are Federally Qualified Health Centers. It also includes the seven UIC health science colleges: the College of Applied Health Sciences; the College of Dentistry; the School of Public Health; the Jane Addams College of Social Work; and the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, including regional campuses in Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, and Urbana. UI Health is dedicated to the pursuit of health equity.
Position Summary
This position is responsible for promoting awareness and understanding of the Medical Center's transplant program and organ donation process to increase the number of patients and ensure the successful delivery of services. This includes visiting dialysis centers to interact with staff and patients, and collaborating with community health facilities, third party payers and transplant surgeons to educate, inform and promote the Medical Center's transplant program and organ donation. Serve as a liaison to the Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network.
Duties & Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree required; In a health-related discipline preferred.
• Experience in an academic medical center or large teaching hospital preferred.
• Knowledge of organ donation and/ or dialysis preferred.
• Effective communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
•Team-oriented with the ability to develop effective working relationships with faculty and staff as well as colleagues across disciplines and functional areas.
•Valid driver's license required
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