RN - Transplant Coordinator

Transplant Coordinator

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We're proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.

Job Description

• Join our expanding Kidney Transplant team. This Transplant Coordinator will work with our post-transplant patients providing education and coordination of care post-transplant.
• Clinic hours are Monday through Friday 8am-5pm with on-call expectations. Call is split evenly between all coordinators for days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Open to hiring for 32 to 40 hours a week.
• The RN Transplant will be responsible for coordinating a focused and effective effort between the transplant center and its major patient referral sources (e.g., Dialysis Units and Nephrology Clinics) for renal transplantation.
• Will assume a case manager role in assuring that potential transplant recipients and donors will be afforded timely, efficient transplant education, workup, updates, and activation for transplantation when directed.
• Will be responsible for a designated caseload of patients during the pre/post-recipient and pre/post-donor transplant process. Aspects will include coordination of referrals, responding to roadblocks within the transplant workup process, and providing patient, family, and staff educational programming.
• Works to assure policies, procedures, and all regulatory requirements are met to assure the transplant program stays in compliance with various governing agencies.
• May provide outreach services to regional dialysis and nephrology programs.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited nursing program required, including, but not limited to, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).
• Bachelor's Degree in nursing required, or in the process of acquiring with an estimated completion date within five years.
• Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
• Minnesota RN license is required within six months of date into position.
• Obtains and subsequently maintains required department-specific competencies and certifications.

Benefits

• Sanford Health offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.

Community Overview

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