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Transplant Coord Lung Transplant Services

Job Description and Responsibilities:

Shift and Salary Grade

Shift: 8am-5pm

Salary Grade: 14

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Texas Children's Hospital is an internationally recognized full-care pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. One of the best pediatric hospitals in the United States, Texas Children's Hospital is dedicated to providing the finest possible pediatric patient care, education and research.

Texas Children's is nationally ranked in the top five among children's hospitals by both Child magazine and U.S. News & World Report. The hospital has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and breakthrough developments in the treatment of cancer, diabetes, asthma, HIV, premature babies, and cardiogenic and attention-related disorders.

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Position Summary

Overview:
Coordinate transplant activities: completing pre-transplant evaluations, preparation and presentation to the medical review board, coordination of organ transplant process, inpatient care including discharge teaching, planning for outpatient care and post-operative follow-up.

Responsibilities:
Transplant referral and evaluation: facilitate/coordinate evaluation and OPTN/UNOS listing of potential transplant candidate. Pre-transplant waiting period: ability to monitor and coordinate care of the candidate awaiting organ transplantation. Peri-operative period: ability to facilitate transplant process when organ becomes available to transplant candidate. Post transplant inpatient period: understanding of post-transplant management including medications, complications, interventions and discharge planning; the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary team. Post transplant outpatient period: identify and respond to recipient/family needs in post-transplant phase; reinforce education and follow-up requirements necessary for successful outcome; observe, monitor, assess and report the recipient's physical and emotional status, short and long-term complications of immunosuppression, drug toxicity, infectious complications; assist family with recipient¿s physical, social and emotional rehabilitation; assess compliance with medications and medical regimen; reinforce post-operative teaching; collect and review health and organ function data; communicate lab data and diagnostic results; implement changes in drug/treatment therapy as ordered; arrange for consultations, diagnostic procedures and hospitalization; reinforce and facilitate need for well care; ensure recipient is screened annually for malignancy; assess recipient's need for immunizations; maintain communication with referring physician, other heath care providers and payors; provide and maintain comprehensive documentation of recipient's progress. Living donation: ability to facilitate living donation/transplantation and coordinate the care of the living donor for evaluation and live organ donation. Professional development: obtain ABTC certification; maintain ABTC certification.

Knowledge and Skills:
Working knowledge of renal, liver and lung pathophysiology and the transplant process required. The ability to demonstrate and perform generic and unit-based/critical competencies including the specific care of age and diagnosis appropriate patients; demonstrate positive interpersonal skills; utilize time and resources in a cost effective manner; demonstrate flexibility; demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills; delegation; operate basic medical equipment; read and analyze basic medical equipment; utilize a personal computer to include word processing and basic office equipment. The ability to show diplomacy and sensitivity in caring for families facing end-stage organ failure of their child, ability to coordinate an interdisciplinary health care team efficiently and in a collaborative manner.

Education, Licensure and Experience:
Current Texas RN license and a minimum three (3) years pediatrics or solid organ transplant field experience required. Bachelor's degree in nursing and experience in solid organ transplant or related field preferred. apply

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