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Cedars-Sinai Registered Nurse - Lead Heart & Lung Transplant Coordinator - 12 Hour Days in California
Job Description
Cedars-Sinai is among the few medical centers in Southern California with Medicare certification for lung transplants. The center blends the multidisciplinary of an experienced team of surgeons, pulmonologists, diagnostic imaging specialists and specially trained transplant nurses to provide groundbreaking care for patients who can benefit from lung transplantation.
The Lead Transplant Coordinator is responsible for the planning and coordination of all aspects of care for patients throughout the continuum of transplant services. They will oversee donor offers and coordinate with all interdisciplinary services to determine viability. Will provide assistance to Transplant Coordinators for complex cases.
As an experienced member of the multidisciplinary team, their role will lead efforts to supervise and improve referral, evaluation and waitlist workflow as well as patient outcomes and performance improvement projects in addition to participating in peer onboarding, training and mentorship.
Lung transplant patients at Cedars-Sinai have access to all of the services and programs for which the Medical Center is renowned. These include the S. Mark Taper Imaging Center, with groundbreaking diagnostic technologies; innovative surgical suites; and the latest in new techniques such as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, lung volume reduction surgery and minimally invasive surgical techniques and interventional pulmonology.
Essential Job Duties:
Serves as the lead coordinator for the interdisciplinary team, including: physicians, nurses, social workers, dietitians, pharmacists, financial analysts, case managers, support staff and other transplant coordinators facilitating communication and evidence based practice.
Expert in planning and coordination all aspects of care for patients throughout the continuum of transplant services.
Participates in staff evaluation including probationary period, annual appraisal and counseling for nursing and administrative staff within respective transplant phase.
Participates in employee engagement efforts.
Develops weekly and monthly staffing and on-call schedules, approves vacation requests and leads daily/weekly staff meetings and huddles
Monitors staffing ratios in respective transplant phase and implements strategies to improve workflow.
Collects/documents data to meet clinical, regulatory (OPTN/UNOS/MCS), financial requirements.
Leads the development and implementation of practice guidelines, protocols, pathways, performance improvement and research activities.
Coordinates policy development and required updates with Quality Manager related to UNOS required guidelines and revisions to allocation and regulations.
Undertakes a leadership role in improving the quality of transplant nursing care and serves as a consultant to the interprofessional team. Acts as nurse expert to represent transplant program during audits and regulatory surveys.
Provides nursing care consistent with Nursing Standards of Care/Practice, the Plan for Provision of Nursing Care, The Plan for Provision of Care to Patients, CSMC Code of Conduct, the Performance Improvement Plan, the Patient Education Plan and Nursing Strategic Plan.
Identify safety concerns and institute measures to provide a safe patient care; and provide appropriate assessment, intervention and evaluation of patients with consideration of clinical and developmental milestones in the patient population.
Develops, coordinates, implements, and evaluates educational programs/projects for patients, personnel, and the community. Represents the Medical Center at regional and national meetings/conferences.
Maintains competency skills including the ability to provide care to special patient populations and patient with diverse cultural backgrounds.
Provides and monitors professional development such as mentorship and educational opportunities to those on the interdisciplinary team.
Qualifications
Education:
- BSN degree required or Masters preferred
License/Certifications:
Current California RN License required
BLS from the American Heart Association required
Experience:
A minimum of 5 years transplant coordinator experience required
Certified CCTC (ABTC) required
Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through March each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment.
Req ID : 5576
Working Title : Registered Nurse - Lead Heart & Lung Transplant Coordinator - 12 Hour Days
Department : Heart Acquisition
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Clinical Operations
Job Specialty : Clinical Operations
Overtime Status : EXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 12 hour
Base Pay : $70.81 - $113.30
Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law.