Clinical Transplant Coordinator, Miami Transplant Institute, Lung Acquisition, Full Time, Days

Clinical Transplant Coordinator, Miami Transplant Institute, Lung Acquisition, Full Time, Days Department: Miami Transplant Institute (Lung Acquisition) Address: 1801 NW 9th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136 Shift details: Full-Time, Days Why Jackson's Miami Transplant Institute: The Miami Transplant Institute is the only center in Florida that performs all types of organ transplants—heart, lung, heart-lung, kidney, pancreas, kidney-pancreas, liver, intestinal, and multi-visceral transplants. Since opening in 1970, the Miami Transplant Institute has been dedicated to offering patients the best possible surgical, medical, and rehabilitation care. Miami Transplant Institute has been doing liver transplants for almost 50 years with more than 4,000 livers since 1988. We perform more than 125 liver transplants a year, one of the highest volumes in the country. Most importantly, our programs for both children and adults consistently rank among the nation's best in terms of patient outcomes. Summary The Clinical Transplant Coordinator is a professional designated member of the transplant health care team who will be assigned primary responsibility for coordinating clinical aspects of care. The coordinator will work with patients and their families beginning with the evaluation for transplantation and continue through and after transplantation, in a compassionate and tactful manner in order to facilitate access to and provide continuity of care. The coordinator will also work with other members of the transplant team, including physicians, surgeons, nurses, social workers, financial coordinators, and administrative personnel at the transplant program. The Clinical Transplant Coordinator performs independently and seeks support/direction as needed. The Clinical Transplant Coordinator must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of their patients; demonstrate knowledge of growth and development; assess data reflective of patients status; and identify each patients requirements relative to age specific needs. Responsibilities Candidate/Living Donor Phase: Identifies absolute and relative contraindications to transplantation/donation. Knowledge of abnormal diagnostic and laboratory testing in pre-transplant patient/living donor population and ability to interrupt results and maintain program criteria protocols for inclusion for transplant candidacy/living donation; Participates in both patient/living donor, and family education; Assist in the evaluation and selection of transplant candidates/potential living donors; Assist transplant candidates/living donors with reviewing informed consent information/education and confirm patient understanding. Maintains appropriate monitoring of patients' status throughout evaluation and while on the deceased donor organ transplant waiting list/pending donation; Knowledge of UNOS and CMS regulations for pre transplant evaluation/living donation. communications, listing and waitlist maintenance/management; Knowledge of listing criteria for specific organs, upgrades, appeals and extensions/knowledge of donor selection criteria. Knowledge of UNOS/CMS policy related to transplant candidacy, organ procurement agencies, types of organ offers, recipient and donor matching and communication to facilities to accomplish transplant goal/knowledge of all policies and by paws related to living donation; Knowledge of hepatitis and HIV co infection protocols and impact on candidacy requirements and Knowledge and experience in the special needs of children being evaluated for transplant; Ability to maintain follow up and monitoring of large patient load (450-500 patients), clinic management, laboratory orders, diagnostic testing, communication and paperwork; Participates in multidisciplinary selection committee meeting. Transplant/Donation Inpatient Phase: Assumes lead in directing responsibility of all patient, donor and family education; Maintains communication with…

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