JOB SUMMARY
Nurse Coordinator is a competent experienced nurse who consistently demonstrates a commitment to expand his/her knowledge and skill base, works collaboratively with interprofessional healthcare and quality improvement teams in a certain disease group.
The Nurse Coordinator is responsible for coordination of the evaluation and preparation of patients within the relevant disease group (example: pre and post organ transplant, pre and post stem cell transplant, etc). The Coordinator is responsible for coordinating patient care across multiple areas and levels of care, the outpatient clinic, the inpatient nursing unit and the community in order to provide continuity of patient care across settings.
PRIMARY JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
PATIENT CARE
- Recognizes abnormal, pertinent findings, and initiates referrals/consults accordingly
- Conduct pre-transplant interviews with prospective transplant patients and families. Interpret eligibility criteria for patients, families, physicians and outside agencies
- Prepare and analyze pre-transplant clinical data and collaborate with other medical personnel in preparation of patients and families for transplantation
- Coordinate pre-transplant preparations
- Ensure patient and family education in all aspects of transplantation
- Compose written transplant summaries and clinic visits
- Coordinate post-discharge planning and education for transplant patients
- Compile and review post-discharge data for clinical management of transplant patients
- Provide direct care to transplant patients in the Outpatient Transplant Clinic
- Collaborate with medical faculty, other transplant coordinators, nursing personnel, case management, social workers , transplant pharmacists and transplant dietician and other health disciplines to facilitate meeting patient and family needs. Coordinate and lead the transplant selection meetings and document the decisions made by the team
- Provide on-call service on evenings, weekends and holidays when the transplant Services and Clinics are closed
- Responsible for completing charge capture education and in-service training for their Institute within CCAD. When charges are not captured automatically the nurse will complete within Epic in real time, Perioperative Services within 24 business hours
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Nursing; A Master's degree in Nursing is preferred
- Post graduate /certification in relevant nursing specialty is preferred
- 5 years of clinical nursing experience
- Progressive nursing experience with demonstrated success in the relevant nursing specialty (example: caring for transplant patients in ICU or ACU)
- Clinical nursing experience ACU and ICU is preferred
- Two (2) years of relevant nursing specialty experience (example: transplant) is preferred
- Valid and current national license is required
- BLS is required
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to effectively manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Experience with electronic medical record is strongly preferred
- Ability to speak and write in Arabic is preferred
