The role involves planning and directing specialized nursing care for individuals requiring kidney transplants, including both recipients and living donors
Job Summary
The role involves planning and directing specialized nursing care for individuals requiring kidney transplants, including both recipients and living donors.
The coordinator must ensure compliance with OPTN/UNOS regulations while managing candidate evaluation, listing status, and organ allocation processes.
Responsibilities include monitoring post-transplant recovery, coordinating multidisciplinary team efforts, and addressing the psychosocial and economic needs of patients and families.
Matching Summary
The role involves planning and directing specialized nursing care for individuals requiring kidney transplants, including both recipients and living donors.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
coordinate living donor transplantation
manage outpatient transplant recipient care
interpret serological results and cross matches
adhere to OPTN UNOS regulations
provide patient education on immunosuppression
Nice-to-have
mentoring newly hired staff
participating in professional organizations
reviewing current transplant literature
collaborating with community resources
Key Requirements
Bachelor Degree Nursing
2 or more years acute clinical experience
Licensed Registered Nurse in Kansas
Current active multistate RN license or single state license
Basic Life Support Heartsaver certification within 14 days
Work Rights
Must have valid US RN license in Kansas or multistate compact state