Clinical Nurse III Post Transplant Coordinator

Department/Unit:Renal Transplant ServiceWork Shift:Day (United States of America)Salary Range:$65,102.17 - $100,908.37Clinical Nurse assesses, coordinates, plans, directs, implements and manages the needs of assigned patients throughout the episode of care with a focus on progress toward discharge, including during transitions within the acute care stay. The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible for the delivery and coordination of patient care provided by the caregiving team. S/he assures that competent, compassionate patient care is uniformly provided to customers including referring facilities, hospital staff and patients in the inpatient, ambulatory, and community settings.Clinical Duties: Assists the attending Transplant surgeons, house staff, and Transplant staff with the direct care of hospitalized patients and outpatients on a rotating basis with the other clinical care coordinators, including: facilitation of patient discharges and transplant teaching Attends once a week outpatient Transplant clinics: RN orders labs, performs injection teaching, coordination of careSchedule appropriate non-invasive laboratory tests and participates in the interpretation of the results and the institution of appropriate therapy based off physician guidances Schedules appropriate surgery and tests for patients Discharge PlanningReviews discharge instructions to hospitalized patientsWorks with hospital case manager and social worker regarding patient discharge needs Answers telephone inquiries from patients and/or visiting nurses after hospital discharge Education of health care workers and the public regarding organ transplantation Participates in teaching programs of the Abdomina