**Overview**
**Be inspired** **.** **Be rewarded. Belong. At Emory Healthcare.**
At Emory Healthcare we fuel your professional journey with better benefits, valuable resources,ongoingmentorshipand leadership programs for all types of jobs, and asupportive environment that enables you to reach new heights in your careerand be what you want to be. We provide:
+ Comprehensive health benefits that start day 1
+ Student Loan Repayment Assistance & Reimbursement Programs
+ Family-focused benefits
+ Wellness incentives
+ Ongoing mentorship, _development,_ and leadership programs
+ And more
**Description**
**7:30am- 4pm/ Full time/ 40 Hours**
+ The Transplant Coordinator I enhances internal and external quality of services through quality assurance and improvement practices.
+ This person has a holistic view of patient management.
+ He/she develops and maintains nursing practice standards of care for a specific transplant population.
+ Serves as a liaison and provides consultation and education services to support standards of care.
+ Identifies and resolves clinical issues relating to the transplant patient. Coordinates the collection of clinical data and patient samples for research studies.
+ Collaborates with staff, the patient, and his/her family concerning patient evaluation and discharge planning.
+ Participates in developing the interdisciplinary plan of care ensuring essential protocol medications, pertinent diagnostic tests, and frequency are ordered, completed and reviewed by physician. Reports signs/symptoms of possible rejection immediately to physician and care team.
+ Maintains appropriate documentation for transplant candidacy and post-transplant follow-up care.
+ Coordinates communications with the outpatient transplant population such as transplant clinic visits, community referrals, telephone consultations, arranging for long-range beepers, outpatient treatments, and subsequent hospital admissions.
+ Develops and coordinates a system to organize the flow of patients from initial referral, through evaluation and education, to post-transplant follow-up and referral back to the community.
+ Participates in daily patient rounds/huddles with transplant team. Participates in collaborative, interdisciplinary research activities related to transplant patients.
+ Performs related responsibilities as required. Basic Responsibilities of all EHC Employees: Greets and welcomes all customers utilizing the EHC customer service model.
+ Serves as a role model of excellent customer service. Participates as a key contributor to the Press Ganey patient satisfaction initiatives within the department.
+ Treats all individuals with dignity and respect and participates in activities to improve working relationships within the section.
+ Maintains confidentiality of information.
+ Coordinates basic maintenance of office equipment (fax, copier, printers, etc).MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
+ An Associate's degree in nursing.
+ 3 years of recent, clinical, medical-surgical nursing experience.
+ All nurses employed in roles requiring an unencumbered nursing license must have a valid, active license or temporary permit approved by the Georgia Licensing Board.
+ BLS certification required.
**Additional Details**
Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
Emory Healthcare is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Emory Healthcare's Human Resources at
[email protected] . Please note that one week's advance notice is preferred.
**Connect With Us!**
Connect with us for general consideration!
**Division** _Emory Univ Hospital_
**Campus Location** _Atlanta, GA, 30322_
**Campus Location** _US-GA-Atlanta_
**Department** _EUH Living Donor Transplants_
**Job Type** _Regular Full-Time_
**Job Number** _156418_
**Job Category** _Nursing_
**Schedule** _7:30a-4p_
**Standard Hours** _40 Hours_
**Hourly Minimum** _USD $46.31/Hr._
**Hourly Midpoint** _USD $53.68/Hr._
Emory Healthcare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing equal opportunity in all of its employment practices and decisions. Emory Healthcare prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age (40 and over), disability, citizenship, genetic information, service in the uniformed services, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.