Description
Department/Unit:
CDT
Work Shift:
Day (United States of America)
Through responding to donor referrals and engaging families on the opportunity to save lives through organ donation, the Donation Specialist is the "face of donation" within CDT's region.
Duties include:
On-call referral response & evaluation: available on-call 24/7 during designated times of the month (typically at least 10 days p/month) to respond to hospitals to evaluate donor referrals from the ICU/ED.
Obtaining authorization for donation: collaborates with the health care team to meet with potential donor families regarding the option of donation. In a sensitive and caring manner, leads the discussion about donation with patients' families. Provides emotional support and relays information in a clear and sincere manner. Utilizes a dual advocacy approach to advocate for people awaiting lifesaving transplant.
Providing family support: following authorization for donation, the Donation Specialist supports the family throughout the donation process, establishing a plan for communication, offering memory making, connecting the family to hospital services (ex: social work, pastoral care), etc.
Clinical support- partners with both the hospital staff and CDT clinical team to support the initial clinical aspects of donation (ex: address any immediate
clinical needs- ex: pressor support, plan for brain death declaration, obtain blood draw for testing, hand off to CDT clinical team member).
Hospital education & community advocacy- Outside of on-call days, the Donation Specialist works with hospitals to provide education and other supportive initiatives (ex: audits, policy reviews, meetings) to maximize awareness and readiness for donation.
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This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:
Access to information is based on a "need to know" and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.
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