Description
**Company :**
Allegheny Health Network
**Job Description :**
Date Posted: 20240724
Location: Allegheny General Hospital
Department: Heart Transplant
Status: Full Time
Shift: 80 hours every two weeks
Daylight hours, no weekends or no holidays, remote call required
Union: YES
**THE UNIT:**
AGH's team of Heart Transplant Coordinators serve as liaisons between patients and the entire transplant team, working to coordinate, evaluate and prepare the patient for heart transplant. In addition, the Heart Transplant Coordinators play an integral role in coordination of post-transplant care.
**ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL:**
AGH is a Level I Shock Trauma Center
5 state of the art ICU's
State of the art Cancer Center
550+ Beds
**ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK:**
At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities. AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.
Job Summary: Responsible and accountable for a designated patient population for the purpose of providing care based upon enactment of the nursing process and floats to multiple areas within an assigned team based on skill level.
**GENERAL OVERVIEW:**
Coordinates and manages transplant patients' care throughout the entire transplant process.
**ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:**
Coordinates all aspects of the transplant process including, but not limited to, referral, evaluation, waitlist, perioperative care, and follow-up care.
Performs assessment of patients' status, intervenes when appropriate and reports findings to transplant physicians.
Ensures that patient education is planned, developed, implemented, evaluated and documented in patient chart and transplant database.
Coordinates and presents formal in-service education programs for professional, as well as, general audiences.
Coordinates the donor/recipient process as a liaison with the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO), referring physicians, histocompatibility laboratory, transplant physicians, hospital staff and patients.
**QUALIFICATIONS:**
Minimum
3 years clinical experience
Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
BSN
CCTC required within three (3) years of start date
CPR - American Heart Association
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
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-As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times.? In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company's Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.-
-Furthermore, it is every employee's responsibility to comply with the company's Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.-
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Req ID: J248261
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