Registered Nurse - Heart Transplant Coordinator

Job Description

Are you ready to bring your clinical skills to a world-class facility recognized as top ten in the United States for transplant services? Do you have a passion for the highest quality and patient satisfaction? Then please respond to this dynamic opportunity available with one of the best places to work in Southern California! We would be happy to hear from you.

With expert surgical and medical proficiency in lung, heart, liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation, the Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center is one of the most successful facilities of its kind. Here, patients find a compassionate environment and hope for a longer, healthier life.

More than a thousand patients have undergone transplants at Cedars-Sinai since the Heart Transplant Program was established in 1988, according to UNOS. Because we treat more of these patients than any other center in the United States, we can tailor our approach to each individual's needs.

The Transplant Coordinator I is involved with the planning and coordination of routine to moderately complex perioperative and intraoperative transplant process. The Transplant Coordinator I supports the donor offers and coordinates with the interdisciplinary services to determine viability.

Qualifications

• Current California RN License required
• BLS from the American Heart Association required
• CCRN Acute/Critical Care Nursing, PCCN Progressive Care Nursing or other specialty certification required
• Certified Clinical Transplant Nurse (CCTN) preferred (or willing to obtain within one year from start date)

Experience

• A minimum of 3 years of acute care nursing experience required
• At least 1 year of Critical Care experience required, preferably in a cardiac setting
• Organ transplantation experience preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of case management required
• Experience in data management preferred
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to effectively coordinate all aspects of patient care required

• Current California RN License required
• BLS from the American Heart Association required
• CCRN Acute/Critical Care Nursing, PCCN Progressive Care Nursing or other specialty certification required
• Certified Clinical Transplant Nurse (CCTN) preferred (or willing to obtain within one year from start date)

Experience

• A minimum of 3 years of acute care nursing experience required
• At least 1 year of Critical Care experience required, preferably in a cardiac setting
• Organ transplantation experience preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of case management required
• Experience in data management preferred
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to effectively coordinate all aspects of patient care required