Full-Time

Donation Program Consultant

Donor Network West

Donor Network West

201-500 employees

Compensation Overview

$76.4k - $84k/yr

San Jose, CA, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid role requiring on-site presence in San Jose; travel to service area by car.

Category
Business & Strategy (1)
Requirements
  • Undergraduate degree in business health administration, marketing, and/or nursing required.
  • Must maintain valid California or Nevada driver’s license and ability to travel to Donor Network West service area by car.
  • Possess extensive knowledge of public education, hospital, and business development. Maintains strong hospital and physician relationships.
  • Strong public speaking skills/experience giving formal presentations.
  • Understand hospital and community education needs of the organization and effectively formulate a plan of response.
  • Ability to clearly communicate plan to organizational staff, internal, and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to communicate and present information effectively and concisely within a team environment.
  • Proactive team player who can multitask with ease and uphold organizational core values.
  • Strong attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills. Thrives in a fast-paced dynamic environment and adjusts to new priorities as required.
Responsibilities
  • Takes primary responsibility for hospital donation strategy development and organ and tissue donation performance at assigned hospitals.
  • Sets quarterly and yearly goals to continuously improve performance that is consistent with Donor Network West organizational goals and strategic plans.
  • Secures and maintains collaborative hospital leadership & physician relationships.
  • Provides support on-site at hospitals during active organ cases which may include referral response, family support, and family approach as needed.
  • Negotiates Donor Network West needs and necessary services with physicians, nurses, and ancillary services prior to and during organ and tissue donor cases.
  • Participates in post donation after action review/debrief meetings/Feedback with physicians, nurses, and ancillary staff involved.
  • Performs quality assurance (QA) of data and maintenance of referral and donation process metrics.
  • Provide concise written communications to external and internal partners.
  • Ensures current hospital affiliation agreement is maintained at all assigned hospitals.
  • Present plans and strategy to hospital administration, physicians, and nursing staff.
  • Provide conflict resolution, and advocacy with hospital administration, as needed.
  • Responsible for hospital program site maintenance by ensuring all regulatory requirements are met as scheduled, including medical record review, education, hospital policies related to donation, hospital strategic plans.
  • Participates in community events surrounding assigned hospital(s) such as Donate Life Month, as well as community-based donation promotion activities.
Desired Qualifications
  • 1 - 2 years’ experience educating physician and healthcare professionals preferred
  • 2 - 3 years’ experience within a hospital system. Experience in collaboration, education, and negotiation with governmental regulatory bodies and key regulatory personnel preferred
  • Experience in presenting information, data, trends, and strategies to upper management, health care leaders, public groups, and other professionals preferred
  • Experience in sales and negotiations with individuals, businesses, and/or healthcare organizations preferred

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

San Ramon, California

Founded

N/A

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What believers are saying

  • Donor Network West Foundation raised over $250,000 via Stride for Hope events.
  • 17th year participating in 2026 Rose Parade honoring local donors.
  • Innovative San Ramon partnership ensures certain donor family timelines.

What critics are saying

  • CMS star rating declines from failing 2025 donor milestones.
  • Nevada legislation triggers loss of exclusive OPO status to OneLegacy.
  • Sutter Health living kidney programs bypass Donor Network West procurement.

What makes Donor Network West unique

  • Sole federally-designated OPO for northern Nevada and northern California.
  • Launched birth tissue donation program with Carson Tahoe Health.
  • Partners with 175 hospitals across 40 counties for organ recovery.

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KRNV
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Donor Network West launches birth tissue donation program in Carson City

As the sole federally-designated organ procurement organization in northern Nevada, Donor Network West is collaborating with Carson Tahoe Health to offer this program to expecting mothers.

PR Newswire
Feb 4th, 2025
Leading With Passion: Donor Network West'S Leadership Shares Lived Experiences With Organ, Eye And Tissue Donation

From an altruistic donor to a heart transplant recipient, at Donor Network West, members of senior leadership have a deep connection to the organization's mission to save and heal lives SAN RAMON, Calif., Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "If you know, you know,"—a phrase commonly used to refer to something that is understood or known by a select group of people. It is a phrase that applies to more than 10,000 people in Donor Network West's donation service area—the second largest in the U.S.—who are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. At Donor Network West, an expert team of executive and healthcare professionals understand it all too well, dedicating themselves to one organizational mission: to save and heal lives through organ, eye and tissue donation

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"Donor Network West is thrilled to partner with the Reno Aces to celebrate northern Nevada's transplant recipients and share their stories to inspire others to consider joining the registry as organ donors."