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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center

Pediatric hospital, research, and medical education

Registered Nurse Heart Transplant Coordinator

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeOhio, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • Hold a current Registered Nurse license in the State of Ohio.
  • Have 5 years of nursing experience.
  • Have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing or degree/experience consistent with the Registered Nurse II classification.
  • Demonstrate strong clinical assessment and critical-thinking skills.
  • Have communication, organization, and care-coordination skills.
  • Be able to independently prioritize multiple patients and competing clinical needs.
  • Be able to collaborate within a highly specialized interdisciplinary team.
  • Have strong patient and family education skills.
  • Provide compassionate, relationship-based care to children and families experiencing complex medical conditions.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct pre-transplant interviews with patients and families and obtain comprehensive medical and social histories.
  • Explain transplant evaluation requirements, eligibility criteria, and the transplant process to patients, families, physicians, and outside agencies.
  • Collect, prepare, analyze, and coordinate pre-transplant clinical information.
  • Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing, social work, financial services, and other disciplines to prepare patients and families for transplantation.
  • Coordinate required testing, consultations, procedures, and other components of the transplant evaluation.
  • Participate in identifying and selecting appropriate transplant candidates according to Cincinnati Children’s Transplant Program and United Network for Organ Sharing guidelines.
  • Coordinate communication with third-party payers regarding medical necessity, authorization, and transplant benefits.
  • Educate patients and families about transplantation, including evaluation, waiting-list management, transplantation, medications, potential complications, follow-up, and long-term care.
  • Prepare patients and families for the physical, emotional, and practical aspects of transplantation.
  • Tailor education to developmental needs, health literacy, family circumstances, and the complexity of the patient's condition.
  • Serve as an ongoing resource for patients and families throughout the transplant journey.
  • Coordinate post-discharge planning and education so patients and families understand follow-up plans and ongoing care needs.
  • Compile and review post-discharge clinical data to support ongoing patient management.
  • Provide direct nursing care to transplant patients in the outpatient transplant clinic.
  • Perform initial assessments and provide follow-up care for transplant patients in hospital and outpatient settings.
  • Monitor patients for changes in condition, complications, symptoms, and other concerns requiring clinical intervention.
  • Provide telephone consultation and follow-up to patients and families.
  • Recognize patient problems and symptoms, initiate appropriate nursing interventions, and communicate concerns and recommendations to physicians, advanced practice providers, community providers, and other healthcare professionals.
  • Serve as a consistent point of contact for patients and families throughout the transplant process.
  • Ensure continuity of care between inpatient admissions, outpatient visits, transplant clinic appointments, and community-based care.
  • Coordinate care across the transplant office, outpatient clinic, inpatient nursing units, and community outreach clinics.
  • Collaborate with transplant physicians, nurse practitioners, nursing staff, social workers, pharmacists, financial specialists, and other interdisciplinary team members.
  • Facilitate communication between Cincinnati Children’s and referring or community healthcare providers.
  • Help patients and families navigate complex healthcare systems and overcome barriers to care.
  • Independently organize and prioritize daily activities based on clinical urgency and patient needs.
  • Manage multiple patients simultaneously across transplant evaluation, waiting, hospitalization, newly transplanted, and long-term recipient stages.
  • Prepare transplant summaries, clinic visit summaries, correspondence, and other clinical documentation.
  • Maintain accurate and timely patient records and transplant-related data.
  • Support transplant program quality, regulatory, and clinical initiatives.
  • Coordinate outpatient care for transplant and living-donor recipients to support physical, social, and emotional rehabilitation.
  • Identify post-transplant complications and consider interventions with the transplant team.
  • Coordinate discharge planning to provide continuity of care.
  • Assess recipient compliance with medication and medical regimens and collaborate with the transplant team to attain and maintain compliance.
  • Collect and review data pertinent to recipient or donor health and, when applicable, organ function, with the transplant physician.
  • Communicate changes to the patient plan of care and transplant drug therapy as ordered by medical providers.
  • Arrange consultations, diagnostic testing, and hospitalization when indicated.
  • Coordinate emergent evaluation of transplant recipients when indicated.
  • Assist in reporting required data to regulatory bodies.
  • Participate in the transplant or donation process according to applicable standards.
  • Share pertinent information about intended recipients, including ABO compatibility, with the transplant team.
  • Facilitate patient admission or transfer to the transplant facility.
  • Notify the transplant team of pending medical or surgical procedures.
  • Remove transplant recipients or living donors from the list according to regulatory guidelines.
  • Provide outcome details to regulatory bodies for donor family follow-up.
  • Monitor and coordinate care of candidates awaiting transplantation or living donation and ensure monitoring according to transplant-center standards.
  • Identify and respond to psychosocial and economic needs of candidates during the pre-transplant or donation period.
  • Maintain and update candidate listing status according to regulatory regulations.
  • Identify when candidate reevaluation is needed and initiate the process.
  • Act as a resource for internal and external healthcare providers.
  • Coordinate evaluation and listing of potential transplant or living-donor candidates and oversee the candidate evaluation process.
  • Interpret serological results and their implications for transplantation.
  • Gather and communicate serological results and blood type according to regulatory requirements.
  • Identify possible comorbidities and absolute or relative contraindications for potential transplant recipients or living-donor candidates.
  • Advocate for candidates by applying knowledge of growth, development, educational, and cultural backgrounds during candidate and family interactions.
  • Collect and evaluate medical, psychosocial, and financial data for review by the transplant team.
  • Communicate candidate status and evaluation outcomes with referring physicians, other care providers, payers, and transplant team members.
  • Provide data to regulatory bodies for listing statistics.
  • Maintain thorough, accurate, and timely electronic documentation of patient encounters to support safe transitions between transplant or donation phases of care.
  • Communicate patient clinical findings and plans of care promptly to patients, families, multidisciplinary team members, referring and primary care providers, and consultants.
  • Maintain communication with patients, referring physicians, payers, and other healthcare providers throughout the transplant or donation process.
  • Collaborate with nursing staff, social work, and other healthcare providers to establish and implement patient care plans according to current standards of care.

Desired Qualifications

  • Pediatric nursing experience.
  • Experience with heart failure, cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, cardiac critical care, or mechanical circulatory support.
  • Transplant nursing or transplant coordination experience.
  • Experience caring for patients with complex chronic conditions.
  • Experience with inpatient-to-outpatient care transitions.
  • Experience working with adolescents and young adults with complex medical needs.
  • Knowledge of transplant evaluation, organ allocation, United Network for Organ Sharing requirements, or transplant-related regulatory standards.
  • Certification in a relevant nursing specialty is encouraged.

About the Company

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center

Pediatric hospital, research, and medical education

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is a nonprofit academic medical center that provides pediatric care across the spectrum—from routine well-child visits to treatment of rare and complex illnesses—and serves as the Department of Pediatrics for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Care is delivered by pediatric specialists in hospital and clinic settings, while researchers and educators translate findings into better treatments and train residents and fellows. It differentiates itself by combining patient care with university-backed pediatric research and education at scale, along with a commitment to equality and an inclusive environment for staff, patients, and families. Its goal is to improve child health by delivering high-quality care, advancing medical knowledge through research, and training the next generation of pediatric professionals.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$18.4M
Headquarters
Cincinnati, OH
Founded
1883

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