Organ Transplant Nurse Manager

Position Summary / Career Interest:

 The Organ Transplant Manager is responsible for the daily operations and oversight of transplant program services. Responsible for personnel management, effective and efficient operational processes, data integrity, regulatory compliance and clinical quality.


Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Attends transplant patient selection committee, protocol meeting, and pathology meeting, Donor Advisory Council and assures department and hospital participation in National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week and works to promote organ donation internally and externally.
• Develops and implements staff orientation plans and completes all required orientation documentation.
• Assures ongoing competency and educational learning management assignments are completed.
• Develops annually and completes monthly QAPI dashboard and reports results as required.
• Develops, implements and assures compliance to transplant protocols and policies including evaluation, waitlist management, informed consent, inpatient and outpatient management, re-evaluation, waitlist notification, ABO verification, donor and recipient organ acceptance, team notification system, donor net, patient care plans, etc.
• Ensures optimal transplant operational department functioning by maintaining adequate staffing, recruitment and retention.
• Able to step into and support key roles during vacancy or urgent critical staff coverage issues.
• Assists in attracting and retaining highly competent staff.
• Ensures that personnel management is consistent and equitable in accordance with hospital policies and practices, and staff are trained on HR policies.
• Addresses staff job performance issues in a timely manner.
• Works with HR in progressive disciplinary processes as required.
• Leads all QAPI planning, Morbidity and Mortality, PDSA, best practice and protocol review and development.
• Mediate conflicts, differences, and misunderstandings between and amongst patients, clientele, staff and physicians.
• Models purposeful, direct, and assertive communication with staff, physicians, peers, and department/hospital administration.
• Monitors regulatory requirements and adherence to requirements including JCAHO, CMS, KSDH, UNOS, and reimbursement guidelines on state and federal level.
• Communicates any policy changes impacting organ transplant services.
• Ensures notification of regulatory agencies of significant changes in clinical program.
• Conducts audits as needed to validate compliance.
• Oversees all clinical care delivery for quality and patient and staff satisfaction.
• Oversees transplant operations, minimizes operating costs and oversees utilization of labor and supplies.
• Assists with completion of transplant budget and reviews variances with business analyst or director.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree
• High School Graduate
• 2 or more years of management experience

Preferred Education and Experience

• Master's Degree

Required Licensure and Certification

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing Registered Nurse in State of Kansas
• Basic Life Support Heartsaver (BLS HS) (Non-Clinical) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 14 days

Preferred Licensure and Certification

• Must have current active multistate state Register Nurse (RN) license in good standing in state in which you live OR active single state RN license in good standing in the state you will be working with proof of application of a multistate RN license in the state in which you live. Staff hired prior to 2/1/2024 are required to obtain a multistate state RN license from the state in which they live at the time of their next RN license renewal by 3/31/2026.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.