Transplant Nurse Supervisor

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Transplant Supervisor assists and supports the organ, blood and marrow transplant and VAD programs administratively and clinically. This leader assists in supervising, planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating the daily operations and the clinical care teams. This individual has direct reports, is accountable for evaluations, discipline, recruitment, onboarding, and strategic plan initiatives. This individual serves as a professional role model, leader, and daily problem solver for the team they supervise and collaborates with others to establish evidence-based standards of care for the patient populations served. Primary responsibilities also include coordinating the interdisciplinary team approach in the evaluation, treatment, and facilitation of the transplant process as well as follow-up care for individuals who have undergone transplant or placement of ventricular assist device.


Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Works with transplant and/or vascular access device (VAD) team in setting, achieving, and implementing goals for the clinical operations of the program
• Provides training and support to new transplant coordinator staff and other support staff
• Alongside management, fellow leadership, and clinic educator, ensures patient and family education is up to date and in line with evidence-based practice.
• This can include the development, planning and conducting of education for patients, families, and outreach
• Engages in activities designed to encourage the participation of outside medical facilities, referral sources, and health care team members in the transplant and/or VAD process
• Partners with quality and regulatory teams on transplant quality program i.e. QAPI, FACT, UNOS, LEAN, CMSPlans and attends morbidity and mortality meetings, participates in PDCA projects, supports best practice and protocol review and development meetings
• Responds to call 24/7 as scheduled
• Supports clinical operations within the transplant and VAD programs by performing essential functions of a transplant coordinator: Coordinating the clinical management of patient care under the supervision of transplant providers
• Assures open and clear communication with patients, their families, and the health care team members
• Rounds on inpatient units as needed
• Coordinates and manages comprehensive clinical care of the patient throughout inpatient and outpatient phases of care
• Develops, collects, records, and maintains data registries (UNOS, FACT, VAD and other data base systems)
• 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

• Bachelor Degree Nursing Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• 3 or more years RN experience
• 1 or more years relevant specialty experience

Preferred Education and Experience

• Master Degree Nursing
• prior leadership experience

Required Licensure and Certification

• Basic Life Support Heartsaver (BLS HS) (Non-Clinical) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing As a condition of your employment and continued employment with the health system, you are required to secure a Nurse Compact License (NCL) within 60 days of your date of hire. This will enable you to perform your job duties not only in Kansas, but other compact states. You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in securing this license and must provide your manager with evidence of this license before the sixty-day period expires. If you fail to secure the NCL as required, you will be immediately removed from the work schedule and placed on an unpaid administrative leave, until we can understand the reasons for your non-compliance. Further failure to comply with the licensing requirement will result in your end of employment with the health system.

Preferred Licensure and Certification

• Certification in specialty field

Knowledge Requirements

• Demonstrated leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills

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.