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Transplant Recovery Specialist - Organ Acquisition - Full-Time/Days
$63k-79k (estimate)
Full Time | Ambulatory Healthcare Services
9 Months Ago
Houston Methodist is Hiring a Transplant Recovery Specialist - Organ Acquisition - Full-Time/Days Near Houston, TX
At Houston Methodist, the Transplant Recovery Specialist position is responsible for supporting the organ procurement services required for transplantation and maintains the peri-operative phase of recipient transplantation. Primary responsibilities for this position include logistics management, preservation, packaging and labeling of organs for transplantation; facilitating organ offer review and acceptance processes, recipient admission and pre-operative preparation for transplantation, and ensuring adherence to current Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network of Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) regulations and allocation policies. The Transplant Recovery Specialist position communicates with all members of the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO), Houston Methodist recovery and transplant teams, and recipient candidate and family to ensure proper coordination of the organ recovery and transplant events.
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Communicates in an active, positive, and effective manner to all team members and outside organization partners while facilitating the critical events of recovery and transplantation. Collects the appropriate data necessary for decision-making regarding organ acceptance/rejection for transplant and communicates with the organ procurement agency and as well as the physicians/surgeons to relay donor and/or recipient information accurately and timely to support the transplant event. Participates in organ pumping/ perfusion per transplant center protocols.
- Identifies and responds to the psychosocial needs of the transplant candidate/ family/caregivers during the pre-operative and peri-operative phases of transplantation.
- Fosters teamwork approach in all interactions with peers and team members, offering assistance. Anticipates needs of other team members; proactively offering assistance. Contributes to meeting department score for employee engagement.
- Participates in organ recovery process according to transplant center protocol. Ensures proper review of donor verifications (surgical time-out) prior to recovery with recovery surgeon. Facilitates transportation arrangements, assures availability of necessary supplies and equipment for recovery. Accompanies recovery surgeons to donor facility via applicable transportation. Assists in surgical recovery procedures as required. Assists in appropriate organ and tissue-specific preservation procedures. Ensures the organ packaging and labeling process per protocol are followed.
- Participates in organ transplant process according to transplant center protocol. Responds timely to initial organ offers, verifies all donor and recipient information, collects appropriate data necessary for decision making regarding organ acceptance/rejection for transplant and prepares a thorough report for the physician to review. Facilitates admission/transfer of recipient for transplantation and oversees pre-operative process. Coordinates timing of event with procurement team and OPO.
- Enters appropriate acceptance and denial codes via DonorNet in timely manner and alerts appropriate parties for any variances in allocation documentation immediately. Exhibits ability to timely remove transplant recipient from waitlist per OPTN/UNOS regulations.
- Participates in recipient waitlist management review forums as indicated and monitor appropriate communications affecting recipient's candidacy. Provide timely notifications at specified time-points throughout recovery and transplant process and ensure thorough hand-offs to team members if required. Contributes to meeting department and organ program targets for process and patient satisfaction measures.
- Communicates effectively to ensure proper review of donor medical history and diagnostic data; allocation sequencing; and recipient medical information, current medical status, and crossmatch results if applicable with appropriate members of recovery and transplant team physicians/surgeons to determine eligibility for organ acceptance and recipient eligibility for transplantation.
- Ensures organs and tissues will be recovered, packaged, and transplanted to maximize utilization in accordance with OPTN/UNOS policies. Preserves organs and tissue according to OPO and national standards to ensure maximum viability for transplantation including pumping/perfusion of organs.
- Ensures adequate tissue typing material is recovered for each organ and tissue and archiving as well as inclusion of vascular grafts as required with packaged extra renal organs and tissue. Ensures proper documentation of extra-renal organ and tissue anatomy and abnormal findings and kidney anatomy, measurements, and abnormal findings.
- Operates within Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), OPTN, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulatory compliance throughout the recovery and transplant event processes. Maintains CMS and OPTN compliant documentation throughout the phases of the process including by not limited to logistics documentation, procurement and transplant verification forms, Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) requests, HM-required consents, organ donor disclosure, and recovery transplant reporting records. Contributes to meeting department and organ program targets for quality, compliance, and safety.
- Maintains and submits accurate data for hospital-based statistics and regulatory agencies such as UNOS/UNET, CMS, and Medicaid to ensure proper department financial management, compliance with all governmental reporting requirements, and proper quality outcomes monitoring. These data requirements include, but are not limited to units of service, recovery logistics tracking, recovery supply utilization, and UNOS TIEDI forms.
- Utilizes appropriate supply inventory to ensure supply costs are maximized. Follows protocol for transportation logistics to maintain expenses in alignment with quality management. Submits variances timely to management for proper billing management. Contributes to meeting department and organ program financial measures on department dashboard.
- Participates and contributes in department initiatives for quality and process/performance improvement. Works in collaboration with team to provide solutions by participating in department projects and shared governance activities. Provides staff and community education in the areas of transplant and organ donation. Participates in department donor awareness events, educational opportunities, and community activities.
- Identifies and assumes responsibility of own learning needs, consults with healthcare team experts, and seeks continuing education opportunities to meet those needs. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an on-going basis.
EDUCATION
- Associate degree or higher or a graduate from an applicable Health Care Technical program
- Three years of healthcare experience, one year which must be in direct patient care/contact or Organ Procurement Organization
- Transplant-related experience preferred
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
INDUSTRY
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
SALARY
$63k-79k (estimate)
POST DATE
08/02/2023
EXPIRATION DATE
06/06/2024
WEBSITE
houstonmethodist.org
HEADQUARTERS
CYPRESS, TX
SIZE
7,500 - 15,000
FOUNDED
2010
CEO
GABRIELA NICOLA
REVENUE
$5B - $10B
INDUSTRY
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
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