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**Work Shift:** Day Shift **Time Type:** Full time **Department:** CC015120 Clinic 5 & 6 **Summary:** Kidney Transplant/Chronic Kidney Disease Clinics. Call required - shared between Transplant Coordinator team. The Transplant Coordinator is responsible for the coordination of general program and patient care activities. The Transplant Coordinator establishes and promotes liaison relations with referring facilities and provides program information, patient follow up and education programs. The Transplant Coordinator serves as a consultant to AC staff as well as follow-up service providers and as a liaison to governmental and other regulatory agencies. The Transplant Coordinator maintains the necessary data bases relative to organ recipients, tissue typing, patient status, etc. **Additional Information:** **Required Education:** Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year college program or technical school or nursing diploma, Associate's Degree or Equivalent or Nursing Diploma, Associate Degree Nursing **Recommended Education:** Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree Nursing, Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent or Nursing Diploma **Required Work Experience:** Nursing - 4 years of experience **Recommended Work Experience:** **Required Certifications:** Registered Nurse (RN) license - Arkansas or Compact State **Recommended Certifications:** Blood and Marrow Transplantation Certified Nurse (BMTCN) - Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation, Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator (CCTC) - American Board of Transplant Certification (ABTC) **Description** 1. Serve as a liaison between patients and their family members, transplant team, nursing and laboratory personnel and other support personnel. 2. Coordinates activities associated with evaluation for transplantation. 3. On call for solid organ or donor cell availability. Responds to transplant calls within 20 minutes. 4. Coordinates procurement and care of the transplant patient pre and post transplant. 5. Assist with long-term post transplant patient assessment and management in the clinics. 6. Makes rounds on transplant service patients to observe patient progress, identify actual or potential problems and initiate problem solving actions. 7. Performs or assists with patient procedures including venipuncture for laboratory studies or intravenous infusions, care and dressing of wounds. 8. Evaluates psychological response to both illness and medical/nursing interventions. Provides support, comfort and encouragement to patient/family/significant other as indicated. 9. Responsible for pre-transplant testing and collaboration with applicable organ/cell matching organizations. Must be able to participate in pertinent on-site inspections/audits. 10. Responsible for ongoing input and analysis of benchmarking data into appropriate national databases. 11. Must be able to coordinate and evaluate living donor workup/follow-ups. 12. Collaborates with team to provide patient/family education pre and post transplantation. Collaborates in the planning, organizing and implementation of the orientation program for all personnel on the nursing units and team. 13. Conducts nursing research and collaborates in medical research programs. 14. Identifies and actively participates in quality improvement initiatives for the transplant program. 15. Maintains data bases relevant to specialty areas and areas of investigation in collaboration with primary investigator. 16. Performs other duties as assigned. Arkansas Children's ( is the only hospital system in the state dedicated to caring for children, which enables us to uniquely shape the landscape of pediatric care in Arkansas. Arkansas Children's is driven by four core values-safety, teamwork, compassion and excellence-which inform every action. Arkansas Children's Hospital has received Magnet Status ( from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), for nursing excellence and patient outcomes. And we are nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report ( for Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery and Urology. For more than a century, Arkansas Children's has met the unique needs of children. But we're more than just a hospital treating sick kids-our services include two hospitals, a pediatric research institute, foundation, clinics, education and outreach, all with an unyielding commitment to making children better today and healthier tomorrow. Arkansas Children's Little Rock campus includes a 336-bed hospital with the state's only pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center, burn center, Level 4 neonatal intensive care and pediatric intensive care, as well as a nationally-recognized transport service. And Arkansas Children's Northwest ( provides inpatient and emergency care, clinic rooms and diagnostic services to children in that corner of the state. _"Arkansas Children's is a place of hope and comfort for children and parents. When you are at children's, you are part of an elite team united with a common goal of saving children and making their lives better."_ Michael - Business Operations Manager "Arkansas Children's Hospital is a prestigious institution that cares for children." Linda - Information Systems Analyst "We are an organization of care, love, and hope while we champion children." Angela - Parking and Fleet Coordinator "Care, love, and hope for children!" Kathy - Administrative Assistant "When I think of my time here at Arkansas Children's Hospital, I can honestly say that it has given me a unique perspective on the human condition, and the various roles that we all have in patient care. As a supply assistant, I have a very important job ensuring that the doctors and nurses have what they need to provide the world class medical care to the Children of Arkansas and surrounding states. Being a Champion for Children is more than a catch phrase, it is a way of life!" Nick - Supply Assistant Arkansas Children's provides equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin or citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or any other category protected by federal, state and local laws. Further, Arkansas Children's will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

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