Registered Nurse (RN) Organ Care Coordinator-

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Organ Care Coordinator

You will manage patients with liver disease who currently do not need to be considered for transplant. They work with the Hepatologists to help manage chronic and acute liver disease in hopes to stabilize them.

Major Responsibilities:

• Assesses Liver organ failure patients during clinic visits, arranges for routine diagnostic testing and physician consultation. Communicates with clinic physicians, referring physicians, and other health professionals regarding patient condition and needs.
• Provides comprehensive teaching and counseling to patients and families. Identifies and addresses potential deterrents to compliance with medical regime.
• Monitors, evaluates, and communicates relevant data regarding clinical problems to appropriate members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Provides teaching and discharge planning in collaboration with hospital nursing staff.
• Monitors progress of hospitalized organ failure clinic patients and collaborates with other team members to ensure continuity of care.
• Follows-up on patient condition as needed, by maintaining telephone contact when patient returns home.
• Continues to provide continuity of care as patient is treated in an outpatient or clinic setting.
• Maintains organized and accessible medical records.
• Participates in ongoing medical and nursing research activities relative to organ failure patients.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices.

Education Required:

• Associate's Degree in Nursing.

Experience Required:

• Typically requires 3 years of experience in patient care, including care of patients with advanced organ disease, such as heart or liver disease.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Advanced clinical practice experience which includes background with end-stage organ disease.
• Strong interpersonal skills are essential.