Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Collaborate between the patients , transplant RNs & the transplant consultants.
- To work with the hospital information system and other information technology resources and software as may be assigned on a periodic basis from time to time as per attached appendix
- Plans and coordinates in-hospital transplant services, solicits organ donors, and assists medical staff in organ retrieval for patients undergoing organ or tissue transplantation
- Communicates with donors, patients, and health team members to ensure comprehensive documentation, including informed consent of potential organ donor and transplant recipient, equitable access to transplantation system, and access to treatment alternatives.
- Analyzes medical data of potential organ donors and transplant recipients from medical and social records, physical examination, and consultation with health team members to perform preliminary physical assessment and screen potential recipients and donors.
- Schedules recipient and donor laboratory tests to determine histocompatibility of blood or tissue of recipient and donor.
- Compares collected data to normal values and correlates and summarizes laboratory reports, x rays, and other tests to assist physician to determine medical suitability of procedure, to identify potential complicating factors, and to evaluate recipient and donor compatibility.
- Solicits medical and community groups for organ donors and assists medical team in retrieval of organs for transplantation, using medical instruments.
- Coordinates in-hospital services and counsels recipient and donor to alleviate anxieties and assist recipient and donor throughout procedure.
Desired Candidate Profile
Master in Social Work