JHH Heart Transplant Coordinator RN

Overview

Johns Hopkins Intrastaff is the internal staffing agency for the Johns Hopkins Health System and partner hospitals, providing temporary support to a variety of Johns Hopkins locations. Our employees are the strength of our service.  Intrastaff is unique because it's one of the very few agencies where a person has the benefit of being a temporary employee and also feels like a member of a large organization. Working at Hopkins means joining a culturally diverse team that includes some of the best nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals in the world. Directly or indirectly, you'll have exposure to cutting-edge technology and groundbreaking medical research.

$60/hr

Responsibilities

Facilitating and coordinating care by providing evidence-based care based on the nursing process, policies, procedures, and protocols of the Johns Hopkins Health System.

Providing direction to/management of other team members to promote quality, safety, and excellence in care.

Working collaboratively with and providing leadership for a multidisciplinary health care team to support program initiatives that support quality, safety, and excellence in care.

Participating in promoting improvement initiatives (clinical, financial, operational) that support, protects and promotes area of specialty. 

Implementing initiatives in the area of specialty as directed by nursing and medical leadership.

Fostering a clinical environment of service excellence.

Assumes responsibility for on-call activities that include organizing transplants and triaging patient problems.

High level of skill in patient triage, able to triage simple and complex problems by telephone - Ability to use a computer keyboard to input and obtain data - Ability to document legibly using a writing instrument

The Transplant Nurse Coordinator prepares patients for transplantation through arranging and monitoring required testing, providing education, and ensuring that internal and external activities are coordinated.

3 days per week- The days of the week are flexible; the nurse will be on site, in person, and will attend clinics.

M-F; 8-4:30

Help to coordinate care and clinically manage post-transplant recipients.  This includes prescription refills, clinics, triaging calls, medication reconciliation, reviewing charts, and collaboration with other transplant disciplines like pharmacy, social work, and nutrition.

Qualifications

Must have:     

• Current registered nurse license in the state of Maryland, or licensed in a compact state
• Current CPR certification 

• 2 years of current strong Med-Surg/ICU experience and transplant experience

• Preferred EPIC experience, experience with heart transplant coordination

   

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are equal opportunity / Affirmative Action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.