Liver Transplant Nurse Manager, INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City Oklahoma

The Liver Division Transplant Nurse Manager coordinates the training and ongoing growth and development of staff to promote outstanding performance and patient care, oversees quality improvement activities for assigned programs, develops strategic and operational plan for assigned clinical programs, ensures program practices are in compliance with UNOS, CMS CoP and JCAHO Regulations and develops and maintains cooperative working relationships with physicians and surgeons.


Qualifications:

•    Current Oklahoma RN license
•    5 years clinical experience
•    3 years transplant experience preferred
•    Knowledge of UNOS and CMS CoP preferred
•    Nursing managerial experience preferred

Full Time (job id # 673511)

Apply Online at www.integrisok.jobs

EOE/AA


 

RN – Organ Transplant, University of Minnesota Medical Center – Fairview, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Description:

Adult patients who experience kidney, pancreas, small bowel, and auto islet cell transplants. Patients readmitted for infection or rejection. Bed capacity: 31. Provides care to patients receiving or who have received a kidney, pancreas, islet cell or liver transplant. Performs advanced monitoring using current technology. Manages complex medication and infusion therapies. Cares for patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures/interventions on the unit. Demonstrates ability to safely and accurately operate unit equipment.

Physical Demands:

Standing, walking, reaching above shoulders, reaching waist level, reaching below knee, climbing, lifting above shoulders <10-20 lbs, lifting waist level 50 lbs, lifting below knee 50 lbs, writing, pushing, hearing, squat/kneeling, repetitive actions, keyboarding, speaking, seeing/visual.

Mental Demands:

Frequent people contact, irregular work schedule, supervisory skills, detailed work, frequent interruptions, decision making skills, concentration, ability to work independent, multiple concurrent tasks, frequent deadlines, organizational skills, ability to work with others.

Qualifications:

MN RN licensure; BLS required. A minimum of one year current medical surgical experience in a hospital setting is required. BSN is preferred; Certification in a related specialty is highly desired.

Contact:

Web Site Link:

http://www.fairview.org/recruitment/

Identifiers:

Main Category: Nurses/NPs/PAs

Subcategory: Registered Nurse

TPDC Position ID: MNUM-2010-0002

Position ID or Job Requisition No: 10-30139

UNOS ID or Other ID: MNUM

City: Minneapolis

State/Province: Minnesota

Country: USA

Date Posted: 03-08-10

RN – CVICU, Nights, Florida Hospital, Orlando, Florida

Description:

The Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU) is a 28-bed post-open heart recovery area and a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. This department cares for over 2,000 cardiac surgery patients each year. Our collaborative team efforts are supported by a CV Governance Council that is multidisciplinary and oversees best-practices, monitors performance and directs operational issues. The Nursing Practice Council is a group of bedside clinicians who are responsible for directing Nursing Practice through research, as well as making recommendations to the CV Governance Council.

Patients Cared For:

· Post-op CABG, valve repairs and replacements

· Heart modification surgeries related to congenital heart defects and disease processes

· Thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm

· AAA

· Other vascular surgeries as well as various thoracic surgeries.

Overflow:

· Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic patients that require critical care nursing

Special Therapies:

· Post-op patients admitted directly from the Operating room

· IABP, CRRT and Ventricular Assist Devices

· Satellite Pharmacy

· Point-of-care testing lab situated within the CVICU

Health Care Team Members:

· RNs (experienced, transitioned, and GNs via CCNIP)

· Patient Care Techs/Nurse Techs

· Health Unit Coordinator

· Clinical Nurse Specialist

· Education Specialist

· Primary Preceptor

· Assistant Nurse Manager/Charge Nurse

· CV Surgeons

· Physician Medical Director

· Work collaboratively with other disciplines such as

· Respiratory Care, Physical Therapy, Nutritionist and Pharmacists

Ratio:

· 1:1 or 1:2 based on acuity

Requirements:

· Minimum 1 year recent open heart recovery experience required.

o Recent Heart transplant and/or Lung transplant experience preferred

· Must have current Register Nurse Florida licensure.

To find out more about RN licensure in the state of Florida, please visit http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Mqa/nursing/ap_licensure-RN-LPN.pdf.

Community Overview:

Greater Orlando is a hub for higher education and is home to numerous colleges and universities including University of Central Florida (UCF), Rollins College, Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences and future home of the medical school affiliated with UCF. Greater Orlando is home to several renowned theme parks including Walt Disney World resort, Universal Studios Florida and Sea World. Just a day trip away you can visit the Kennedy Space Center and Busch Gardens. Because of Orlando's unique position directly in the center of Florida, both east coast beaches (Cocoa, New Smyrna, Daytona) and west coast beaches (Clearwater, St. Petersburg) are one-hour trips and glorious weekend adventures. The weather here is sunny virtually all-year-round and great for golfing! Greater Orlando is home to more than 125 public and private golf courses, most of which are open 365 days a year.

Hospital Overview:

Since 1908, Florida Hospital Orlando has cared for the Central Florida community as well as patients from around the world. At the core of the Florida Hospital system, Florida Hospital Orlando is an acute-care, tertiary hospital caring for more than 1.5 million patients a year. As the primary campus for more than 1,000 physicians, Florida Hospital Orlando is home to nationally recognized Centers of Excellence for Cancer, Cardiology, Children, Diabetes, Neuroscience, Orthopaedics, and Transplant. Florida Hospital Orlando continues to meet the growing needs of our community with the addition of the Ginsburg Tower, a $255 million 15-story facility that is home to the Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute and a football-field-sized emergency department that can accommodate the treatment of more patients in less time.

Florida Hospital Transplant Center:

Florida Hospital Transplant Center Ranks Among the Top In the Country!

At the Florida Hospital Transplant Center, you can find comfort knowing that you will be giving the best care with a professional staff dedicated to your patient's overall health and happiness. That's because here, a patient is not just a patient. They are a member of our family.

It is this caring philosophy that serves as a hallmark for the Transplant Center, ranking us among the nation's oldest and busiest kidney transplant programs. Since 1973, more than 2,000 patients have received nothing but the highest in quality care through our program.

Today, the Florida Hospital Transplant Center offers kidney, kidney/pancreas and liver transplant services, showing our commitment to meeting the needs of the communities in which we work.

Contact:

http://www.floridahospitalcareers.com/

Web Site Links:

http://www.floridahospital.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohr7j8L3ls4

www.fhtransplant.com

http://www.orangecountyfl.net/dept/cesrvcs/parks/

http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/pw/trails/links.asp

http://www.orlando.org/

http://orlando.hotelguide.net/

http://orlandoleisure.com/

Position Identifiers:

Main Category: Nurses/NPs/PAs

Subcategory: Registered Nurse

TPDC Position ID: FLFH-2010-0005

Position ID or Job Requisition No: 22415

UNOS ID or Other ID: FLFH

City: Orlando

State/Province: Florida

Country: USA

Date Posted: 03-02-10

Transplant Nurse – Transplant Department (21231), Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.

POST KIDNEY TRANSPLANT OUTPATIENT 

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Provides professional nursing care for transplant patients following established standards and practices. Functions to advance the clinical mission and goals of the Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Hepatopancreatic Surgery through collaborative relationships within the Medical Center.  These functions are performed in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations and Georgetown University Hospital's philosophy, policies, procedures and standards.

EDUCATION AND OR TRAINING REQUIRED:

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.  B.S.N. preferred.

LICENSURE AND OR CERTIFICATION:

Registered Nurse license in the District of Columbia; CPR certification. Certification as a clinical transplant coordinator preferred; otherwise will be expected to become certified when eligible.

EXPERIENCE:

Three years of professional nursing experience; at least 1 year of previous transplant, outpatient, or dialysis experience highly desirable.

SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

Knowledge of professional nursing theory and practice to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.  Knowledge of medical equipment and instruments to administer patient care; Skill in applying and modifying the principles, methods, and techniques of professional nursing to provide ongoing patient care; Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, medical staff, and the public.  Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.

Contact:

Req Number: 21231

Apply online at www.thenurseshospital.com or send your resume to Georgetown University Hospital, Attn: Barbara Klett, RN, BSN, Nurse Recruitment and Retention, 3800 Reservoir Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20007, phone: (877) 486-9676, fax: (202) 444-4873, e-mail: bak100@gunet.georgetown.edu. AA/EOE

Web Link:

http://www.georgetownuniversityhospital.org/aspframe.cfm?articleurl=http://www.healthcaresource.com/msgeorgetown&id=555628.

RN – Bone Marrow Transplant (115167), Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

Description:

Henry Ford Hospital, the flagship of our System, is an integrated, multi-specialty academic medical center where opportunity is unlimited.

RN Bone Marrow Transplant
Henry Ford Hospital's Bone Marrow Transplant program is FACT accredited.

Excellent opportunity for a nurse with Bone Marrow Transplant experience or Oncology/Hematology experience.

Full Time Days

The RN in Bone Marrow Transplant coordinates all aspects of care for autologous stem cell/bone marrow, allogeneic stem cell/bone marrow (related, unrelated, cord blood) transplant recipients and donors (related and unrelated through the NMDP).

The nurse participates in medical, administrative, research and teaching duties.  The nurse is an active member of the multi-disciplinary transplant team.

·    Develops and implements IAP critical pathways;

·    IPD discharge planning;

·    Facilitates and manages the use of home care; triage of OPD and IPD medial issues with referral to appropriate health care professionals;

·    Communications with insurance companies and referring physician.

·    Quality assurance projects;

·    Promotes health maintenance education and follow-up.

·    Donor & Recipient Family and patient management.

Clerical:

·    Gains information related to diagnosis, history, review of medical records for evaluation of recipients and donors;

·    Obtain records from other facilities, patients, families and other health care providers;

·    Communicates with the insurance companies and referring physicians to ensure payment/coverage.

Clinical

·    coordination of care for admitted patient, assessment, writing progress notes, completing flow sheets, communicating plan of  care to the patient and BMT staff
management and staffing of OPD transplant clinics;

·    manages clinical assessment of patients and donors, pre and post transplant
review medications and side effects for IPD and OPD patients

·    develops individualized plans of care for each patient,

·    collect and analyzing test results;

·    provides psychosocial support and referrals to agencies for assistance

·    provide patient teaching of health care maintenance, disease process, transplant process, medications, donor awareness, pre- and post-operative teach and testing procedures, donor procedures.

·    identify malignant and non-malignant disorders

·    knowledge of the histocompatiblity systems (e.g. family inheritance patterns, ABO VS HLA  Class1, Class11)

·    understand short and long term complications of acute and chronic GVHD,

·    knowledge of clinical management of patient¿s with GVHD

·    interpret immediate and extended family HLA typing reports

·    review the  preliminary unrelated search reports and donor search process

·    knowledge of intra and post transplant processes

·    infusion of stem cells-side effects, appropriate procedure

·    facilitate additional cellular therapies (e.g.  DLI, second donations)

·    coordinate ancillary pharmacologic therapies (e.g. chemotherapy agents, GVGD , immunotherapy, blood products, electrolyte replacements)

·    Administration and monitoring of pt¿s receiving blood products, IV therapy and replacement of electrolyte imbalances.

·    assist physicians with procedures, such as bone marrow biopsies, transplant  and
bone marrow harvest in the OR

Other:

·    provides continuing education for promotion of donor awareness as well as chronic illness education to hospital and community medical staff

·    coordination of organ donors, between organ procurement agency, transplantation, surgeons, recipient coordinators and patients, assist in match of recipient to donor

·    participates in data collection for CIBMTR, NMDP, national registers and for departmental and FDA research projects

·    develop, monitor and implement clinical protocols for patients care, IPD  and OPD

·    provide and participate n orientation of medical and hospital personnel with regard to the functions of the transplant Services

·    develop, collect and analyze data concerning quality assurance projects
case presentations and evaluation of potential candidates for selection committee.

Required Qualifications:

·    licensed as a RN in the state of Michigan and graduate of accredited nursing school

·    knowledge of teaching techniques, research methodologies and advance lever of

·    knowledge of organ  procurement and clinical  transplantation

·    knowledge of hematology/oncology, disease types, chemotherapy administration, hematological emergencies

·    analytical ability necessary to effectively plan, deliver and implant plans of care inpatient and outpatient situations.

Henry Ford Health System is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, weight/height, marital status, familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Contact:

Reference: 115167

Web Link:

http://www.henryford.com/home_careers.cfm?id=49647

RN -- Transplant (115046), Henry Ford Hospital, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

Description:

An opportunity for a 40 hour/week midnight RN is available at one of the only two multi organ hospital transplant units in Michigan!

The shifts will be two 7p-7a shifts and two 11p-7a shifts per week.
Newly graduate nurses are not eligible for this position. 

The Henry Ford Hospital transplant unit is a newly remodeled 20 bed transplant unit. This unit cares for patients who have had liver, kidney, or pancreas transplants, the donors who donated those organs, and patients who have had hepatobiliary surgeries. This unit is one of two multi-organ transplant centers in Michigan.

HENRY FORD HOSPITAL: A nationally ranked 1000 bed hospital in Southeast Michigan, that is on the cutting edge of medical technology and practice. We believe in work/life balance, shared governance, career ladder, and high quality patient experience. We are a $3.5 billion dollar health system with 22,000 employees, 8 hospitals, 26 medical centers, home health care, hospice, research units, and dialysis centers. This is a great organization to make your final career move no matter how long until you retire. A positive leadership team sets the tone for team work and a positive work environment. Most of out doctors are Henry Ford employed physicians. 30% of our nurses are Canadian and have a short commute over the border.

BENEFITS: A generous flex benefit program includes medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, 6 paid holidays, up to 4 weeks CTO, tuition assistance of $3,000 per year, free parking, life insurance, three retirement programs, and more. Salary is a competitive step progression based on the length of one's nursing career.

REQUIRED EDUCATION/LICENSURE: Nursing degree from an accredited School of Nursing. Current Michigan State Board of Nursing RN license required. Unit RN's will be expected to obtain a Transplant Nurse Certification in 2009.

EXPERIENCE: The unit is seeking both experienced and new RN's who are team players, hard workers, are friendly & approachable, and are willing to help their fellow nurses when needed. Previous transplant experience is desirable.

Henry Ford Health System is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, weight/height, marital status, familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Contact:

Reference: 115046

Web Link:

http://www.henryford.com/home_careers.cfm?id=49647

PRN Registered Nurse – Transplant/Renal (405013), University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas

Description:

Find yourself among the best. At The University of Kansas Hospital, nurses deliver world-class patient care in an environment where opinions are respected, professionalism is rewarded and teamwork is valued. Nurses come here to practice at the leading edge of their profession, to be an integral part of medical breakthroughs and to handle complex cases that community hospitals rarely if ever see. In addition to being the best place to work, the hospital offers very competitive wages and an outstanding benefit package. 

We currently have an opening for a PRN Registered Nurse on our Transplant/Renal Services Unit.

Nurses on this unit provide complex care to patients awaiting and recovering from lifesaving kidney, liver, or pancreas transplants, as well as for those who are critically ill due to organ failure. Having a unit dedicated to transplant patients allows for continuity of care and optimizes standards of care, resulting in improved patient outcomes. Intensive care services are also available for blood and marrow transplant patients. The unit features several negative air flow rooms with adjoining anterooms for patients who require isolation during their recoveries.

Job Requirements:

·    Kansas RN license. 

·    1 year of acute clinical experience. 

·    Must have an American Heart Association basic life support (BLS) or an American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer certification.

Contact:

Job Code: 405013

Web Link:

https://www.hrapply.com/kumed/Setup.app

RN – Thoracic Telemetry – Waitlist (53692), St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Description:

St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center has been a symbol of quality healthcare in the Valley of the Sun for more than 110 years. As one of the Valley’s largest hospitals with more than 740-beds and 5,200 employees, we are extremely proud to announce that we are the only Arizona hospital to be voted a Best Place to Work in the Valley six years in a row. We are also proud to be named a Top 25 Workplaces for Women, a top hospital by Ranking Arizona Magazine and routinely recognized as one of the country’s best neuroscience centers by U.S. News & World Report. We are also the ONLY Valley Hospital located conveniently off of the Valley’s Metro Light Rail.

St. Joseph’s is home to: the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute; St. Joseph’s Children’s Health Center, which is the second largest provider of comprehensive pediatric services in the state; The Heart & Lung Institute at St. Joseph’s; and St. Joseph’s Trauma Center, which is one of the only Level 1 trauma centers in Arizona that’s verified by the American College of Surgeons.

St. Joseph’s continues to expand and enhance its services to meet the growing needs of the community by providing comprehensive neurological, neurosurgical, pediatric, perinatal, cardiac, thoracic, and cancer care. The hospitals nine critical care units serve more than 60,000 patients each year.

As a mission-driven organization dedicated to the legacy of service and innovation set by its founders, the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph’s continues to help the underserved through clinics, community grants and outreach programs. The hospital is part of Catholic Healthcare West, which has more than 40 hospitals in Arizona, California and Nevada.

Building on a long history of offering specialized care for heart and lung disorders, the Heart & Lung Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center provides a comprehensive approach to the prevention, treatment and research of cardiac and pulmonary diseases. Offering highly specialized cardiovascular and pulmonary care for every age, from newborns to adults our continuing excellence in cardiothoracic medicine is reflected in our expert physicians who are board certified in cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology and thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Proud to be part of the Heart & Lunch Institute, the Thoracic Telemetry unit features, 18 private beds (all monitored) with a nurse to patient ratio of 1:4 while providing exceptional care to a patient population of post lung transplant, thoracic and esophageal surgical patients.

Join us now as we are seeking Registered Nurses (RN) for night shift to coordinate, supervise and implement patient care based on competence, professional expertise, knowledge and evidence-based practice. The Registered Nurse is expected to practice autonomously, consistent with professional standards, Nurse Practice Act and hospital job description.

Qualifications:

 
-AZ RN license or RN License from a Compact State. Please refer to www.ncsbn.org for complete listing of Compact States.

- BCLS certification and resuscitation level certificate as appropriate to assigned department.

Preferred Skills

RN 2 yrs preferred

Contact:

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
350 West Thomas Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85013
(602) 406-3000

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Web Link:

Job Req ID: 53692

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Registered Nurse – RN, (Telemetry-TELERN100), Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, Texas

Description:

Turn talent into success with Baylor Health Care System.

Over a century of being the best – for patients, families and our community. We're Baylor Health Care System (BHCS), a multi-hospital, not-for-profit organization that is setting the standard for health care excellence in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Baylor has achieved a number of honors, including being ranked in U.S News & World Report's "America's Best Hospitals"; nursing Magnet status for Baylor University Medical Center and Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital; Consumer Choice Award for Overall Quality and Image; Health Care's "Most Wired" hospitals; and the Dallas Business Journal’s Best Places to Work.

Telemetry Nurse

Telemetry nurses choose Baylor Health Care System because we offer more than outstanding benefits and a national reputation. We offer the opportunity to play a vital role on a medical team devoted to improving patients’ lives.

Baylor’s nurses are empowered to make decisions that improve patient care. We are committed to a shared leadership model that encourages all staff nurses to be actively involved in setting the clinical policies and procedures for their unit.

Our telemetry nurses provide excellent care to patients of higher acuity levels and are able to build relationships with patients and their families. Telemetry nurses prescribe, delegate, coordinate and deliver patient care. They ensure that patient care meets our high standards of safety, effectiveness, patient rights and guest relations. They supervise care delivered by the patient care team; coordinate the plan of care; educate patients and staff; and collaborate with other disciplines.

We have career opportunities available for tele nurses on all shifts, including Two-Day Alternative, weekdays, nights and PRN, and at all of our system hospitals.

Locations

Whether you would like to work in a small rural hospital, a large urban research hospital, a leading rehabilitation facility or family-practice clinic, Baylor Health Care System offers your ideal environment. Each hospital is united by Baylor’s vision to be trusted as the best place to give and receive safe, quality, compassionate health care. Visit our web site to learn more about our facilities.

Requirements

If you are an RN with CPR / BLS certification, medical / surgical nursing experience and preferably tele experience, consider joining Baylor.

Specialties

Often, telemetry nursing has a cardiac focus. But Baylor’s telemetry nurses can specialize in many areas, including:

·    Transplant

·    Cardiothoracic

·    Medical

Career Development

At Baylor, you’ll enjoy some of the most comprehensive career development opportunities in the health care industry, including:

·    A generous tuition reimbursement program after six months of employment

·    Nearby nursing schools with graduate programs – including one on our Dallas campus

·    ASPIRE program that encourages staff RNs to advance nursing practice using evidence by awarding a bonus for each successfully completed plan

·    Continuing education classes – most available at no cost

·    Support for certification.

Baylor Benefits

At Baylor, you’ll enjoy a competitive benefits package that includes:

·    Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits

·    401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%

·    Flexible schedules

·    Employee Assistance Program.

Join Baylor

Explore a system of rewards and unmatched opportunities with health care's brightest minds.

Contact:

Apply online at www.BaylorHealth.com/careers or contact Bobby Matthews at BobbyMa@BaylorHealth.edu or 214-820-8308 for immediate consideration.

Registered Nurse – RN, Bone Marrow Transplant (153342_2), Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Description:

TDA / Weekends (7Pm-7AM)

The Registered Nurse is responsible and accountable for prescribing, delegating and coordinating patient care. Accountable that patient care meets standards of safety, effectiveness, patient rights and guest relations. Supervises care delivered by patient care team; coordinates plan of care; provides education for patients and staff; collaborates with other disciplines; provides direct patient care for specific patient age groups.

Qualifications:

·    Associate’s Degree or equivalent required.

·    Bachelor’s degree preferred.

·    Minimum of 1 year of experience is required.

·    CPR/BLS is required.

Contact:

Job Requisition Number: 153342_2

Web Link:

http://www.baylorhealth.com/Careers