Walk-in | Transplant Coordinator - Heart And Lung Transplant Unit

Apollo Hospitals; Chennai; On-site; INR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo Hospitals in Chennai seeks a dedicated Transplant Coordinator to manage pre-, intra-, and post-transplant activities for heart and lung patients, coordinating evaluations, scheduling, and documentation.

You will serve as the primary contact for patients, families and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring compliance with regulations and maintaining accurate records. The role emphasizes compassionate patient education, data collection, and coordination with surgeons, labs, and external agencies.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in transplant coordination, critical care, cardiology, pulmonology, or clinical coordination within a healthcare setting.
• Experience in heart, lung, or multi-organ transplant programs is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all pre-transplant, transplant, and post-transplant activities for heart and lung transplant patients.
• Act as the primary point of contact for transplant patients, families, donors, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Coordinate patient evaluations, investigations, consultations, admissions, and transplant scheduling.
• Maintain transplant waiting lists and ensure compliance with transplant registry and allocation guidelines.
• Coordinate with transplant surgeons, physicians, intensivists, nursing teams, laboratories, blood banks, and diagnostic departments.
• Ensure timely completion of transplant documentation, consent forms, insurance approvals, and regulatory requirements.
• Educate patients and families regarding transplant procedures, medications, follow-up care, lifestyle modifications, and post-transplant precautions.
• Monitor patient follow-up schedules and coordinate post-transplant care and continuity of treatment.
• Maintain accurate patient records, transplant databases, and clinical documentation.
• Coordinate organ retrieval logistics and communication with organ sharing networks and external agencies when required.
• Ensure adherence to hospital policies, transplant protocols, ethical standards, and government regulations.
• Support quality initiatives, audits, accreditation standards, and transplant program evaluations.
• Assist in data collection, reporting, clinical research activities, and transplant outcome analysis.
• Coordinate transplant-related meetings, CMEs, patient counseling sessions, and awareness programs.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination during emergency transplant procedures.
• Monitor and report transplant program performance indicators and operational metrics.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient information and sensitive medical records.
• Perform additional responsibilities assigned by the transplant team or hospital leadership.

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Coordinate all pre-transplant, transplant, and post-transplant activities for heart and lung transplant patients.
• Act as the primary point of contact for transplant patients, families, donors, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Coordinate patient evaluations, investigations, consultations, admissions, and transplant scheduling.
• Maintain transplant waiting lists and ensure compliance with transplant registry and allocation guidelines.
• Coordinate with transplant surgeons, physicians, intensivists, nursing teams, laboratories, blood banks, and diagnostic departments.
• Ensure timely completion of transplant documentation, consent forms, insurance approvals, and regulatory requirements.
• Educate patients and families regarding transplant procedures, medications, follow-up care, lifestyle modifications, and post-transplant precautions.
• Monitor patient follow-up schedules and coordinate post-transplant care and continuity of treatment.
• Maintain accurate patient records, transplant databases, and clinical documentation.
• Coordinate organ retrieval logistics and communication with organ sharing networks and external agencies when required.
• Ensure adherence to hospital policies, transplant protocols, ethical standards, and government regulations.
• Support quality initiatives, audits, accreditation standards, and transplant program evaluations.
• Assist in data collection, reporting, clinical research activities, and transplant outcome analysis.
• Coordinate transplant-related meetings, CMEs, patient counseling sessions, and awareness programs.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination during emergency transplant procedures.
• Monitor and report transplant program performance indicators and operational metrics.
• Maintain confidentiality of patient information and sensitive medical records.
• Perform additional responsibilities assigned by the transplant team or hospital leadership.

Preferred candidate profile

• 2-3 years of experience in transplant coordination, critical care, cardiology, pulmonology, or clinical coordination within a healthcare setting.
• Experience in heart, lung, or multi-organ transplant programs is preferred.