FT Post-Kidney Transplant Coordinator Hybrid

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Prepaid tuition assistance

Comprehensive benefits program

Job summary

Penn Medicine is hiring a POST Transplant Coordinator in Philadelphia. This role requires a Registered Nurse with expertise in patient care management and teamwork within healthcare settings. The Coordinator will be responsible for optimizing patient care through quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practices.

Applicants must hold a Bachelor's degree and have at least 15 months of relevant nursing experience and required certifications. Penn Medicine offers a comprehensive benefits package to support its employees.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse - PA required.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification required.
• Over 15 months of professional nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe patient care as a nursing partner in the healthcare team.
• Demonstrate organizational behavioral competencies.
• Utilize data and QI methods for continuous quality improvement.
• Integrate evidence-based practices in patient care.
• Collaborate effectively with interprofessional teams.

Skills

Patient care management

Team collaboration

Quality improvement

Evidence-based practice

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor of Arts or Science

BSN from an accredited school of nursing

Job description

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

The Kidney Transplant Team at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) is hiring a POST Transplant Coordinator.

Responsibilities

• The Clinical Nurse 2 – Transplant Coordinator is an RN that practices as a full partner on the health care team and consistently demonstrates safe practice within the organizational professional practice model.
• The Clinical Nurse 2 – Transplant Coordinator possesses the knowledge, skills and the attitude to effectively meet standards for competent professional nursing practice as specified in the Clinical Nurse 2 position description addendum.
• The Clinical Nurse 2 – Transplant Coordinator exhibits UPHS organizational behavioral competencies which reflect its mission and are embedded in the professional practice competency domains.
• The Clinical Nurse 2 – Transplant Coordinator independently provides patient care through the application of the nursing process and accepts accountability for the nursing care of assigned patients. The age of patients can range from adolescents to the elderly.
• The Clinical Nurse 2 – Transplant Coordinator demonstrates within the competency domains of Continuous Quality Improvement, Evidence Based Practice and Research, Leadership, Person and Family Centered Care, Professionalism, Safety, Technology/Informatics, and Teamwork.
• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): The nurse utilizes data and QI methods to identify potential and actual problems and opportunities to provide care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable.
• Evidence Based Practice and Research: The nurse evaluates and integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient and family preferences and values for the delivery of optimal health care and system effectiveness.
• Leadership: The nurse effectively collaborates and applies innovative, systems thinking to engage in systematic, evidence-based problem solving and decision making to promote effective changes within a complex care delivery system supporting the vision of Penn Medicine.
• Person and Family Centered Care: The nurse recognizes the patient (or the patient’s designee) as the source of control and a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
• Professionalism: The nurse demonstrates a commitment to the nursing profession through lifelong learning, adherence to ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses, participation in a professional organization and advancing community outreach.
• Safety: The nurse minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers and self through system effectiveness and individual performance.
• Technology/Informatics: The nurse utilizes appropriate information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making across the continuum.
• Teamwork: The nurse effectively engages in the process of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration in an effort to provide for safe, quality outcomes for patients within inter and intra-professional teams, including virtual teams.

Qualifications and Credentials

• Registered Nurse - PA (Required)
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)

Education or Equivalent Experience

• Bachelor of Arts or Science (Required)
• Education Specialization: BSN from an accredited school of nursing
• More than 15 months relevant professional nursing experience and completion of the Nurse Residency Program, if applicable

Benefits

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.