Histocompatibility Lab Coordinator: Transplant Data Liaison

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center's HLA Lab seeks a detail-oriented professional to coordinate communications between the transplant teams and lab operations. You will utilize EPIC, HistoTrac, Unet, and NMDP to manage patient samples, orders, results, and reports.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of HLA laboratory experience, strong organizational and written/verbal communication skills, and the ability to support testing, data entry, and crossmatching activities within a collaborative

Qualifications

• Excellent organizational, oral and written communication skills; 3–5 years HLA Laboratory experience.
• Experience with EPIC, HistoTrac, Unet, NMDP and related histocompatibility software.
• Ability to coordinate between transplant program and lab teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintains communication with the transplant program via phone/email/TEAMS.
• Ensures all testing and sample related questions are followed up and resolved.
• Responds to inquiries regarding result status.
• Maintains UNOS Active waitlist in HistoTrac.
• Maintains NMDP form submission for form 22/form 117.
• Maintains communication with Biotouch and monitors the monthly waitlist batch upload.
• Assist in maintaining UNOS database for TIEDI, Unacceptable updates, and HLA verification.
• Assist in maintaining NKR database for Unacceptable listing and HLA typing entry or verification.
• Assist in ordering and reporting virtual crossmatches.
• Contributes to HIL test analysis, review, signoff, and reporting.
• Contributes to QC and PT reviews, and proper documentation.
• Participate in patient/donor selection meetings as needed.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

HLA lab experience

Tools

EPIC

HistoTrac

Unet

NMDP

Job description

Vanderbilt University Medical Center's HLA Lab seeks a detail-oriented professional to coordinate communications between the transplant teams and lab operations. You will utilize EPIC, HistoTrac, Unet, and NMDP to manage patient samples, orders, results, and reports.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of HLA laboratory experience, strong organizational and written/verbal communication skills, and the ability to support testing, data entry, and crossmatching activities within a collaborative