Organ Donation Coordinator

Oregon Health & Science University
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Organ Donation Coordinator
US-OR-Portland
Job ID: 2024-31349
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Hospital/Clinic Support
Portland, OR (Marquam Hill)
Overview

• Uses independent judgment and established parameters to screen for potential organ, tissue, and eye donation in all DSA hospitals; conducts donor management in ICU; places organs for transplant and assist with organ recovery; completes required donor follow up.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
  Collaborates with the Donation and Family Advocate (DFA) team to facilitate authorization or disclosure with the legal NOK and accurately conducts a donor risk assessment interview with identified surrogate of the potential organ donor.
  
  • Collaborates with the Hospital Development department to ensure customer service needs are met for donor hospital partners.
  • Collaborates with the Quality Assurance department to ensure charts are completed and highest industry standards met.
• Collaboration and communication with external partners
  
  • Provides real-time education to hospital staff about the donation process.
  • Collaborates with transplant centers and transplant teams through the allocation and recovery process.
• Participates in meetings as requested by the department manager.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the AOC and CLA leadership.

Responsibilities

• Bachelor's of Science Degree with healthcare related focus or equivalent experience.
• 2 years recent relevant clinical or donation related experience or equivalent.
• Extensive clinical healthcare knowledge base, with the ability to quickly and independently exercise sound clinical judgement in an often stressful environment.
• Excellent communication skills, flexible, highly motivated, a good team member with a positive attitude.
• Must be able to work in an adaptive fashion with a wide range of professional and nonprofessional constituents including but not limited to governmental officials, students, healthcare staff and the public.
• Must have a valid driver's license and access to a vehicle.

• Compliance with Code of Conduct, Respect in the workplace and Applicable policies, procedures and agreements related to position, department or OHSU as a whole

• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation

Qualifications

• American Board for Transplant Certification CPTC credential.

• Organ procurement coordinator experience.

• Direct patient care experience in a critical care environment.

• CPTC certification as an Organ Donation Coordinator.
  • Required within two years of hire.

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