Organ Placement Coordinator

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🕒 September 11

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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LifeLink Foundation

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1983

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Healthcare • Non-profit • Social Impact

LifeLink Foundation is a nonprofit organization that coordinates and promotes organ, eye, and tissue donation to save and improve lives. The foundation operates tissue banks and transplantation immunology services, partners with hospitals, transplant centers, medical examiners, funeral homes, and community organizations, and runs public education, donor registration, family support, and donor legacy programs. LifeLink also manages events, fundraising (LifeLink Legacy Fund), and outreach initiatives to increase donor registrations and support donor families and transplant recipients.

📋 Description

• Coordinate resources for successful placement of organs for transplantation and research • Follow LifeLink Foundation, OPO, UNOS, and regulating agency policies and protocols • Participate in call rotation and maintain communication with transplant coordinators, administrators, the Organ Placement Manager, and OPO Director • Use the UNet system to match donor organs with suitable transplant recipients • Communicate donor details and organ offers to transplant centers and coordinate acceptances • Coordinate national kidney allocation with UNOS and logistics between procurement agencies and transplant centers • Serve as the communication link for the allocation process • Develop medical and social history narratives for DonorNet entry and assist in donor evaluation • Ensure critical elements are completed and charts are reviewed • Liaise between transplant centers, surgical teams, other OPOs, and LifeLink of Puerto Rico • Adjust logistics for geography, time zones, transplant center, and OPO needs • Obtain and report preliminary and final culture results • Maintain chain of custody and arrange transportation of organs and specimens • Document final disposition and organ outcomes • Remotely monitor pulsatile kidney perfusion and communicate information to transplant centers and UNOS • Participate in weekly conference calls and meetings reviewing donor placement efforts • Establish relationships with hospitals, transplant centers, and surgeon groups • Participate in hospital development initiatives and research studies • Complete documentation, follow-up, quality assurance, and QAPI activities • Participate in continuing education, staff meetings, workshops, external forums, training new coordinators, and special projects

🎯 Requirements

• RN and or healthcare related field preferred • Associates or better • Bachelors or better • Ability to handle multiple priorities effectively and meet deadlines • Above average demonstrated interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills • Ability to perform effectively in a high-stress environment and manage emotional and physical demands • Ability to manage responsibilities and maintain performance during 24-hour call shifts • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs with assistance • Availability via cell phone 24/7 as scheduled and for non-call emergent situations • Organization and attention to detail • Advanced written, presentation, and interpersonal skills • Advanced ability to multi-task • Detail-oriented • Minimal local travel • Participation in call rotation • Required certifications and license maintenance

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer • Continuing education courses and seminars necessary to obtain appropriate CEUs to maintain certifications and license • Staff meetings, workshops, and external forums for upgrading knowledge and skills • Friendly team-oriented work environment