"REGISTERED NURSE : Ambulatory Care, Post-Liver Transplant RN Coordinator"

Responsibilities:

• Accurate and efficient documentation of nursing care
• Knowledge and appropriate use of internal and external resources.
• This RN position is essential in managing acute and chronic patient care for post-transplant patients. Provide skilled observations, telephone triage and health assessments of patients including history, appropriate interventions, and referrals.
• Foster continuity of care and facilitate transitions across outpatient and community providers on patient population.
• Potential to support outreach efforts.

Expectations:

• Critical thinking skills through the nursing process, excellent problem-solving skills, and demonstrated ability to set priorities.
• Customer service, interpersonal communication skills, and the ability to build respectful relationships within and between units and individuals.
• Adaptability to changing needs and priorities based on unit, department, and institutional goals/objectives.
• Knowledge and skills providing patient and family education and reinforcement related to transplant processes, including but not limited to telephone intervention and face-to-face meetings in both individual and group settings.
• Proficiency with typing and electronic health record documentation.
• Ability to manage complex clinical issues utilizing assessment skills, protocols, and evidence-based interventions.
• Willingness to adapt to different populations within Transplant Center after successful Orientation.

Required Qualifications:

• Current licensure to practice nursing in the State of Michigan.
• Three years of nursing experience as an RN within the last 5 years.
• Care of immunocompromised patients within the last 5 years.
• Experience in caring for transplant patients as a RN within the last 2 years.
• Transplant Certification (CCTC/CCTN) within three years of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with using the United Network Organ Sharing system.
• 2-5 years' experience in the ambulatory care setting.
• 1-3 years ICU experience
• Recent 3 years nursing experience in the inpatient setting
• Experience in the acute care of transplant patients
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing.

Salary & Nursing Framework Level:

This UMPNC RN posting is posted as Nursing Framework LEVEL C.

Actual Nursing Framework LEVEL and salary will be determined at time of hire.

Nursing Framework levels range from Level A to Level F.

Hours/Week: 40 hours

Shift/Hours/Days:

• Day Shift: Monday- Friday; potential weekends and holidays as clinic needs arise.
• Hours may be variable (based on patient and volume needs)

Location:

• Clinic Taubman Center Transplant Clinic
• On-site workspace located in UH-South
• Potential off-site outreach clinics
• Subject to change location based on patient needs

Note: All new employees will be expected to float to a designated unit(s) in times of low census.