This position will have inpatient and outpatient responsibilities as outlined below;
Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Medical / surgical management of early post-transplant kidney and liver patients (first 3 months post-operatively) in the outpatient clinic, including but not limited to management/treatment of: Wound and surgical interventions, immunosuppression, rejection and infection.
* Order and interpret diagnostic testing including, but not limited to: labs, EKG, CXR, renal US, liver ultrasound, abdominal US, CT, MRI/MRA, cardiac stress test.
* Assess, diagnose, and manage non txp abdominal surgical patients in the outpatient surgery clinic.
* Serve as a resource for the Pre and Post transplant nurses; provide continual education lectures; provide support to field in coming patient problems/concerns.
* Perform pre-operative history and physicals for living donor transplants.
* Cover Transplant Ambulatory Care Unit (TACU) for patients seen for urgent issues (surgical site infections; dehydration; transfusions; infusions)
* Write Discharge summaries and arrange for appropriate follow-up.
* Facilitate patients, disposition with clinic nurses and problem solve regarding admission, scheduling and chart review of patients.
* Conduct rounds on post-operative kidney/pancreas/liver transplant patients with continued monitoring of laboratory and diagnostic tests with documentation and plan of care.
* Consult other medical/surgical services for collaboration of care in the in-patient and outpatient setting.
* Discuss and evaluate data/results with attending physician(s).
* Completion of complication data on liver txp population.
* Participate in the development of policies, procedures, and protocols.
* Participate in continual Quality Improvement.