? Utilize the nursing process to facilitate patient care for disease management as well as through pre-transplantation stages in clinic, procedure, and office settings as needed.
? 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 patient records for the patient population.
? Provide consultation and participate in problem-solving efforts with nursing staff, medical staff, referring physicians, and other disciplines.
? May be involved in the care or coordination of pre-transplant biopsy, paracentesis, and infusion patients.
? Maintain knowledge of all applicable regulatory laws and requirements, including HIPAA, CMS Conditions of Participation, the Joint Commission, and UNOS to ensure regulatory compliance in nursing practice.
? Foster continuity of care and facilitate transitions across outpatient and community settings.
? Utilize various resources available within the Ambulatory Care and Department of Internal Medicine/hepatology transplant settings to determine and meet the needs of the patient/family.
? Develop collaborative mechanisms with appropriate others (nurse supervisors, peers, etc.) for providing patient care.
? Includes transplant outreach clinic duties, which will require travel to outreach site locations. This may include outreach locations in Ohio.
Expectations:
? This position will be responsible for case coordination through patient evaluation, assessment, and implementation of planned interventions in clinics, procedures, and office settings.
? This position may facilitate patient education through telephone intervention and face-to-face meetings in both individual and group settings, and work collaboratively with the healthcare team to provide quality care in the outpatient setting for the transplant patient populations.
? Provide care to adult patients in a variety of settings at intervals that meet the needs of the transplant programs within the transplant center.
? Utilize various resources available within the Ambulatory Care and Department of Internal Medicine/nephrology transplant settings to determine and meet the needs of the patient/family.
? Monitor nursing care provided and utilize results of quality monitoring to initiate changes in practices, as indicated.
? Assume responsibility for ongoing professional development, attending appropriate continuing education, staff development programs, conferences, and grand rounds as indicated.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
? This position is under the direction of the Transplant Ambulatory Care Senior Nursing Director and Nursing Supervisors and will provide Ambulatory Care Nursing support to a variety of organ groups or procedure areas within the Transplant Ambulatory Care Clinic/Center.