Nurse Care Coordinator, Living Donor Institute
Location
New Brunswick, NJ | United States
Job description
Nurse Care Coordinator, Living Donor Institute
Req #: 0000119571
Category: Nursing
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Day
Facility: RWJ New Brunswick
Department: Living Donor Institute
Location: Main Hospital - New Brunswick,
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
RWJBH is seeking a Nurse Care Coordinator in the Living Donor Institute at the New Brunswick campus. This is a per diem, day shift position.
Job Responsibilities:
- The Independent Living Donor Advocate ILDA provides guidance and direction for potential living donors who may be interested in organ donation
- The ILDA is a person with experience in the field of medicine, social work, pastoral care, psychology, or nursing whose primary responsibilities are promoting the interests of the live donor and helping donors make informed decisions while balancing external/family pressures to donate
- The ILDA s role is to independently review whether the potential donor has received the necessary education needed to make an informed decision about live donation and to determine whether their decision to donate is free from coercion or external pressure, is not receiving valuable consideration in exchange for donation, and the donor has realistic expectations regarding the donation outcome
- The ILDA should receive no financial or personal incentives to approve the donor s participation
- The ILDA works with the potential donor from the time they self-refer to be a donor, throughout the donor medical and social evaluation, and during the inpatient and post donation phases
- This involvement is to facilitate access to complete information, ensure that all questions are answered, and promote the best interest of the potential living donor
- The ILDA also works with the other members of the transplant team including physicians, surgeons, nurses, social workers, financial coordinators and administrative personnel as an additional layer to ensure donor safety
- The ILDA is not involved with the potential recipient evaluation and is independent of the decision to transplant the potential recipient
Qualifications:
- Active, valid NJ RN License
- BSN required OR must be willing to sign an agreement to obtain your BSN within 5 years from date of hire
- 2+ years of prior clinical practice required
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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