Clinical Coordinator III/NP

• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule: Mon - Fri (9am - 5pm)
• Building:
• Salary Range: $135,000 - $165,000

Position Summary

The Clinical Coordinator III will function in the outpatient setting of the Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program in collaboration with the Kidney/Pancreas Transplant multidisciplinary team to care for and manage post-transplant kidney and pancreas recipients, post-operative kidney living donors, and patients who underwent surgical or invasive procedures by the Kidney/Pancreas transplant surgeons. 

The position will hold a combination of 3-5 half day outpatient office or telehealth sessions per week, with patient care provided at the CUIMC main campus as well as outreach locations across the tri-state area.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate surgical and medical management of kidney and pancreas transplant patients in the outpatient setting.
• Manage living donor follow up in collaboration with living donor coordinators.
• Coordinate care of surgical patients that undergo hernia repairs, dialysis catheters, and other elective surgical procedures conducted by our kidney and pancreas surgeons
• Assisting transplant surgeons and nephrologists in the outpatient clinic to perform comprehensive history and physical exams, develop differential diagnoses, implement plan of care and document patient’s response to care.
• Conduct pre-operative history and physical exams, as well as obtain transplant and other surgical consents
• Provide direct patient care by evaluating patients awaiting transplant, as well as post- transplant recipients, and kidney donors.
• Collect, order and interpret lab work and diagnostic studies under agreed upon protocols.
• Order and obtain medication prior authorizations for kidney transplant recipients.  
• Develop practice protocols, standard of care, and patient education material for kidney/pancreas transplant recipients.
• In conjunction with the research team, monitor and provide care to patients participating in research studies.
• In partnership with Quality, Research and Education group, help develop and manage detail clinical databases to evaluate and improve patient outcomes.
• Attend professional meetings and conferences, maintain professional affiliations and enhances professional development to stay current with trends in health care administration.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree of Nursing or equivalent in education.
• 3 years of nursing or related experience.

Minimum certification required upon start date:

• NYS RN and NP Licenses and ANCC or AANP Board Certification.
• BLS, ACLS certification.
• NYS DEAA Certification.  

Preferred Qualifications

• Intermediate to advanced level MS Office skills.
• Proficiency with technology and social media platforms.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills required.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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