Job Description
Job Description UW Medical Center - Montlake has an outstanding opportunity for a Post Lung Transplant Registered Nurse to join our Transplant Services team. The focuses on the duties related to the post-transplantation phase and will include procurement call. Management for the designated transplant patient population includes independent patient assessment, triage, education, coordination of medical and nursing care, and documentation of care. Integral to the role is an understanding of the regulations and data requirements surrounding transplant care issued from the United Network of Organ Sharing and HRSA. JOB DESCRIPTION Responsible for the nursing care and coordination of the post lung transplant long-term patients, plus the surgical (non-transplant) patient education and surgical prep, as well as multiple clinical procedures on a daily basis. Nursing Process - Systematically assesses the need for and the delivery of nursing services that meet patient care requirements, whether delivered directly or by the other nursing staff. SCHEDULE Full Time Day shift Eight or Ten Hour Shifts REQUIREMENTS Two years of professional nursing experience, including clinical nursing expertise in post lung transplant patient care. Prefer skills in transplant coordination/United Network of Organ Sharing and BSN. ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances. The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenien