Job Description

Description

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a RN Transplant Coordinator HTC you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Florida North Florida Hospital which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As an RN Transplant Coordinator HTC you will be responsible for the planning and coordination of care for complex hematologic malignancies, and, as needed, solid tumors patients requiring a cellular therapies. Coordinating patient care across the continuum from referral through the cellular therapy (CT) process. Serve as the liaison and clinical resource for patients, families, physicians, multidisciplinary team, and community partners.

What you will do in this role: 

• Act as a resource to the members of the multidisciplinary team on transplant care, protocols and procedures. 
• Coordinate and participate in telemedicine conferences with transplant physician, referring physician, patient, etc. Ability to develop therapeutic relationships with patients and their support system. 
• Participates in professional activities and act as a leader in promoting best practices, department specific initiatives and process improvement. 
• Participates in formal training in the care and management of patients receiving transplant and cellular therapy. 
• Training to include transplant and other cellular therapy protocols, pathways, Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), and Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR). Incorporate the ANA Standards of Care and Standards of Professional Practice.
•  Optimize patient outcomes and quality of life throughout the cell therapy process. 
• Enters all patient information is entered into StafaCT in a timely manner from referral through CT infusion. 
• Serves as a liaison between the patient, referring provider and the cellular therapy program. Collaborates with both intradepartmental staff (apheresis, CTL, nursing) and interdepartmental staff (Imaging, Cardiology, Laboratory) to ensure the patient gets through the CT process. 
• Collaborates with the physician to ensure appropriate selection of the donor/s for the intended recipient. 
• Conducts donor searches and interprets Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) testing results for recipients and donors including the presence of recipient HLA antibodies. 
• As applicable, collaborates with the Unrelated Donor Search Coordinator. 
• Assists with the collection cellular therapy data and resolutions of adverse events, as applicable.
• Coordinates and promotes the clinical activities of stem cell transplant and other cellular therapies. Interprets clinical information, including inclusion/exclusion criteria, and identifies abnormalities and notifies the physician, as appropriate. 
• Acts as a liaison with the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) to assess human, financial, and material resources of the patient and families. 
• Collaborates with the Financial Coordinator to ensure insurance authorization is obtained for transplant and cellular therapies. 
• Educates patients and caregivers on the transplant process, pre- and post-transplant issues, and procedures associated with transplant. 
• Collaborates with transplant provider and other health care providers involved in patient’s care to establish a plan of care and facilitates continuity of care amongst teams. 

What qualification you will need: 

•  BSN required. MSN preferred
• At least 3 years experience required 
• Florida RN license and/or approved multistate RN license required. Compact license holders have 60 days to obtain the Florida license after relocation. 
• BLS-AHA Provider issued card required within 30 days of start 
• (BMTCN) Blood & Marrow Transplant Certified Nurse, or (OCN) Oncology Certified Nurse, or Bachelors Degree, or Masters Degree must be obtained within 2 years of employment start date
• BMT-CN or OCN required within 2 years of hire. Certification upon hire preferred 

Benefits

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing."

Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital is a 523-bed, full-service medical and surgical acute care center. For over 49 years, we have served North Central Florida. We offer comprehensive cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, and neurosciences. We offer minimally-invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery, weight loss surgery and treatment. Other services that we provide include women’s health and wound therapy. We are fully accredited by the Joint Commission and certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Our hospital has an Accredited Chest Pain Center by ACC (American College of Cardiology) and is designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and Bariatric Surgery. We are committed to patient safety and quality of care. We have received the highest scores available in recognition of this commitment.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Transplant Coordinator HTC opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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