Transplant Coordinator - Heart And Lung Transplant Unit

Job description

Role & responsibilities • Coordinate all pre-transplant, transplant, and post-transplant activities for heart and lung transplant patients. • Act as the primary point of contact for transplant patients, families, donors, and multidisciplinary teams. • Coordinate patient evaluations, investigations, consultations, admissions, and transplant scheduling. • Maintain transplant waiting lists and ensure compliance with transplant registry and allocation guidelines. • Coordinate with transplant surgeons, physicians, intensivists, nursing teams, laboratories, blood banks, and diagnostic departments. • Ensure timely completion of transplant documentation, consent forms, insurance approvals, and regulatory requirements. • Educate patients and families regarding transplant procedures, medications, follow-up care, lifestyle modifications, and post-transplant precautions. • Monitor patient follow-up schedules and coordinate post-transplant care and continuity of treatment. • Maintain accurate patient records, transplant databases, and clinical documentation. • Coordinate organ retrieval logistics and communication with organ sharing networks and external agencies when required. • Ensure adherence to hospital policies, transplant protocols, ethical standards, and government regulations. • Support quality initiatives, audits, accreditation standards, and transplant program evaluations. • Assist in data collection, reporting, clinical research activities, and transplant outcome analysis. • Coordinate transplant-related meetings, CMEs, patient counseling sessions, and awareness programs. • Ensure effective communication and coordination during emergency transplant procedures. • Monitor and report transplant program performance indicators and operational metrics. • Maintain confidentiality of patient information and sensitive medical records. • Perform additional responsibilities assigned by the transplant team or hospital leadership. Preferred candidate profile • 13 years of experience in transplant coordination, critical care, cardiology, pulmonology, or clinical coordination within a healthcare setting. • Experience in heart, lung, or multi-organ transplant programs is preferred.