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Posted: 02-Oct-24
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: DUHDUHUS250234EXTERNALENUS
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Pursue your passion for caring with Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, which is consistently ranked among the best in the United States and is the number one hospital in North Carolina, according to U.S. News and World Report for 2023-2024. Duke University Hospital is the largest of Duke Health's three hospitals and features 1048 patient beds, 65 operating rooms, as well as comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center, an endo-surgery center, and more
OAC Nurse Manager
OCC Summary
Establish, manage, and coordinate the Duke Transplant Center (DTC) Organ Acquisition Center. Supervise staff and develop policies and procedures consistent with program objectives. Operationalize and oversee a formal IT based clinical workflow, communication, and quality and process improvement platform that standardizes processes, empowers care teams, and maximizes donor organ acceptance.
Work Performed
Supervisory: Administer and coordinate operational activities of the Organ Acquisition Center; make decisions on specific operating problems and issue instructions in accordance with DTC policies and procedures. Plan, develop and implement goals and objectives of the center; evaluate program objectives on a continual basis; implement changes to existing policies and procedures as appropriate. Determine fiscal requirements and prepare budgetary recommendations; monitor costs and expenditures of program activities and authorize expenditures of center funds. Participate in establishing and maintaining communication between ancillary department and physicians, nursing personnel and other health care professionals regarding center policies and procedures. Plan and conduct meetings with staff to ensure compliance with established practices and keep employees abreast of current standards; develop, in conjunction with others, appropriate training and employee orientation programs. Assist in the subsequent performance of duties to include equipment, supplies, space selection, provision and control of material resources required for and facilities; establish standards to ensure cost containment and to optimize working environment. Administer various personnel actions including, but not limited to, hiring, performance appraisals, disciplinary actions and other related activities. Compile and maintain records, reports and documentation of center activities to be used for program evaluation.
General practice: Receives all organ offers through the OPTN/UNOS Donor Net Online Portal. Requires disposition of organ offers to include an acceptance or turn down with refusal codes within 60 minutes of electronic offer. Reviews and interprets the organ match run to identify the appropriate NCDU recipients, identify when to select recipients from local versus national match-run, identify when offer must by-pass NCDU or when NCDU has secured local back-up. Understands and effectively communicates waiver information and each import organ, understanding the type of waiver and implications for payment of the organ.
On-call: required to take administrative on-call to support OAC team after hours, weekends, and holidays.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Attention to detail and effective communication and documentation with numerous physicians, organ procurement agencies, Operating Room (OR), Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Emergency Department (ED) staff, DUH Admissions, Peri-op, PACU, the patient and the patient's family are required. Supervision scheduling.
Work Performed: On site w/opportunity to work hybrid
Level Characteristics
N/A
Minimum Qualifications
Education
BSN required, Master's degree in nursing preferred.
Experience
Five (5) years nursing experience with at least two years in transplant, critical care, disease specific
Degrees, Licensures, Certifications
Current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina required. BLS required.
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