Transplant Coordinator

1. Educate patients, families and staff regarding transplantation

2. Develop policies, procedures and clinical protocols

3. Facilitate and coordinate the evaluation of potential transplant candidates, recipients hospitalized for transplantation and post-operative complications and transplant recipients followed as outpatients

4. POST-TRANSPLANT IN-PATIENT PERIOD – Monitors patient progress post-transplant and educates recipient/family regarding care and responsibilities after transplantation

5. Coordinating and providing education to cardiac transplant patients and families

6. Coordinating the diverse inpatient and outpatient clinical management of the cardiac transplant population

7. Telephone medical advice, interaction with both patients and primary physicians, participation in administrative, selection and education meetings, and inpatient rounds

8. Ensuring adherence to protocols and program certification requirements

9. Taking history and physical assessment of cardiac patients