Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator - RN Lake Main Campus

Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator - RN Lake Main Campus

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This role is responsible for the planning and coordination of care for complex hematologic malignancies requiring a stem cell transplant or other cellular therapies. The BMT Coordinator manages patient care across the continuum from referral through the cellular therapy (CT) process and serves as the liaison and clinical resource for patients, families, physicians, the multidisciplinary team, and community partners.

• Optimize patient outcomes and quality of life throughout the cell therapy process.
• All patient information is entered into Stafa
  
  CT in a timely manner from referral through CT infusion.
• Serves as a liaison between the patient, referring provider and the CT program.
• Collaborates with intradepartmental staff (apheresis, CTL, nursing) and interdepartmental staff (Imaging, Cardiology, Laboratory) to ensure the patient gets through the CT process.
• Assists with the collection of transplant and cellular therapy data.
• Complies with all policies, procedures, and regulatory standards.
• Maintains and promotes professional standards and development by participating with in‑services, committees, staff meetings, and performance improvement activities.
• Facilitates cognitive, affective, and behavioral changes consistent with the plan of care.
• Coordinates and promotes the clinical activities of stem cell transplant and other cellular therapies.
• Coordinates the patient and donor pre‑transplant workup and visits; gathers and reviews all pertinent clinical information (medical & psychosocial) and presents findings to the physician.
• Interprets clinical information and pre‑transplant eligibility criteria, identifies abnormalities and notifies the physician as appropriate.
• 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.
• 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.
• Prepares transplant admission by ensuring orders are written, secures admission date; all transplant‑related documents are signed by the physician and patient where applicable.
• 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 the patient’s care to establish a plan of care and facilitates continuity of care among teams.
• Represents the organization positively within the community; participates in company‑supported community/patient events and in‑services.
• Utilizes cost‑effectiveness in evaluating patient care management needs.
• Promotes and practices cost‑effectiveness by the judicious use of resources.
• Verifies insurance authorization has been obtained prior to transplant admission.

• Experience:
  
  3 years of relevant clinical experience
• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree
• License and Certification:
  Current licensure as a Registered Nurse, Basic Life Support (BLS), Certification in BMT‑CN or ONC
• Skills and Abilities:
  
  effective communication, customer service, interpersonal, planning and organization, active listening, attention to detail, direct patient care

Our Lady of the Lake is uniquely capable of caring for a full range of illnesses or injuries, including those that are extremely complex, for both pediatric and adult patients. Our family of services includes:

• An 988‑bed hospital and the area’s only Level II Trauma Center
• A freestanding Children’s Hospital
• A 545‑provider care network covering more than 40 specialties
• Two free‑standing emergency rooms—Our Lady of the Lake Livingston and Our Lady of the Lake North
• A network of nearly 15 urgent care clinics
• Outpatient imaging and surgery centers
• Assumption Community Hospital
• Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
• Our Lady of the Lake Ascension, a 78‑bed community hospital providing emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and surgical services to Ascension Parish and surrounding areas

We serve 38,000 inpatients and 820,000 outpatients annually and are committed to building a healthy community through excellence in patient care and education. A part of FMOL Health, Our Lady of the Lake is consistently awarded for compassionate care, clinical expertise, leading‑edge technology and innovation.

Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level

Employment type:

Full‑time

Job function:
Health Care Provider

Industries:
Hospitals and Health Care