Hospital Services Specialist

Overview

The Hospital Services Specialist is tasked with implementing strategies to enhance performance outcomes in organ and tissue donation within LiveOnNY's service area. The Hospital Services Specialist fosters a culture of collaboration and cooperation among departments to optimize donation outcomes. The Hospital Services Specialist maintains vital relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to drive practice improvements.

The Hospital Services Department serves as LiveOnNY’s primary liaison with hospitals and transplant centers throughout its Donation Service Area (DSA), which includes the five boroughs of New York City and the counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester. The Department partners with Hospital Leadership to strengthen donation programs, ensure adherence to CMS Conditions for Coverage, applicable federal and state regulations, and organizational policies, promote timely identification and referral of potential organ and tissue donors, reduce process deviations, provide education, and advance the organization’s mission of saving and improving lives through organ and tissue donation.

Hospital Services provides operational support across LiveOnNY by collaborating closely with Case Development, Family Engagement, Tissue Services, Recovery Services, and other departments to facilitate the donation process. Responsibilities include coordinating with hospital healthcare teams, expediting diagnostic testing and imaging, supporting timely clinical decision-making, resolving operational barriers, and escalating issues as appropriate to optimize donor management and maximize donation opportunities.

The Hospital Services Specialist collaborates with executive leadership and hospital stakeholders to promote a culture of organ and tissue donation through education, quality improvement, competency development, and operational excellence.

The Hospital Services Specialist is expected to adhere to all organizational policies and applicable regulatory obligations, stewardship of resources, confidentiality, and ethical conduct, and to devote all professional time to the performance of the responsibilities of this job description.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

Works to decrease process barriers to donation and foster a collaborative relationship with hospital partners.

Supports real-time case management, escalates issues appropriately (both internally and externally) to resolve any barriers to donation. Demonstrates timely and accurate documentation in LiveOnNY’s Electronic Medical Record (EMR).

Performs quantitative and qualitative analysis of assigned hospitals to maximize donor potential and identify hospital protocols that support best practices for donation.

Conducts educational needs assessment for assigned hospitals and develops and implements educational plan. Delivers professional education and lectures, functions as a spokesperson for the advancement of organ and tissue donation. Develops and conducts accredited educational programs for healthcare professionals.

Establishes multi-disciplinary councils within assigned hospitals, using peer level influence in order to forge a consensus about standards of practice for the entire donation process. Conducts one on one meetings with physicians and hospital leaders and disseminates information to critical care physicians and nursing staff to increase organ and tissue donation.

Identify and engage decision-making individuals (medical staff, ancillary departments, referring physicians and nurses, etc.) to support the donation process. Advocates for the donation cause and instills confidence in LiveOnNY’s services.

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