Clinical Procurement Coordinator; RRT's & RN's

Donor Network West’s mission is to save and heal lives through organ and tissue donation for transplantation and research.

At Donor Network West, we're looking for people who embody our core values: passion, excellence, equity and inclusion, and relationships. We welcome diverse perspectives and foster an environment of collaboration and service.

The Clinical Procurement Coordinator (CPC) I is responsible for response to donor referrals, donor evaluation, and donor management, coordination of organ recovery, organ preservation, and organ distribution. Additionally, the CPC I supports donor families, provides family care and may provide families with the option of organ and/or tissue donation. All of these job functions collaborate with other departments at DNWest, and within the community of hospitals and coroner/medical examiner offices.

• Represents organ and tissue donation equally.
• Possesses strong interpersonal skills with an ability to work effectively with all stakeholders, particularly with medical professionals and donor families.
• Manages highly stressful situations in a calm and professional manner by using sufficient judgment and discretion at all times.
• Ability to productively work with guidance and supervision, and as a team participant. Accountable to the team and works with the team to meet DNWest’s strategic goals.
• Maintains personal/professional balance; works toward resiliency.
• Focusses on enhancing and refining skills and/or knowledge, concepts, and principles.

• Responds and provides onsite consultation to hospitals that refer potential organ and tissue donors.
• Conducts a through chart review and determines medical suitability in conjunction with other clinical personnel.
• Documents information in current DNWest’s electronic records.
• Assesses hemodynamic stability and develops strategies in conjunction with DNWest’s clinical staff to maintain organ function.
• Collaborates with physician and hospital staff to develop plan for referral management from initial referral through declaration of death/DCD (donation after cardiac death) evaluation.
• Obtains, labels, and packages specimens for testing.
• Performs donor physical assessment.
• Provides donor/referral information for DNWest’s staff to follow up on cases.
• Assists other DNWest’s Staff in starting up donor cases, and/or expedited donor case work-up.
• Maintains critical care knowledge and critical thinking skills to effectively and independently manage donors, using approved donor protocols and develops action plan to share with clinical team.
• Reviews organ donor cases with Clinical Operations Manager (COM) in real-time to assess donor management goals (DMG) metrics, clinical management strategies, and allocation needs.
• Coordinates organ recovery with OR staff and DNWest’s recovery services.
• Maintains proficiency in organ packaging as required by United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) standards.
• Initiates communication and collaboration with appropriate support resources throughout the donation process.
• Communicates with the coroner/medical examiner and collaborates with plan for release for donation, and plan for remains post recovery.

• Secures and maintains positive hospital leadership, physician, nurse, and ancillary care staff relationships.
• Maintains a supportive onsite presence as appropriate.
• Provides conflict resolution.
• Utilizes critical thinking skills in the moment to achieve the desired end result.
• Provides in-the-moment education to hospital staff when appropriate.
• Completes service recovery as needed.

• Able to hold a donation discussion and share all elements of donation with a grieving family.
• Able to complete all required documentation and authorization forms.
• Sensitively and thoroughly completes the Uniform Donor Risk Assessment Interview (UDRAI) if needed.
• Compassionately provides support and answers questions at bedside.
• Completes calls during the donation process (daily update call, post OR call).Is able to communicate any family needs or after-care to staff as necessary.

• Completes organ…