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Organ Donation Coordinator
US-OR-Portland
Job ID: 2025-33494 Type: Regular Full-Time # of Openings: 1 Category: Hospital/Clinic Support Portland, OR (Marquam Hill)
Overview
Uses independent judgment and established parameters to screen for potential organ, tissue, and eye donation in all DSA hospitals; conducts donor management in ICU; places organs for transplant and assist with organ recovery; completes required donor follow up.Interdisciplinary collaborationCollaborates with the Donation and Family Advocate (DFA) team to facilitate authorization or disclosure with the legal NOK and accurately conducts a donor risk assessment interview with identified surrogate of the potential organ donor. Collaborates with the Hospital Development department to ensure customer service needs are met for donor hospital partners. Collaborates with the Quality Assurance department to ensure charts are completed and highest industry standards met.Collaboration and communication with external partnersProvides real-time education to hospital staff about the donation process.Collaborates with transplant centers and transplant teams through the allocation and recovery process.Participates in meetings as requested by the department manager.Performs other duties as assigned by the AOC and CLA leadership. Responsibilities
Education: Bachelor's of Science Degree with healthcare related focus or equivalent experience.Must have a valid driver's license and access to a vehicle. Experience: 2 years recent relevant clinical or donation related experience or equivalent. Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Competencies): Extensive clinical healthcare knowledge base, with the ability to quickly and independently exercise sound clinical judgement in an often stressful environment. Excellent communication skills, flexible, highly motivated, a good team member with a positive attitude. Must be able to work in an adaptive fashion with a wide range of professional and nonprofessional constituents including but not limited to governmental officials, students, healthcare staff and the public. Qualifications
American Board for Transplant Certification CPTC credential.CPTC certification as an Organ Donation Coordinator. Required within two years of hire.Organ procurement coordinator experience. Direct patient care experience in a critical care environment. Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
