The Transfusion Services Registered Nurse (RN) provides collaborative support for the transfusion planning and management of the SCCA Transplant, Hematology, and Heme-Malignancy patients in the inpatient and outpatient settings. The RN operates in a multidisciplinary environment and across multiple institutions.

• Review patient records for individual patient clinical issues related to transfusion
• Gather and review transfusion and transplant history to establish the patient transfusion profile
• Prepare reports to communicate individual patient transfusion profiles to the blood bank serving the patient and patient care teams
• Gather clinical data regarding transfusion reactions and facilitate appropriate changes to transfusion profile
• Evaluate, track and process blood bank laboratory reports
• Review reports to verify transfusion profile across multi-institutional systems
• Consult and collaborate with inpatient and outpatient care teams
• Facilitate consultation with the SCCA Transfusion Medicine Attending
• Help develop and communicate a transfusion plan of care to patient care teams
• Facilitates and tracks the response of HLA-selected platelets and granulocyte transfusions
• Provide transfusion educate members to care team and patients with mismatched transplants
• Serve as a liaison between partner patient-care areas for transfusion issues

Required:

• Nursing Degree
• Current Washington State nursing license
• Current BLS AHA Health Provider Card (or equivalent course, such as by the American Red Cross) and renewal required every two years
• 2+ years of oncology, BMT nursing and/or blood banking experience
• Critical thinking; the ability to practice the cognitive skills of analyzing, applying standards, discriminating, information seeking, logical reasoning, predicting, and transforming knowledge
• Ability to develop clinical judgment
• Time Management skills; the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently
• Ability to communicate effectively by looking and listening for cues, asking open-ended questions, exploring cues, using pauses, screening responses, and clarifying response
• Ability to effectively listen by using reflecting, acknowledging, summarizing, empathizing, and paraphrasing skill
• Ability to effectively provide information by checking what information the person knows already, giving small amounts of information at a time, using clear terms and avoiding jargon, avoiding detail unless it is requested, checking for understanding, and pausing and waiting for a response

Preferred:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Strong interpersonal and critical thinking skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Affinity for standard work
• Proficient with MS Outlook, Excel, and Word
• Readiness to learn multiple electronic medical record systems

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