• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: 125,000-156,600

Position Summary

The Clinical Coordinator III ? Transplant Surgical PA will function in the outpatient setting of the Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program in collaboration with the Kidney/Pancreas Transplant multidisciplinary team to care for and manage post-transplant kidney and pancreas recipients, post-operative kidney living donors, and patients who underwent surgical or invasive procedures by the Kidney/Pancreas transplant surgeons.

Responsibilities

• Coordinators surgical and medical management of kidney and pancreas transplant patients in the outpatient setting.
• Manage living donor follow-up in collaboration with living donor coordinators.
• Coordinate care of surgical patients who undergo hernia repairs, dialysis catheters, and other elective surgical procedures conducted by our kidney and pancreas surgeons
• Assisting transplant surgeons and nephrologists in the outpatient clinic to perform comprehensive history and physical exams, develop differential diagnoses, implement plan of care and document patient?s responses to care.
• Conduct pre-operative history and physical exams, as well as obtain transplant and other surgical consents
• Provide direct patient care by evaluating patients awaiting transplantation, as well as post-transplant recipients and kidney donors.
• Order and interpret lab work and diagnostic studies under agreed upon protocols.
• Develop practice protocols, standard of care, and patient education material for kidney/pancreas transplant recipients.
• Attend professional meetings and conferences, maintain professional affiliations and enhances professional development to stay current with trends in health care administration.

Minimum Qualifications

• Physician Assistants: Graduate of an ARC-PA accredited or New York State Education Department approved PA education program
• PA - 5 years of related experience

Other Requirements

• Proficiency with technology and social media platforms.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills required.
• Intermediate to advanced level MS Office skills.
  

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