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Posted: 04-May-22
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Salary: Open
Categories:
General Nursing
Duke University Hospital
Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. For 2021-2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose & throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area.
In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.
Duke Nursing Highlights:
- Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
- Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
- Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
- Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
- Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle!
- Relocation Assistance!
Nurse Clinician
Duke Transplant Center
General Description
The Transplant Nurse Clinician is responsible and accountable for clinical expertise for transplant patient populations. The Nurse Clinician functions as an integral part of the transplant interdisciplinary team, partnering with the nurse coordinator and contributing to excellence in patient care, research, and teaching within the transplant center.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Transplant Nurse Clinician will be responsible to obtain medication prior authorizations via CoverMyMeds platform, respond to prescription refill requests, obtain DME/respiratory equipment, work with home health nursing and infusion centers to ensure patients receive home therapies, treatments, or ambulatory outpatient therapies and infusions. Partner with inpatient service to ensure post discharge support needs are arranged for the patient.
Provides specialized nursing support, care, and education to patients in collaboration with nurse coordinators, transplant physicians and in accordance with established transplant policies and procedures. Assesses in partnership with the nurse coordinator, assesses the educational needs of the patient/caregiver as it relates to the disease process, alterations in function, and assimilation back into the home and community after transplant. Utilize current nursing and clinical research to support evidence-based clinical decision-making and practice. Participates in quality/performance improvement programs and projects, product evaluation, outcomes evaluation studies and/or clinical research.
Required Qualifications
Education: BSN required
Experience: 3 years of nursing experience required
Licensure: Current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina
Certification: BLS required.
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