RN: MANAGER KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PROGRAM, FULL TIME, DAYS

Shift: Day shift hours
Department: Diagnostic Support UH
Compensation:

* Base Pay Range: $87,131.20 - $127,441.60 / year, based on experience

ABOUT THE JOB

MU Health Care is looking for a dynamic and strategic leader to oversee our kidney transplant program, ensuring excellence in patient care, compliance, and operational success. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver with a passion for innovation, collaboration, and quality improvement in transplant services. This role requires a highly organized and detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and excels at building strong relationships with patients, clinical teams, and external partners. A strong communicator and critical thinker, this individual will lead program operations with integrity, ensuring seamless coordination across all phases of transplant care. If you're driven to make a meaningful impact in the lives of transplant patients and want to be part of a top-tier healthcare team, we invite you to apply today!

ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE

At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. We believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger - to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system - the only in mid-Missouri - is home to multiple hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here, you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions - with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

* Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one

* Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays

* Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8%and full vesting in three years

* Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)

* Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more

* See a comprehensive list of benefitshere.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION

Lead kidney transplant program operations, financials, and strategy, ensuring alignment with hospital goals, UNOS, and regulatory standards. Ensure program compliance with UNOS, CMS, and DNV standards. Prepare for audits/inspections and maintain necessary documentation.

Provide informed advice and information to the Director of the transplant program, physicians, and staff on administrative policies and procedures and has responsibility to the Director for ensuring compliance.

Oversee candidate listing and status updates in the UNET system, ensuring paperwork is complete and up-to-date.

Manage patient eligibility assessments and listing processes, ensuring timely communication with patients, families, and the transplant team.

Coordinate smooth transitions through pre-transplant, transplant, and post-transplant care phases.

Review and update Navex policies with the transplant team to ensure regulatory compliance and operational effectiveness.

Prepare for regulatory audits, ensuring adherence to all relevant standards and guidelines.

Maintain staff education requirements, ensuring compliance with OPTN and CMS guidelines.

Take periodic 24/7 on-call for organ offers, evaluations, patient consultations, and surgery scheduling.

Implement quality improvement programs to monitor and improve patient outcomes and overall program performance.

Ensure timely and accurate submission of transplant-related data to UNOS, including listings, outcomes, and waitlist data.

Monitor waitlist management and ensure compliance with UNOS regulations on organ allocation and patient status updates.

Collaborate with the transplant team (nephrologists, surgeons, coordinators, social workers) for comprehensive patient care. Act as liaison with hospital administration and ancillary services. Participate in leading weekly team meetings to review patient cases, organ offers, and quality improvement initiatives.

Serve as primary contact for external partners (referring physicians, hospitals, dialysis centers, OPOs) and represent the program at community/professional events.

Ensure ongoing education for the transplant team on new UNOS policies, clinical guidelines, and technological advancements in transplant care.

May complete unit/department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

Five (5) years of experience in transplant program administration or a similar leadership role in healthcare.

Experience with UNOS policies, kidney transplant procedures, and regulatory requirements.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Clinical Transplant Coordinator (CCTC) or Certified Transplant Preservationist (CTPA) by the American Board for Transplant Certification (ABTC), or related certification.

Master's degree in Healthcare Administration (MHA), Business Administration (MBA), or a related field.

Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and may require ambulating, remaining in a stationary position and positioning self to reach and/or move objects above the shoulders and below the knees. The employee may frequently lift and/or move objects up to 10 lbs and occasionally move objects up to 25 lbs.

This role may also routinely come into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.