Req #: 234212

Department: TRANSPLANT SERVICES

Posting Date: 06/06/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $7,375 - $13,396 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As an employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-classified-staff-20210208.pdf )

This recruitment offers a $10,000 Signing Bonus to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine #UWMRecruitmentIncentive UW Medical Center - Montlake has an outstanding opportunity for a Pre-Lung Transplant Registered Nurse to join our Transplant Services team .

WORK SCHEDULE 80-100% day shift, plus call

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION Our team of pre lung transplant RNs follow patients from the time of transplant referral to the time of transplant. Duties include referral review, coordination of lung transplant evaluation testing through UWMC and local providers, patient education including teaching a lung transplant education class, and maintaining the lung transplant waiting list.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS Pre lung transplant RNs work closely with a multidisciplinary team of Pulmonologists, Surgeons, social workers, dieticians, program coordinators, and financial counselors. Our Lung Transplant service is one of the largest programs in North America. We provide lung transplant care for the entire Pacific Northwest. We are proud to provide this uniquely specialized care to patients in this region. Through the dedicated work of our team, patient survival and quality of life are superior. The Nurse Coordinators play a key role in this team effort.

REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• ICU experience

• Active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Washington State

• Active BLS Certification ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenient public transit options including the Sound Transit’s light rail station across the street. Excellence. Exploration. Education. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/uw-medical-center-montlake) Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community. ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. Find your place at Washington’s only integrated health system devoted to improving the health of all people. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs) Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

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