Job Description
Function Nursing Facility Position Renal Transplant Co-Ordinator Introduction Marketing to emergency services, emergency departments and ICU’s.
Travelling to assess the compatibility of potential donors, where necessary approach next of kin, cadaver brain death certification.
Co-ordinate all the clinical and pathology test of donor/recipient tissue typing and cross matching.
Ensuring that the donor/recipient receives psychological support where necessary.
In the event of an unnatural death requiring forensic post mortem, obtain written permission from the relevant forensic pathologist for the removal organs
Co-ordination of the various surgical teams, theatre for organ retrieval and transplant.
A vacancy exists for a Renal Transplant Co-Ordinator reporting to the Nurse Manager – Specialised Units. The successful candidate will be responsible for the renal transplant program in KZN.
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