Clinical Donation Coordinator - Charleston
WE ARE SHARING HOPE SCCharleston, South Carolina, United States
Posted May 22, 2024
Full Time
About the Company
We Are Sharing Hope SC is South Carolina's federally designated Organ Procurement Organization, coordinating organ and tissue recovery for more than 80 hospitals statewide. The organization delivers comprehensive donor services, including donor identification, organ allocation, and post‑donation support, while educating over 4.6 million residents about the life‑saving benefits of donation. Staff provide compassionate, family‑centered care during bereavement, framing donation as a meaningful continuation of a loved one’s legacy. Guided by core values of compassion, accountability, integrity, excellence, stewardship, and unity, the agency strives to make organ, eye, and tissue donation a community norm. Its blend of clinical expertise, large‑scale public outreach, and heartfelt support distinguishes it as a leader in the organ donation field.
Job Description
The Clinical Donation Coordinator I (CDC I) supports the mission and organizational goals of We Are Sharing Hope SC (SHSC) through screening and evaluating potential donors, managing organ donors, allocating donated organs according to Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policy, and coordinating all aspects of organ recovery.
Requirements
- Maintains the highest standards of professional conduct and interpersonal relationship development; promoting a positive and collaborative work environment.
- Performs clinical screening and evaluation to determine donor suitability for donation after circulatory death (DCD) or brain death donation (BDD) in collaboration with the Administrator on call (AOC).
- Completes referral evaluations for the purpose of determining organ and tissue donor suitability based on SHSC, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), OPTN/UNOS, Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and recommendations.