Resource Triage Coordinator

Donor Network West’s mission is to save and heal lives through organ and tissue donation for transplantation and research.

 

At Donor Network West, we're looking for people who embody our core values: passion, excellence, equity and inclusion, and relationships. We welcome diverse perspectives and foster an environment of collaboration and service.

The Resource Triage Coordinator (RTC) is integral to providing leadership and continuity of service to all donor families and hospital partners by collaborating with the operations center that receives referrals, screens potential organ donors with referral facilities, approaches families to offer the option of donation, and coordinates all logistics involved in the donation process. This individual is responsible for enhancing the mission of DNWest by responding to, and triaging organ referrals so the appropriate DNWest staff can be dispatched to facilitate the donation process.  Typical duties include immediate response to organ donor referrals, evaluation by phone of the referral, engagement of the attending MD and hospital team for the implementation of guidelines for care/catastrophic head injury orders, support and evaluation of family needs, identification of resources needed for the referral and triaging the referral to the appropriate DNWest staff member.  In conjunction with the DNWest Medical Director, determines medical suitability of potential organ donors and utilizes appropriate resources to achieve this. The RTC may also be assigned duties as determined by management, developing, implementing and monitoring policies, procedures strategies, and action plans related to the procurement and utilization of organs for transplantation, medical research, and education.