Independent Living Donor Advoc- Per Diem

Independent Living Donor Advocate – Per Diem – Day

Requisition # | Shift: Day | Status:
Per Diem

Apply for the Independent Living Donor Advocate – Per Diem – Day role at the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute
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Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better — advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

• Attends informational sessions with the donor and creates opportunities for the living donor to discuss issues, ask additional questions, or request follow‑up information.
• Ensures that any discussions with a prospective donor occur in a setting that is separate from the transplant recipient and other transplant program staff involved with the recipient.
• Ensures the donor can discuss the following areas:
  • Informed consent process
  • Any family or external pressures that affect the prospective living donor's decision about whether to donate
  • The living organ donation process (e.g., donor evaluation, donation surgery, and post‑donation recovery), potential complications, and general recovery from the surgery
  • Surgical procedure
  • Medical and psychosocial risks
  • Financial aspects of living donation
  • Various options for the recipient other than an organ donation from a living donor
  • Follow‑up requirements and the benefit and need for participating in follow‑up
• Attends the Living Donor Selection Committee Meeting.
• Maintains confidentiality of the communication between the donor and the transplant program.

• Bachelor's degree.
• Knowledge of medical ethics and informed consent.
• Understanding of the potential impact of family and other outside pressures on donor decision, with the ability to discuss these issues with the donor.
• Ability to discuss options for the recipient other than organ donation from a living donor.
• Knowledge of national and HMH outcomes.
• Knowledgeable with HMH chain of command.
• Knowledge of grievance process.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, effectively with all levels of staff, physicians, patients and external constituents. Must have proven independent thinking, decision making, problem solving and prioritizing skills.

• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Previous experience working in a transplant center, as a social worker or nurse.
• Knowledge of organ transplantation and living kidney donation.

• Approved ILDA continuing education.

Minimum rate of $39.67 hourly. Compensation may vary based on market data, experience, education, skills and location.

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

Entry level

Part‑time (20+ hours/week)