RN- Solid Organ Transplant Unit

Overview

Serious Medicine is what we do. Being extraordinary is who we are. Every colleague plays a key role in upholding this promise to our patients and their families.

Staff Nurse
- Solid Organ Transplant Unit (SOTU)

Solid Organ Transplant Unit, or SOTU, is Nebraska’s only solid organ transplant unit. It provides medical, surgical, telemetry and progressive care to adult pre‑ and post‑liver, kidney, pancreas, intestinal and islet cell transplant patients. The unit also hosts the Intestinal Rehab Program, the busiest intestinal transplant program in the U.S. Staff care for patients from all over the world, offering many growth opportunities through unit teamwork, patient complexity, relationship building and transplant fellowship classes.

Full‑time & part‑time. Nights: 12‑hour shift 7 p.m.‑7 a.m.

• Competitive benefits including retirement match, PTO accrual, tuition reimbursement
• Lead the world in transforming lives to create healthy futures for individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research, and extraordinary patient care
• Forbes Magazine recognizes us in their list of America’s Top Employers and the Best Employer in Nebraska

Provide, prescribe, delegate, and coordinate nursing care with other health care providers to meet holistic care needs of a designated group of patients. The environment of care may be long‑term, emergent, critical, acute, interventional, or procedural driven.

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) required unless candidate meets all of the factors to qualify for Exception A or Exception
  
  B.
• Effective communication skills required.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, teamwork and flexibility required.
• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Nebraska or current compact state license required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required, must be from an American Heart Association (AHA) endorsed program (effective for new hires starting January 1, 2023 or later).
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification department dependent required.
• For Emergency Department, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within 6 months of hire or transfer date required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within 6 months of hire or transfer date department dependent required.
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) OR Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) within one year or hire or transfer date department dependent required.

• Direct patient care experience preferred.
• Prior experience in cardiology, cardiac drip management, critical care, emergency department, medical‑surgical, obstetrics, cardiovascular rehabilitation, telemetry, oncology, neonatal intensive care, pediatric acute care, solid organ transplant, cath lab, EP lab, quality assurance, perioperative and special procedures in applicable nursing specialty area preferred.
• Master’s of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree preferred.
• Courses such as STABLE, smoking cessation counseling, basic critical care or other specialty training preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) preferred.
• Proficient with email applications and with departmental equipment and systems such as patient care equipment, telecommunication systems, information systems, pneumatic tube system, general patient care supplies and transport equipment preferred.

Nebraska Medicine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and protected veterans’ status.

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Health Care Provider

• Hospitals and Health Care