Donor Care Management Physician

Job Details

Job Location

Southeast Michigan-North Central Michigan - Michigan

Remote Type

Hybrid

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

Graduate Degree

Travel Percentage

Negligible

Job Category

Health Care

Description

Summary

In alignment with Gift of Life Michigan's core purpose and core values, the Donor Care Management Physician is responsible for the day-to-day activities related to medically managing organ donors to optimize organs for transplant, including but not limited to completing donor evaluations, comprehensive donor management, and medical direction to staff managing donors at the Donor Care Center at Gift of Life. Function as a liaison and medical guide to staff following patients at donor hospitals.

Duties & Responsibilities

The following job duties and responsibilities are stated in broad terms and not intended to be inclusive. Those in bold are essential duties of the position :

• Consult on potential organ donor referrals and provide guidance as needed.
• Lead donor management case huddles with clinical administrators and donation coordinators to devise a donor management plan for referred cases.
• Provide a daily consult call with Gift of Life personnel on every actively managed case.
• Work closely with team members to provide clinical intervention and direction in donor cases, including comprehensive plans of care for complex patients to achieve successful organ and tissue donation using established Donor Management Guidelines.
• Complete chart reviews in real time or retrospectively to direct, educate, and develop donor management recommendations and opportunities for optimizing donation potential.
• Consult with attending physicians toward medical interventions to improve physiological status of potential donors.
• Facilitate, perform, guide, and / or direct special procedures including but not limited to echo sonography, chest X ray, central line, dialysis catheter, and arterial line placement, bronchoscopy, CRRT, radiology interpretation, and chest tube placement.
• Write, modify, and recommend donor management guidelines, policies, and procedures in partnership with clinical operations leadership to maximize donation outcomes.
• Serve as radiation safety officer for Gift of Life Michigan's Donor Care Unit.
• Attend and participate in national organ donation conferences (AOPO, ATC, AST, etc.)
• Educate clinical staff on relevant donor management topics.
• Deliver topical and relevant instruction, such as Grand Rounds, to hospitals throughout the DSA.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and / or Experience

Required

Preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA)

Organizational Culture Expectations