Transplant Coordinator RN
Houston, TXJob$43.1–64.11/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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The RN Transplant Coordinator manages transplant patients from referral through recovery, including candidate evaluation, in-hospital care, education, stakeholder communication, and data management. The role coordinates with physicians, multidisciplinary teams, referring providers, and payers, and contributes to transplant and organ donation education and research. The position requires a Bachelor of Nursing, three years of experience, acute care/ICU and/or transplant experience, and a Texas RN registration; cardiac experience is preferred.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As an RN Transplant Coordinator, you will be a pivotal force in transforming lives, orchestrating the intricate journey of transplant patients from referral to recovery.
Every day, you will expertly manage the full spectrum of transplant coordination: from initiating referrals and evaluating candidates, to leading in-hospital patient care, managing education, facilitating communication with all stakeholders including payers, and maintaining critical data.
To be successful in this role, you will combine advanced clinical expertise with exceptional organizational and communication skills, a meticulous eye for detail, and an unwavering commitment to patient advocacy, driving both individual success and program excellence.
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Initiate the referral and evaluation process for potential transplant candidates. Review medical information, schedule testing including physician and coordinator consultations, collect data, review results and compile data for presentation of patient's case at Medical Review Board.
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Primary responsibility for the day-to-day course of in-hospital patients. Notify consultants, prepare for and participate in physician-led and multidisciplinary rounds, and communicate with patients, families and all disciplines involved in patient management in order to streamline post-op course and identify and solve potential problems.
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Maintain effective communication with referring physicians and third party payers. Provide clinical updates to payers in order to eliminate denials.
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Initiate and oversee all pre-op and post-op education, collaborating with nursing staff to provide a comprehensive teaching plan. Assess potential learning problems (language barrier, etc.) and structure teaching sessions to meet individual patient needs.
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Provide staff and community education in the areas of transplant and organ donation.
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Initiate and collaborate in research protocols, journal articles, abstracts and patient education material.
Job Requirements
Required
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Bachelors Of Nursing, upon hire and
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Three (3) Years’ Experience, upon hire and
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Acute Care/ICU and/or transplant experience, upon hire and
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Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire
Preferred
- Cardiac experience, upon hire
Where You'll Work
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.
Pay Range
$43.10 - $64.11 /hour
We are an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 58,608 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$43.1–64.11/hr
- Texas median$38–53/hr1,229 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr24,816 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $53.61/hr, is 17% above the Texas median midpoint ($46/hr) — in the top quarter of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 4,651 open Registered Nurse jobs in Texas and 58,608 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- HCA Healthcare1,103 open
- Baylor Scott & White Health492 open
- Houston Methodist426 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 28,761 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,108 of the 58,608 open Registered Nurse jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 9, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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