Organ Donation Family Support/Nassau County/Suffolk/Westchester

Overview:

Would You Like a Life-Changing Career with LiveOnNY w

Kick-start the career of a lifetime where you can be a part of working with an incredible team saving lives while modeling our values of We Put Poeple First, We Are Passionate, We Are One Team, We Are Innovative, We Act With Integrity.

LiveOnNY is currently looking for

Do you possess the attributes to be a successful Family Donation Family Support and perform the following essential functions?

Work Schedule: 11am-8pm 5 days a week

Responsibilities:

Organ Donation Family Support: provides on-site responses and leads family donation conversations by advocating for organ donation and supports families throughout the process. At its core,

• Delivers high-quality bereavement support to potential donor families.

• Comfortable speaking fluent spanish to all families.

• Facilitates the opportunity for donation by keeping hospital staff informed regarding the plans and progression of the referral process.

• Offers donation in an empowering and inspiring manner. Responsible for educating potential donor’s Next-of-Kin (NOK) about donation options, status of donor designation, or requesting authorization for donation from legal NOK

• Obtains authorization or disclosure with first person authorization and conducts a uniform donor risk assessment questionnaire (UDRAI) with appropriate NOK/surrogate of the potential organ donor.

• Assess families understanding of grave prognosis and brain death declaration.

• Supports donor families by attending OR in Donation After Circulatory Death Donation (DCDD).

• Works in strong collaboration with hospital personnel, LiveOnNY’s Family Service Lead (FS Lead), LiveOnNY’s Administrator-on-Call (AOC), Referral Administrator (RA), and clinical staff to evaluate and determine the best time to discuss the opportunity for donation with potential donor families.

• Completes accurate, and timely documentation of donor-related activities in computerized confidential donor record, and forms according to established policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

Do you have the education and experience to be a Organ Donation Family Support -

• Bachelor’s degree preferred (not required)

• Relevant working experience: Patient Services/Relations or Navigator, Sales, Motivational Interview Training, Child Life Specialist, EMT/Paramedic, Customer Service Representative, Crisis Mangement, Substance Abuse Counselor, Health Administrator/ Community Case worker/ Social worker, Nursing-LPN, Educator/Teacher. 

• Certification or license in nursing, social work, grief counseling or crisis intervention preferred.

Preferred skills:

Ability to connect with an audience, Strategic Planning, Public Speaking, Active Listening, Ability to collaborate with multi-faceted professionals, Humility, Adaptable, Receptive, Ability to grasp new concepts quickly, Highly Organized, Understand medical terminology, Ability to problem solve, Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness, Ability to set professional boundaries, Persuasive, Ability to De-escalate, Empathy, Outstanding communication skills, both written and oral.

This role requires frequent travel (valid driver license and own vechicle) and ability to commute to different hospital partners within our service area

Work Schedule: 11am-8pm - 5 days a week 

LiveOnNY offers a competitive salary & comprehensive benefits package.

• 403(b) deferred annuity

• Medical/Vision/Dental/Life

• Tuition reimbursement

• Paid time Off

• Pet Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Cellular plan discounts

• Auto Insurance discounts

Salary Range: $70,000

-$103,000