Family Advocate - Full Time

Company: Indiana Donor Network
Location: Fort Wayne
Posted on: September 10, 2020

Job Description:

Are you looking for an exciting new career opportunity to use your knowledge and skills in a way that saves and enhance lives?At Indiana Donor Network, our mission is saving and enhancing the quality of life through organ, tissue and eye donation and transplantation. As a Family Advocate you will serve as a liaison between the donor family, procurement coordinator, and hospital clinicians.You'll be responsible for initiating donation conversations with families of potential donors, responding to referrals from local hospitals to collect and communicate data, and evaluated referrals called in by hospital staff. You'll be given the opportunity to facilitate in the donation process and support donor families, as needed.Qualified candidates must have a Bachelor's degree, or the equivalent education and experience in a social services professions, or related field. A clinical background, such as nursing, is strongly preferred. Qualified candidates must have a general understanding of disease processes and how they affect organ function, ability to conduct thorough physical and neurological assessments and extensive knowledge of medical terminology

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