Donation Liaison (Bismarck, ND)

August 14, 2024

LifeSource

Bismarck

FULL TIME

Life Source is hiring a Donation Liaison to play a vital role in building trust and relationships with potential donor families and healthcare teams in their designated regions - with the goal of increasing advocacy for organ, eye and tissue donation and creating invested hospital partners supporting donation. Our Donation Liaisons are similar in function to a Territory Manager.
This includes carrying out individual donation decisions, achieving authorization for donation, advocating for potential donors and recipients, and collaboratively developing approach plans, ongoing family support, and communication. The Donation Liaison will also serve as the Life Source expert for assigned hospitals and territories, including the delivery of education and training to maximize the donation process within hospitals, driving program policy development and health system alignment, tracking performance targets, leading action plan development, and utilizing hospital and internal data and key performance indicators to drive outcomes through oversight, analysis and sharing feedback.
This position is primarily based out of Bismarck, ND. Donation Liaisons travel within the designated service area, as required for case activity. Schedule: 1.0 FTE, day shift (8:00am-4:30pm), five 8-hour shifts per week (will include 4 Saturdays/Sundays per 3-month scheduling block, and one night on-call per month).

As a Donation Liaison, you’ll advance our life-saving work by performing the following job duties:
Authorization

Carries out authorization processes in the absence of first-person authorization. When FPA is present, carry out this fulfillment and individual donation decision.
Guides families and hospital care teams through donation processes with respectful consideration of culture, beliefs, and grieving process.
Responsible for authorization and family support processes from time of referral through post-recovery follow-up.
Collaboratively strengthens hospital support, structure, processes in a way that leads to excellence in authorization rates.
Accountable for overall territory and individual authorization performance metrics.

Hospital Development

Accountable for driving growth in hospital donation program outcomes. Ongoing monitoring and analysis of donation program performance.
Maintains a working hospital partnership through high visibility within hospital and units by developing, cultivating, and building strong relationships within hospital systems.
When case-stopping barriers are present, partner with hospital care teams and leaders to navigate and resolve.
Develop and implement hospital-specific donation strategic plans aligned with Life Source donation goals and hospital-specific donation programs.
Develops and maintains hospital-specific guidance resources for Life Source.
Drives consistency in process and aligns internal processes with hospital agreement requirements.
Collaboratively reviews hospital policies and incorporates donation and industry updates.
Independently leads hospital-based strategic implementations, including project management for quality, regulatory and process improvement initiatives.
Provides audience-focused donation education to drive process and growth, and collaboration.

Stewardship

Leads navigation of donation-related escalations, in partnership with hospital executive leadership.
Leads donation-related strategies and outcomes in assigned territory.
Leads in alignment with an equitable and diverse work environment.
Performs other duties as required to serve as Life Source leader and fulfill donation in assigned territory.
Demonstrates Life Source values.
Provides Preceptor duties. Supervision during clinical practice and facilitates the application of theory to practice for Life Source team members.

Why Join Life Source:
At Life Source, were relentlessly pursuing a day where those in need of a life-saving or life-enhancing organ, eye or tissue transplant receive that gift. By joining the Life Source team, you will have the chance to positively impact your neighbors in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin maybe someone in your very own community.
Since 1989, the Life Source team has worked with our regions’ diverse communities to break down barriers to donation. Bringing a rich diversity of perspectives and experience to our organization at all levels strengthens our ability to serve our community and fulfill our mission. Our values embody how we engage in our work - respect, advocacy, accountability, life and innovation. More information on our continued work toward diversity, equity, and inclusion can be found on our website.
We set our team up for success by providing comprehensive on-boarding, as well as on-going personal and career development. Team members are offered traditional benefits such as health, vision, dental, and life insurance, generous PTO, and 401k matching. We also support our team through non-traditional benefits such as tuition reimbursement, resiliency coaching, and HSA employer contributions.
Life Source is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and welcoming workplace with opportunities for all talent to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, veterans, persons with disabilities, members of marginalized communities, and non-traditional applicants to apply.
If this sounds like something of interest to you, please read below for further details.

QUALIFICATIONS

Requires combined education and experience equivalent to seven years in healthcare, relationship management or leadership responsibilities. (this may include backgrounds such as healthcare account executives / account managers, territory managers, hospice, medical sales, chiropractic, sports medicine, nursing, social work, chaplaincy, or other related areas)
Demonstrated calm and ability to connect in high-impact, high-emotion settings including death and dying.
Requires experience leading project management and execution toward defined outcomes.
Strong data analysis experience and demonstrated ability to achieve data-driven process improvement.
Extensive background in interactive education delivery and presentation skills with adult learners with the ability to assess knowledge retention.
Experience with strategic planning and independent project leadership.
Must maintain a valid driver license and have reliable personal automobile to be used with company reimbursement using IRS guidelines. Able to travel within your service area regularly. Must be able to travel by air as needed.
Ability to self-direct, prioritize initiatives and organize workload.
Demonstrated ability to speak persuasively and lead through influence.
Bilingual Preferred.
Hospital EMR experience (EPIC, Cerner, Meditech, etc.) preferred.

WORKING CONDITIONS

An established team rotation schedule of 7-day coverage per hospital donation needs, including weekdays, weekends, and holidays.
Full-time schedule consists of five 8-hour shifts (8:00am-4:30pm) per week (will include 4 Saturdays/Sundays per 3-month scheduling block, and one night on call per month per scheduling block). Scheduled days will vary and be defined in advance.
Stamina with the ability to stand and walk for multiple consecutive hours to engage across hospital partner campus.

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $37.00 - $42.00 per hour
Work Location: In person

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