Kimberly Steiner
Mount Juliet
Summary
Dynamic Living Donor Coordinator at Ascension Saint Thomas West, adept in donor management and regulatory compliance. Proven ability to educate patients and streamline processes, enhancing transplant outcomes. Recognized for critical thinking and effective teamwork, ensuring optimal resource allocation and patient care in high-pressure environments.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Living Donor Coordinator
Ascension Saint Thomas West
Nashville
07.2022 - Current
- Coordinate the evaluation process for living kidney donors, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Educate potential donors on donation processes, and possible short and long term side effects and follow up needed post living donation
- Complete the necessary forms for regulatory agencies to facilitate operations.
- Manage patient load effectively while fulfilling 24-hour on-call nurse responsibilities including coordinating deceased donor kidney transplants optimizing resource allocation
Donor Care Coordinator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville
02.2021 - 01.2022
- Coordinate and facilitate the evaluation process of both related and unrelated, healthy stem cell donors.
- Educate stem cell donors regarding stem cell collection procedures and anticipated side effects.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure stem cell donor collection activities were completed in a timely manner.
- Interpret HLA matching reports and participate in the selection of appropriate stem cell donors, ensuring the best well-matched donor is selected for the recipient.
- Coordinate arrival of stem cell products and ensure lab availability to receive and process products.
- Attende weekly team meetings to ensure continuity of care and keep provider team updated of any change in donor availability.
- Complete unrelated donor search in database and request additional testing as necessary.
- Work closely with NMDP case management to coordinate unrelated donor stem cell collection and ensure completion of necessary paperwork in timely manner.
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator
Prisma Health Upstate
06.2019 - 01.2021
- Manage patient evaluations and consultations for transplant eligibility.
- In coordination with the physician group, we determine appropriate treatment protocols for transplant patients prior to admission to the hospital.
- Coordinates efforts to establish clinical and financial plans pre-bone marrow transplant.
- Coordinate post-transplant follow-up as indicated by facility protocol.
- Triage patient calls appropriately when acting in the role of BMT nurse on call, and communicates effectively with the physician as dictated by the patient's condition.
- Coordinated organ transplant processes between medical teams and patients.
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator
Colorado Blood Cancer Institute-Sarah Cannon
Denver
03.2017 - 12.2018
- Facilitate evaluation of potential bone marrow transplant candidates to ensure eligibility.
- Coordinate development of clinical and financial plans prior to bone marrow transplant procedures.
- Collaborate with physician group to determine optimal treatment protocols for transplant patients.
- Serve as consultant, facilitator, practitioner, and educator for diverse patient populations.
- Manage all aspects of patient care, including education for patients and families.
- Advocate for patient needs throughout treatment process.
- Conduct community outreach in Casper, Wyoming, providing healthcare services to targeted populations.
Staff and Permanent Charge Nurse-BMT/Hematology
Colorado Blood Cancer Institute-Sarah Cannon
Denver
09.2014 - 03.2017
- Provide direct care to blood and marrow cancer patients across all disease and transplant stages.
- Manage daily staffing requirements of outpatient clinic and optimized patient assignments for efficient flow.
- Collaborate with physicians daily to discuss patient conditions in clinic settings.
- Facilitate effective communication with inpatient nursing teams to address post-discharge patient needs.
- Triage patient phone calls appropriately, accommodating same-day appointments or directing to ER when necessary.
Education
Bachelor of Science Nursing -
Dominican College Of Blauvelt
Orangeburg, NY05.1995
Bachelor of Arts Sociology -
Villanova University
Villanova, PA05.1994
Skills
- Donor management
- Patient education
- Clinical coordination
- Organ transplantation
- Regulatory compliance
- Critical thinking
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Multitasking
- Continuous improvement
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Adaptability
Certification
• BLS
Timeline
Living Donor Coordinator
Ascension Saint Thomas West
07.2022 - Current
Donor Care Coordinator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
02.2021 - 01.2022
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator
Prisma Health Upstate
06.2019 - 01.2021
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator
Colorado Blood Cancer Institute-Sarah Cannon
03.2017 - 12.2018
Staff and Permanent Charge Nurse-BMT/Hematology
Colorado Blood Cancer Institute-Sarah Cannon
09.2014 - 03.2017
Bachelor of Science Nursing -
Dominican College Of Blauvelt
Bachelor of Arts Sociology -
Villanova University