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Registered Nurse Supervisor Organ Procurement - Full-time in Cottonwood Heights, UT

Job Description

**Job Description:**

The Organ Coordinator Nursing Supervisor assists a Nurse Manager in providing management and oversight of daily Nursing activities to a Hepatology or transplant department. The Nursing Supervisor provides leadership and performs appropriate management functions delegated by the Nurse Manager and Transplant Director including resource allocation, safe working environment, optimal patient care, development of departmental structure, process, and outcome standards, and direct FTE oversight.

This position typically reports to a Nurse Manager or Transplant Director and the typical Distribution of Job Duties are 60% Tactical, 30% Operational, 10% Strategic.

Definitions:

• Tactical - Duties include ensuring appropriate staffing, availability of equipment, hiring, and employee relations (day-to-day activities).

• Operational - Project completion, process development and improvement, and employee performance evaluations.

• Strategic - Duties include developing goals to meet the Intermountain/Regional Strategic Plan and holding employees accountable to goals.
• *Join Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah as a Registered Nurse Supervisor of Organ Procurement where your leadership makes a life-saving impact.**
• *Why You’ll Love Working Here:**

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage

+ Robust retirement package including 401(k) options

+ Generous paid time off, holidays, and sick leave

+ Paid wellness program designed to support physical and mental health

+ Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 annually for continued education

+ Employee discounts and supplemental insurance options
• *Local Attractions** **Within 5 minutes of Intermountain Medical Center, you’ll find:**

+ **Game Show Battle Rooms - Salt Lake City (Murray):** Fun, interactive team-building entertainment.

+ **Immersive Gamebox - Salt Lake City, Murray:** Cutting-edge digital gaming experiences.

+ **Murray Park:** Expansive green space with playgrounds, amphitheater, and walking trails.

+ **Wheeler Historic Farm:** A working farm with wagon rides, animals, and historic tours.

+ **Murray Museum:** Local history exhibits in a charming setting.

+ **Ricochet Canyon @ Gardner Village:** Family-friendly amusement and adventure activities.

+ **Kennecott Nature Center of Murray:** Nature preserve with educational exhibits and trails.

+ **The Park Center in Murray:** Recreation center with pools, fitness facilities, and community programs.
• *IHOPP Team Supervisor – Key Responsibilities:**
• *Program Leadership & Operations:**

+ Provide daily operational leadership for the IHOPP team, ensuring reliable 24/7 coverage for organ recovery, and perfusion support.

+ Develop and maintain workflows that support standardized organ procurement and perfusion practices across Heart, Liver, Kidney, and PCH programs.

+ Monitor case distribution, response times, travel schedules, and call coverage to ensure safe, efficient operations.

+ Partner with transplant service line leadership to align IHOPP operations with strategic growth plans and regulatory standards.
• *Team Management & Workforce Development:**

+ Directly supervise and support a team of cross-trained IHOPP technologists, including scheduling, mentoring, performance feedback, and competency maintenance.

+ Lead recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and ongoing professional development for IHOPP staff.

+ Foster a high-performance, team-based culture with emphasis on safety, accountability, communication, and continuous improvement.

+ Maintain call schedules and staffing models that meet volume demands and maintain appropriate staff-to-case ratios.
• *Clinical Quality, Safety & Compliance:**

+ Ensure adherence to all UNOS, CMS, OPTN, and Intermountain Health policies related to organ procurement, preservation, transport, and documentation.

+ Lead quality improvement initiatives for preservation times, logistical efficiency, and organ handling processes.

+ Collaborate with surgeons and clinical teams to evaluate and optimize perfusion outcomes, case readiness, and procedural quality

+ Support internal audit processes, policy updates ant training required for regulatory compliance.
• *Equipment, Perfusion Devices & Supply Oversight:**

+ Manage the maintenance, calibration, and readiness of all organ perfusion pumps, transport devices, and specialized procurement equipment.

+ Set up and oversee supply management, inventory, and replacement cycles to ensure equipment availability for urgent cases.
• *Cross-Functional Collaboration:**

+ Serve as the primary operational liaison between IHOPP, transplant surgeons, anesthesia, OR leadership, Life Flight, clinical coordinators, Donor Connect, and other external partners.

+ Attend multidisciplinary transplant committees, contributing operational expertise to improve organ access and outcomes.

+ Maintain strong relationships with OPOs, donor hospitals, and transport partners to ensure seamless processes and communication.
• *On-Call & Direct Support:**

+ Participate in procurement rotation 35-50% of their time.

+ Step in as needed to assist with procurement or perfusion activities during high-volume periods, staff shortages, or complex cases.
• *Scope:**

This position typically supports a Nurse Manager or Program Director. Other factors that are considered when evaluating the scope of Nursing Supervisor positions:

+ Higher level of accountability than is usually expected (e.g., disciplinary process, budgetary responsibilities).

+ Additional duties, assignments, or responsibilities beyond those typically expected of a Nursing Supervisor.
• *Job Essentials**
• *Leadership:**

+ Assists and supports the Nurse Manager ad Transplant Director in the creation or maintenance of an environment in which clinical nursing is practiced.

+ Contributes through delegation by the Nurse Manager to the strategic planning process, day-to-day operations, standards of care, and attainment of organizational goals.

+ Facilitates collaborative problem solving among interdepartmental disciplines. Advocates for and allocates available resources to promote efficient, effective, safe and compassionate nursing care based on current standards of practice.

+ Supports shared decision-making and professional autonomy by providing department input into executive-level decisions, and by keeping staff informed of executive level activities.

+ Implements and role models the vision, mission, core values of the Nursing Philosophy of CARING and Intermountain Healthcare's Healing Commitments.
• *Operational Effectiveness:**

+ Assists with development, implementation, and management of annual capital or operating and personnel (FTE) budget for unit.

+ Uses resources effectively and manages expenses to meet financial goals of department.
• *Employee Engagement:**

+ Models and fosters an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit.

+ Assists with recruitment, retention, and employee satisfaction. Coordinates with Nurse Manager and Program Director to ensure competent and sufficient number of staff to meet patient care needs, which includes hiring, orientation, and managing staffing to a changing census.

+ As delegated, ensures that new skill training and ongoing competency verification is completed annually.

+ As delegated, evaluates staff competency through use of performance reviews and peer reviews.

+ Mentors staff and provide professional educational opportunities. Utilizes participative practice management models.
• *Clinical Excellence:**

+ Coordinates performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives, federal, state, and other regulatory bodies such as UNOS, Joint Commission, CMS, DOPL ABTC, and other unit specific accrediting and certifying bodies.

+ Assists with the achievement of clinical program goals and may implement action plans to improve performance as delegated.

+ Effectively uses professional and organizational best practices to ensure the delivery of quality patient care.

+ Participating member of a professional nursing organization appropriate to position and service line.

+ Facilitates and encourages staff nurse participation in professional organizations.
• *Patient Engagement:**

+ In conjunction with Nurse Manager and Program Director, monitors and improves patient and referral facility/agency satisfaction utilizing available service metrics and national benchmarks to develop and implement action plans to achieve desired outcomes.

+ Acts as a role model for staff and encourages the incorporation of Healing Commitments and Healing Connections in every aspect of patient care delivery.

+ Ensures that staff incorporates evidence-based practice into all aspects of care delivery.
• *Physician Engagement:**

+ Partners with physicians at the unit level to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals.
• *Community Stewardship:**

+ Communicates to staff and encourages participation in opportunities for community outreach activities (e.g., health fairs, middle and high school education).

+ Supports staff participation in outside community organizations such as volunteer health clinics, health fairs, and advisory boards for not for profit organizations.
• *Skills:**

+ Multidisciplinary Teamwork

+ Leadership

+ People Management

+ Nursing

+ Hiring

+ Process Improvements

+ Employee Satisfaction

+ Patient Safety

+ Patient Care Coordination

+ Organ Donation

+ Organ Transplantation
• *Requirements:**

+ Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.

+ Current RN License in state of practice or compact with ability to change to Utah License within 60 days.

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers.

+ RN Leadership or supervisory experience.

+ Demonstrated clinical experience in Organ Transplant or Hepatology.
• *Preferred Qualifications:**

+ 1-2 years experience in organ procurement and perfusion
• *Physical Requirements:**
• *Physical Requirements:**

+ Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.

+ Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.

+ Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.

+ May have the same physical requirements as those of clinical or patient care jobs, when the leader takes clinical shifts.

+ For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.
• *Location:**

Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center, Intermountain Health Primary Childrens Hospital
• *Work City:**

Murray
• *Work State:**

Utah
• *Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$48.87 - $72.26

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits) .

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you. While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness. We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment. Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process.

All positions subject to close without notice.
• *Job Description:**

The Organ Coordinator Nursing Supervisor assists a Nurse Manager in providing management and oversight of daily Nursing activities to a Hepatology or transplant department. The Nursing Supervisor provides leadership and performs appropriate management functions delegated by the Nurse Manager and Transplant Director including resource allocation, safe working environment, optimal patient care, development of departmental structure, process, and outcome standards, and direct FTE oversight.

This position typically reports to a Nurse Manager or Transplant Director and the typical Distribution of Job Duties are 60% Tactical, 30% Operational, 10% Strategic.

Definitions:

• Tactical - Duties include ensuring appropriate staffing, availability of equipment, hiring, and employee relations (day-to-day activities).

• Operational - Project completion, process development and improvement, and employee performance evaluations.

• Strategic - Duties include developing goals to meet the Intermountain/Regional Strategic Plan and holding employees accountable to goals.
• *Join Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah as a Registered Nurse Supervisor of Organ Procurement where your leadership makes a life-saving impact.**
• *Why You’ll Love Working Here:**

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage

+ Robust retirement package including 401(k) options

+ Generous paid time off, holidays, and sick leave

+ Paid wellness program designed to support physical and mental health

+ Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 annually for continued education

+ Employee discounts and supplemental insurance options
• *Local Attractions** **Within 5 minutes of Intermountain Medical Center, you’ll find:**

+ **Game Show Battle Rooms - Salt Lake City (Murray):** Fun, interactive team-building entertainment.

+ **Immersive Gamebox - Salt Lake City, Murray:** Cutting-edge digital gaming experiences.

+ **Murray Park:** Expansive green space with playgrounds, amphitheater, and walking trails.

+ **Wheeler Historic Farm:** A working farm with wagon rides, animals, and historic tours.

+ **Murray Museum:** Local history exhibits in a charming setting.

+ **Ricochet Canyon @ Gardner Village:** Family-friendly amusement and adventure activities.

+ **Kennecott Nature Center of Murray:** Nature preserve with educational exhibits and trails.

+ **The Park Center in Murray:** Recreation center with pools, fitness facilities, and community programs.
• *IHOPP Team Supervisor – Key Responsibilities:**
• *Program Leadership & Operations:**

+ Provide daily operational leadership for the IHOPP team, ensuring reliable 24/7 coverage for organ recovery, and perfusion support.

+ Develop and maintain workflows that support standardized organ procurement and perfusion practices across Heart, Liver, Kidney, and PCH programs.

+ Monitor case distribution, response times, travel schedules, and call coverage to ensure safe, efficient operations.

+ Partner with transplant service line leadership to align IHOPP operations with strategic growth plans and regulatory standards.
• *Team Management & Workforce Development:**

+ Directly supervise and support a team of cross-trained IHOPP technologists, including scheduling, mentoring, performance feedback, and competency maintenance.

+ Lead recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and ongoing professional development for IHOPP staff.

+ Foster a high-performance, team-based culture with emphasis on safety, accountability, communication, and continuous improvement.

+ Maintain call schedules and staffing models that meet volume demands and maintain appropriate staff-to-case ratios.
• *Clinical Quality, Safety & Compliance:**

+ Ensure adherence to all UNOS, CMS, OPTN, and Intermountain Health policies related to organ procurement, preservation, transport, and documentation.

+ Lead quality improvement initiatives for preservation times, logistical efficiency, and organ handling processes.

+ Collaborate with surgeons and clinical teams to evaluate and optimize perfusion outcomes, case readiness, and procedural quality

+ Support internal audit processes, policy updates ant training required for regulatory compliance.
• *Equipment, Perfusion Devices & Supply Oversight:**

+ Manage the maintenance, calibration, and readiness of all organ perfusion pumps, transport devices, and specialized procurement equipment.

+ Set up and oversee supply management, inventory, and replacement cycles to ensure equipment availability for urgent cases.
• *Cross-Functional Collaboration:**

+ Serve as the primary operational liaison between IHOPP, transplant surgeons, anesthesia, OR leadership, Life Flight, clinical coordinators, Donor Connect, and other external partners.

+ Attend multidisciplinary transplant committees, contributing operational expertise to improve organ access and outcomes.

+ Maintain strong relationships with OPOs, donor hospitals, and transport partners to ensure seamless processes and communication.
• *On-Call & Direct Support:**

+ Participate in procurement rotation 35-50% of their time.

+ Step in as needed to assist with procurement or perfusion activities during high-volume periods, staff shortages, or complex cases.
• *Scope:**

This position typically supports a Nurse Manager or Program Director. Other factors that are considered when evaluating the scope of Nursing Supervisor positions:

+ Higher level of accountability than is usually expected (e.g., disciplinary process, budgetary responsibilities).

+ Additional duties, assignments, or responsibilities beyond those typically expected of a Nursing Supervisor.
• *Job Essentials**
• *Leadership:**

+ Assists and supports the Nurse Manager ad Transplant Director in the creation or maintenance of an environment in which clinical nursing is practiced.

+ Contributes through delegation by the Nurse Manager to the strategic planning process, day-to-day operations, standards of care, and attainment of organizational goals.

+ Facilitates collaborative problem solving among interdepartmental disciplines. Advocates for and allocates available resources to promote efficient, effective, safe and compassionate nursing care based on current standards of practice.

+ Supports shared decision-making and professional autonomy by providing department input into executive-level decisions, and by keeping staff informed of executive level activities.

+ Implements and role models the vision, mission, core values of the Nursing Philosophy of CARING and Intermountain Healthcare's Healing Commitments.
• *Operational Effectiveness:**

+ Assists with development, implementation, and management of annual capital or operating and personnel (FTE) budget for unit.

+ Uses resources effectively and manages expenses to meet financial goals of department.
• *Employee Engagement:**

+ Models and fosters an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit.

+ Assists with recruitment, retention, and employee satisfaction. Coordinates with Nurse Manager and Program Director to ensure competent and sufficient number of staff to meet patient care needs, which includes hiring, orientation, and managing staffing to a changing census.

+ As delegated, ensures that new skill training and ongoing competency verification is completed annually.

+ As delegated, evaluates staff competency through use of performance reviews and peer reviews.

+ Mentors staff and provide professional educational opportunities. Utilizes participative practice management models.
• *Clinical Excellence:**

+ Coordinates performance and compliance with patient safety initiatives, federal, state, and other regulatory bodies such as UNOS, Joint Commission, CMS, DOPL ABTC, and other unit specific accrediting and certifying bodies.

+ Assists with the achievement of clinical program goals and may implement action plans to improve performance as delegated.

+ Effectively uses professional and organizational best practices to ensure the delivery of quality patient care.

+ Participating member of a professional nursing organization appropriate to position and service line.

+ Facilitates and encourages staff nurse participation in professional organizations.
• *Patient Engagement:**

+ In conjunction with Nurse Manager and Program Director, monitors and improves patient and referral facility/agency satisfaction utilizing available service metrics and national benchmarks to develop and implement action plans to achieve desired outcomes.

+ Acts as a role model for staff and encourages the incorporation of Healing Commitments and Healing Connections in every aspect of patient care delivery.

+ Ensures that staff incorporates evidence-based practice into all aspects of care delivery.
• *Physician Engagement:**

+ Partners with physicians at the unit level to achieve clinical, operational, and service goals.
• *Community Stewardship:**

+ Communicates to staff and encourages participation in opportunities for community outreach activities (e.g., health fairs, middle and high school education).

+ Supports staff participation in outside community organizations such as volunteer health clinics, health fairs, and advisory boards for not for profit organizations.
• *Skills:**

+ Multidisciplinary Teamwork

+ Leadership

+ People Management

+ Nursing

+ Hiring

+ Process Improvements

+ Employee Satisfaction

+ Patient Safety

+ Patient Care Coordination

+ Organ Donation

+ Organ Transplantation
• *Requirements:**

+ Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.

+ Current RN License in state of practice or compact with ability to change to Utah License within 60 days.

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers.

+ RN Leadership or supervisory experience.

+ Demonstrated clinical experience in Organ Transplant or Hepatology.
• *Preferred Qualifications:**

+ 1-2 years experience in organ procurement and perfusion
• *Physical Requirements:**
• *Physical Requirements:**

+ Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.

+ Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.

+ Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.

+ May have the same physical requirements as those of clinical or patient care jobs, when the leader takes clinical shifts.

+ For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.
• *Location:**

Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center, Intermountain Health Primary Childrens Hospital
• *Work City:**

Murray
• *Work State:**

Utah
• *Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$48.87 - $72.26

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits) .

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you. While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness. We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment. Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process.

All positions subject to close without notice.
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Medical Speciality

Transplant Surgery

Employment Type

Full-time

Required License

RN (Registered Nurse)

Years of Experience

Manager

Shifts

Day shift

Work Setting

Hospital

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