Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator (CCTC)

I am currently a GN at a 540 bed hospital in the Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex. I am going through an internship on a 27-bed transplant unit. Once I PASS my NCLEX in Feb, I will be a regular, RN on the unit. I plan to work on the unit for a good while, getting experience under my belt. But recently, I noticed a few of the CCTCs on my unit rounding and having educational conferences with some of the patients. I have my BSN, and am always looking to move up, so I am thinking of getting certified as a Transplant Nurse in a couple of years, then going on to become a coordinator as well. I was just curious what exactly the coordinators do??? Do they have decent hours, or are they always on call?? Whats the pay like, and so forth... If anyone has any information on CCTCs I would really appreciate it!
Try a search on "transplant coordinator", there was some good info a while ago. Basically, you can be pre- or post-transplant coodinator, or both. Lot of ordering tests, seeing pts in clinic, liaising with pt and family re requirements to get eligible for transplant, coordinating with financial people re insurance issues, adjusting meds... yes, there is call, how much depends where you work. We do one week every four or five and you get a lot of calls, but we don't have to go in to work. You develop very close relationships with these patients, usually over a long period of time.Check out the experience requirements for the CCTN/CCTC exams. It's a hard exam and you need to know every kind of transplant, not just one specialty, for the test.
I worked in Transplant. 24 hr shifts (not including travel time)
Quote from baylorals09I am currently a GN at a 540 bed hospital in the Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex. I am going through an internship on a 27-bed transplant unit. Once I PASS my NCLEX in Feb, I will be a regular, RN on the unit. I plan to work on the unit for a good while, getting experience under my belt. But recently, I noticed a few of the CCTCs on my unit rounding and having educational conferences with some of the patients. I have my BSN, and am always looking to move up, so I am thinking of getting certified as a Transplant Nurse in a couple of years, then going on to become a coordinator as well. I was just curious what exactly the coordinators do??? Do they have decent hours, or are they always on call?? Whats the pay like, and so forth... If anyone has any information on CCTCs I would really appreciate it!