Hospital Medical Director (HMD)

Summary

• The Hospital-based Medical Directors' (10 FTE across NSW) primary focus is to lead and drive at the local level the national effort to increase organ and tissue donation across Australia.

The Hospital-based Medical Directors will be responsible and accountable for the process to optimise organ and tissue donation for transplantation, including the education of hospital staff and obtaining consent. Specifically the positions will be responsible for systems that will ensure:
• that all potential cadaveric donors are properly recognised and evaluated, and the opportunity for donation is available; and
• integrated management of the donation process to assure quality and national consistency of all procedures from donor identification to donor family follow up and aftercare.

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Date of Publication: 20 April 2009
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