IIAM Organ Placement Coordinator 2- Remote

MTF Biologics; Edison (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks PTO

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401K plan with company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

MTF Biologics seeks an Organ Placement Coordinator to assess, prioritize, and assign organ and tissue offers, coordinating with OPOs, research entities, and internal teams. You will monitor caseloads, guide allocation decisions, and ensure compliant donor records across UNOS systems.

Role requires strong communication, timely decisions in time-critical windows, and flexibility to work during weekends/holidays as needed. Collaborative, patient-outcome driven culture is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in biology or health-related field, or equivalent education/experience.
• 3 years organ allocation experience at an OPO or equivalent training.
• Familiarity with UNOS/OPTN processes and time-sensitive allocations.

Responsibilities

• Assess, prioritize and assign all incoming organ and tissue offers to Organ Placement Coordinators on duty.
• Monitor and adjust caseloads to balance workload across the team.
• Lead turnover meetings to ensure smooth transitions between shifts.
• Coordinate organ transport logistics to minimize ischemia times (12–24 hrs).
• Communicate donor information to research entities and obtain necessary documentation from OPOs.
• Review donor medical information in UNOS DonorNet and relay relevant data.

Skills

Time management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Medical terminology familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biology or health-related field

Equivalent work experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Assess, prioritize and assign all incoming organ and tissue offers to all Organ Placement Coordinators on duty. Follows cases through various phases of the donation process during business and non-business hours including weekends and holidays. Serves as a representative of 11AM and MTF Biologics, communicating with various organizations including Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs), research entities, and other key individuals and groups in a manner that reflects positively on the organization. Able to perform the duties and responsibilities of an 11AM Organ Placement Coordinator 1.

Responsibilities

• Assess, prioritize and assign all incoming organ and tissue offers to all Organ Placement Coordinators on duty.
• Monitors and adjusts the caseloads of team members so that Organ Placement Coordinators have balanced caseloads.
• Leads turnover meetings between shifts, ensuring a smooth transition of caseloads to oncoming shifts.
• Utilize existing knowledge of applicable Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) policy and organ donation timeline to carry out allocation of Liver, Heart, Lungs, Pancreas, Kidneys, Intestine and other tissues for research.
• Serve as the main source of donor information throughout the screening, allocation, and procurement process between OPOs and research organizations.
• Apply critical thinking to the organ allocation strategy to maximize utilization and prevent organ waste.
• Review donor medical history, clinical information, labs, etc within UNOS (United Network of Organ Sharing) DonorNet system and relay relevant information to research entities.
• Screen donors against multiple research projects across the country and globe utilizing known project criteria.
• Interact with OPO to obtain legal documents for authorization.
• Effectively and clearly communicate donor medical information to matching research organizations in order to allocate. Request additional information and tests from OPO as needed.
• Assess situations that call for bypassing typical allocation priority order.
• Coordinate with all applicable parties to ensure organ transportation timing aligns with surgical recovery.
• Arrange organ ground and air transportation and create case-specific transportation strategies to minimize strict organ ischemia times that typically time out within 12-24hrs of surgical recovery.
• Work with stakeholders to reduce risks to organ utilization. Proactively identify obstacles, work towards solutions, and elevate high-risk situations as necessary.
• Communicate with organ recovery team or designees to capture and relay organ quality information.
• Review and share organ recovery documentation, intraoperative documentation, and organ anatomy paperwork.
• Ensure documentation related to donation events in EDR (electronic donor record) is completed accurately and timely.
• Provide the highest level of customer service and professionalism at all times.
• Perform all aspects of role in accordance with 11AM SOPs and in compliance with MTF Core Values, company policies and standards as well as those of applicable regulatory bodies.
• Participate in case review and process improvement meetings with the goal of increasing organ utilization and efficiencies.
• Attend monthly Organ Placement Coordinator meetings as requested.
• Serve as a preceptor to new hires as directed.
• Assist with special projects and performs additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Biology, or other health-related field or a combination of Education and/or Equivalent Work Experience
• 3 Years Organ Allocation experience at an OPO, or other equivalent training
• Required Organ Allocation Experience with Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) or UNOS Work simultaneously on several organ donor allocations, all at varying stages of donation process Make sound assessments during time critical processes.
• Maintain a broad understanding of and commitment to the organ and tissue donation process. Complete time sensitive tasks crucial for successful organ utilization.
• Familiarity with basic medical terminology
• Excellent time management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, electronic communication, data entry in electronic medical record High level of communication skills

Benefits Information

At MTF Biologics we provide comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, and financial health.

• 4 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance and Prescription Drug Insurance
• 401K plan with company match
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Life & Accidental Death Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption Assistance
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance, Legal, home and auto insurance)
• Sword Health (at home Physical Therapy)