Organ Recovery Coordinator

Connectlife; Village of Williamsville (NY); Sur place; USD 56 000 - 69 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health Insurance

Employer Sponsored Dental & Vision

Employer Sponsored Life Insurance

Paid vacation & sick time

401(k) after one year of service

Résumé du poste

ConnectLife in Williamsville, NY is seeking an Organ Recovery Coordinator to oversee the surgical recovery and preservation of donor organs, including operating room logistics and coordination with transplant teams.

The role requires a 24-hour call on working days, travel as needed, and a high school diploma with preferred associate degree or higher. Relevant clinical experience or related field experience with ConnectLife is required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required or equivalent.
• Associate degree or higher in related field preferred.
• Must have one of the following: one year of clinical hospital experience, cadaver dissection, certified surgical technologist, EMT, paramedic, military medical training, Funeral Sciences degree, or one year ConnectLife experience in a related field.

Responsabilités

• Maintains professional communication with medical professionals, hospitals, and donation organizations to facilitate transplant outcomes.
• Takes 24-hour call as a member of the Organ Services team to support organ donation needs.
• Works in the operating room managing organ recovery processes, including education, perfusion, and preservation, and labeling of organs.
• Performs renal preservation and perfusion duties for local/import organs, including dissection, biopsy collection, cannulation, and placement on perfusion devices.
• Supports local transplant center and transport of organs, tissue typing materials, and archives specimens.
• Maintains knowledge of abdominal/thoracic organ anatomy and ensures policy/regulatory compliance.

Connaissances

Medical terminology

Microsoft Office

Interpersonal skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Formation

High school diploma

Associate degree or higher in related field

Outils

Microsoft Office

Word

PowerPoint

Publisher

Data entry

Description du poste

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Organ Recovery Coordinator

Organ Full-time Williamsville, NY, US

19 days ago Requisition ID: 1500

Salary: $62,353.20 Annually

J ob Description

Accountable for all activities related to the surgical recovery and safe preservation of organs from donors. This includes, but is not limited to, operating room logistics and communication, maintaining surgical and preservation supplies, organ preservation, obtaining biopsy samples, and organ allocation.

Clinical Recovery Coordinator

Location : 4444 Bryant and Stratton Way, Williamsville, NY 14221

Schedule:

• Responsible for 24 hour call on working days, with the ability to do administrative work from home

Exempt $62,353.20 annually

Education Requirements:

• High school diploma required or equivalent.
• Associate degree or higher in a related field preferred.

Experience:

• Must have one of the following: One year of clinical hospital experience, cadaver dissection, certified surgical technologist, emergency medical technician, paramedic, military medical training, experience or a degree in Funeral Sciences, or one year experience within ConnectLife in a related field.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Medical terminology required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including but not limited to: Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, publisher, and data entry required.
• Excellent interpersonal and professional skills, written and verbal communication skills required, including communicating with diverse individuals.
• Must be able to remain professional in making decisions and handling confidential information.
• Must be adaptable to change, detail oriented, and highly organized with the ability to think critically and multi-task while maintaining focus and accuracy through interruptions.
• Must have professional appearance and demeanor.
• Must have a valid NYS Drivers license and reliable transportation. Some travel required.

Required Physical Demands:

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, squatting, and kneeling.
• Frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling up to 10lbs. Occasional lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 lbs.
• Frequent reaching forward. Occasional reaching lateral and overhead.
• Continuous receiving detailed information through written, electronic, and oral communication.
• Frequent clarity of vision at near and/or far distances.

Essential Job Functions:

• Maintains professional communication and composure while collaborating with medical professionals, hospitals, and donation organizations to facilitate successful transplant outcomes.
• Takes 24-hour call as a member of the Organ Services team to provide the necessary needs of the organ donation process.
• Works in the operating room managing and assisting with all aspects of the organ recovery process, including but not limited to; education for hospital and transplant staff involved in the recovery process, monitoring of donor hemodynamics, sterile handling of recovered organs, communication of organ anatomy to transplant surgeons, perfusion and preservation of recovered organs, packaging, and labelling of recovered organs.
• Responsible for the renal preservation and perfusion duties for local and import organs, to include but not limited to; dissection of vascular patches, cleaning of excess tissue from the organ, performing the collection of biopsy samples, cannulation, preparing vascular patches for perfusion devices and placement of organs on perfusion devices, and closing biopsy sites.
• Provides services to the local transplant center for imported organs by transporting and delivering organs, placing organs on a perfusion device, delivery or transportation set up for archive specimens, pathology samples and tissue typing materials.
• Takes primary responsibility for the allocation of kidneys, pancreata, and research organs as needed.
• Responsible for the recovery of research organs as needed.
• Responsible for maintaining knowledge of anatomy of abdominal and thoracic organs.
• Assists other staff as appropriate in all aspects of the donor process.
• Maintains lab readiness at ConnectLife site and is responsible for maintaining adequate levels of recovery supplies, sterile packaging of supplies, and maintenance of all recovery and perfusion equipment.
• Actively participates in office responsibilities including, but not limited to departmental meetings, quality assurance, training, and process improvement.
• Ensure that all medical/legal requirements are met before organ recovery.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory bodies and ConnectLife policies for organ recovery.
• Maintain donor records in compliance with regulatory bodies and ConnectLife policies.
• Serves as a clinical resource for Hospital Development by providing educational in-services on the organ donation process when needed. Completes Medical Record Review for any assigned hospitals.
• Maintain/obtain any necessary certification and/or educationrequired.

What We Offer

• Health Insurance
• Employer Sponsored Dental & Vision insurance
• Employer Sponsored Life insurance
• Paid vacation & sick time on an accrual basis beginning on day 1
• 401(k) after one year of service with 3% employer contribution