R1451H - Organ Placement Specialist

LifeGift Organ Donation Center; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement Plan (403b/401a)

Tuition Reimbursement

Vacation & Sick Leave

Job summary

LifeGift Organ Donation Center in Houston is seeking an Organ Placement Specialist to coordinate organ allocation across departments and transplant programs, travel to hospital partners, and ensure timely, compliant processes.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in biology/pre-med/nursing/allied health, 3–5 years clinical experience in organ procurement or transplantation, and willingness to travel and work 12-hour shifts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with biology/pre-med/nursing/allied health courses or allied health work experience, required.
• Three to five years prior clinical experience in organ procurement and/or transplantation, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates multiple levels of the allocation of organs for transplant or research according to LifeGift and OPTN policies.
• Responsible for ensuring timely continuation of the allocation process and maintains logistical oversight of organs for transplant or research that are awaiting final disposition.
• Relays accurate and timely donor medical information from LifeGift EMR system or from the UNET Donor Net system to transplant surgeons and transplant center personnel to facilitate organ placement.
• Facilitate the transportation and laboratory notification for blood and tissue samples sent for donor testing as well as the transportation of recovered organs when necessary.

Education

Bachelor’s degree with biology/pre-med/nursing/allied health courses or allied health work experience

Three to five years prior clinical experience in organ procurement and/or transplantation

Job description

WouldYouLikeaLife-ChangingCareerWithLifeGift

WhereYouCanGrowasanOrganPlacementSpecialist?

Kick-startthecareerofalifetimewhereyoucanbeapartofourmissionofhope,workingwithanincredibleteamsavingliveswhilemodelingourvaluesofPassion,Compassion,andProfessionalismtotheLifeGiftcommunity.

LifeGiftiscurrentlylookingforanon-siteOrganPlacementSpecialistwhowillworkcollaborativelywithalldepartmentswithinLifeGift,HLAlaboratories,andotherOPOsandtransplantprogramstoallocateorgansfortransplantationandresearch.

DoyoupossesstheattributestobeasuccessfulOrganPlacementSpecialistandperformthefollowingessentialfunctions?

• CoordinatesmultiplelevelsoftheallocationoforgansfortransplantorresearchaccordingtoestablishedLifeGiftandOPTNpolicies.
• Responsibleforensuringtimelycontinuationoftheallocationprocessandmaintainslogisticaloversightoforgansfortransplantorresearchthatareawaitingfinaldisposition.
• RelaysaccurateandtimelydonormedicalinformationfromLifeGiftEMRsystemorfromtheUNETDonorNetsystemtotransplantsurgeonsandtransplantcenterpersonneltofacilitateorganplacement.
• Facilitatethetransportationandlaboratorynotificationforbloodandtissuesamplessentfordonortestingaswellasthetransportationofrecoveredorganswhennecessary.

DoyouhavetheeducationandexperiencetobeanOrganPlacementSpecialist?

• Bachelor’sdegreewithbiology/pre-med/nursing/alliedhealthcoursesoralliedhealthworkexperience,required.
• Threetofiveyearspriorclinicalexperienceinorganprocurementand/ortransplantation,preferred.

Thisrolerequiresfrequenttravelandabilitytocommutetodifferenthospitalpartnerswithinourservicearea,aswellastheavailabilitytowork12-hourshifts,includingnights,weekendsandholidays.

Asaconditionofemployment,youmustbeabletoattainHospitalBadgeandEMRAccessfromalloftheLifeGiftHospitalPartners

TheHeartofOurCulture

Establishedin1987,LifeGiftoffershopetothethousandsofpeopleinTexasandbeyondwhoneedlifesavingorganandtissuetransplants.Ourorganizationisdiversebynature,andinclusivebychoice.LifeGiftstrivestoreflectthecommunitieswhereweliveandwork,andourmulti-culturalanddiverseteamcontributesanabundanceoftalent,abilities,andinnovationthathavecontinuedtoelevateoursuccess.

RewardsandBenefitsforYourCareerandWell-Being

Full-timeteammembershavetheopportunitytoenrollinthefollowinginsuranceplans:medical,dental,andvision,aswellaslifeinsurance,LTDandSTD,andFSAsandHSAsthatarepre-taxandtowhichLifeGiftcontributes.LifeGiftalsooffersanexceptionalretirementpackagethatincludes403(b)and401(a)retirementplanswiththeopportunityforagenerousmatch.Additionally,LifeGiftoffersatuitionreimbursementprogramtoencourageteammemberstoexpandtheirknowledgeandfurthertheireducation.LifeGiftrecognizestheimportanceofawork-lifebalanceandencouragesteammemberstotakeadvantageofagenerousvacationandsickleaveplan.

LifeGiftisanequalopportunityemployer!