Recovery Surgeon

LiveOnNY Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Join LiveOnNY as a Recovery Surgeon and make a significant impact in the field of organ procurement. You will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards in organ recovery and training the surgical recovery team. This role requires a commitment to excellence and a passion for helping others through life-saving donations.

Benefits

403(b) deferred annuity

Medical/Vision/Dental/Life

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time Off

Pet Insurance

Life Insurance

Cellular plan discounts

Auto Insurance discounts

Qualifications

• Medical Doctor degree with Board Certification required.
• Completion of an ASTS approved transplant surgery fellowship preferred.
• Availability 24/7 for organ procurements.

Responsibilities

• Ensure organ recovery procedures meet organizational standards.
• Perform surgical organ recovery and maintain knowledge of policies.
• Train surgical recovery staff on techniques and safety.

Skills

Decision-Making

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Education

Medical Doctor degree

Board Certification

ASTS approved transplant surgery fellowship (preferred)

Job description

Overview

Ready for a Life-Changing Career? Join LiveOnNY and Make a Lasting Impact

LiveOnNY is a federally designated organ procurement organization (OPO) dedicated to honoring, saving, and transforming lives through organ and tissue donation. As a member of our team, you’ll be part of a mission-driven nonprofit organization working alongside more than 100 hospitals to support organ and tissue donors and their families—helping to bring the gift of life to those on the national transplant waitlist.

Serving a vibrant and diverse population of 13 million across New York City and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, and Rockland, LiveOnNY is proud to be one of the highest-performing OPOs in the country. Over the past three years, we’ve seen a 70% increase in organ donation—driven by the compassion and generosity of New Yorkers.

Explore a career where your work truly matters. At LiveOnNY, you’ll grow professionally while helping others live on.

The Recovery Surgeon: Serves as one of the primary procurement practitioner performing abdominal organ procurements to enhance the efforts of LiveOnNY in its primary goal of procuring organs, and tissues for transplantation and research throughout LiveOnNY’s service area.

The Recovery Surgeon serves as a key ambassador for donation by modeling and controlling the intraoperative behavior of all recoveryteammembers.

Join us in helping New Yorkers to live on by making New York number one in lives saved through donation.

Responsibilities

Recovery Surgeon Responsibilities include:

Ensure organ recovery procedures, both Donation after Brain Death (DBD) donors and Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) donors, meet organizational standards for organ recovery and transplantation.

Practices peri-operative safety measures, in accordance with standard safety and regulatory surgical processes and procedures

Perform surgical organ recovery to organizational and national standards for organ transplantation. Serves as the Recovery Surgeon for organs as assigned.

Maintain current knowledge of LiveOnNY policies and procedures concerning the OR process and the surgical recovery of postmortem organs.

Provide consultation regarding the safety and suitability of donor organs and communicates with transplant centers as necessary to discuss potential issues in organ anatomy post procurement.

Inspects, prepares, and dissects kidneys in alignment with optimizing organ placement for transplantation.

Responsible for inspecting the body cavity for abnormalities that necessitate pathological evaluation.

Assist with the evaluation, recommendation and complete research programs or projects as needed.

Adheres to organizational and national standards and performance measures for surgical procurement of abdominal organs.

Address any concerns and arbitrate transplant team related difficulties during the donor procurement procedure when necessary.

Participate in the investigation and resolutions of occurrences of a surgical nature.

Aid in the training of LiveOnNY surgical recovery staff as assigned.

Provide ongoing training regarding surgical technique, anatomy, and dissection of research organs.

Routinely participates in clinical case review conferences to educate staff and provide feedback regarding organ donor management issues, the organ recovery process and transplantation.

Fulfill duties outside of case activities including availability and attendance at in-office activities, trainings, educations, in-services and managing schedule appropriately.

Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

Medical Doctor degree with Board Certification. Completion of an ASTS approved transplant surgery fellowship preferred. Strong decision-making capabilities, excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Availability 24/7 for organ procurements.

Expert proficiency in human anatomy and physiology, bone structure and circulatory system for both organs and tissue. Ability to interpret relationships and determine the cause and effect of surgical procedures. Ability to function as a team member.. A commitment to working in a culturally diverse institution and community.

LiveOnNY offers a competitive salary & comprehensive benefits package.

• 403(b) deferred annuity
• Medical/Vision/Dental/Life
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time Off
• Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Cellular plan discounts
• Auto Insurance discounts

Salary Range: $250,000

Bonus eligible