Tissue Recovery Case Lead

LifeNet Health; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

LifeNet Health in Richmond, VA seeks a Tissue Recovery Case Lead to oversee all tissue recovery activities, coordinate case logistics with partners, and drive quality and LEAN improvements across the operation.

You will train staff, ensure regulatory compliance, maintain equipment and supplies, and collaborate with clinical teams to support donors and patients while upholding LifeNet Health's mission.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of tissue recovery and coordinate case logistics.
• Maintain compliant documentation and post-recovery duties.
• Provide leadership, training, and ensure audit readiness and LEAN initiatives.

Job description

Job Description

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

At LifeNet Health, as the Tissue Recovery Case Lead, you will make an impact by leveraging your expertise, collaboration, and commitment to excellence to help advance our mission of Saving Lives, Restoring Health, and Giving Hope. Through your daily work, you will contribute to innovative solutions, operational excellence, and meaningful outcomes that support donors, patients, healthcare providers, and our communities. Whether driving strategic initiatives, improving processes, supporting customers, advancing research, developing talent, or ensuring quality and compliance, your contributions will help strengthen our ability to transform lives and shape the future of regenerative medicine.

What You Will Do

The role leads all aspects of tissue recovery by performing the full duties of a Tissue Recovery Surgical Specialist, including recovering clinical and non-clinical tissues, coordinating case logistics with partners and facility staff, preparing all necessary instruments and supplies, conducting time-outs, completing physical assessments, ensuring compliant documentation, and overseeing post-operative donor care and safe transport of tissues, staff, and equipment. It also manages all post-recovery tasks such as preparing and scheduling shipments, organizing storage, maintaining inventory, and keeping recovery spaces clean and audit-ready while ensuring timely completion of donor records. Additionally, the role provides leadership and training by assigning team member roles, ensuring material and facility readiness, communicating with external and internal stakeholders, supervising trainees, and precepting new staff. It drives quality and continuous improvement by reviewing donor records, leading NCI and CAPA investigations, maintaining organized workspaces, supporting KPI development, participating in audit readiness, and engaging in LEAN initiatives to ensure high performance and regulatory compliance.

What You Will Bring

• 2 years experience in a healthcare related field with a minimum of 12 months' experience leading a team or a project lead or 1 year experience in tissue recovery as a Tissue Recovery Surgical Specialist
• Valid Driver's License
• Credentials - Must be able to meet all credentialing requirements of area hospitals and other recovery facilities

Pay Transparency Statement

The salary range displayed represents the national base salary range for this position and is provided in good faith to support pay transparency. For positions located in designated higher-cost labor markets, a geographic pay adjustment may apply above the posted range for eligible positions according to LifeNet Health's current policy. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as work location, relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. Total compensation may also include bonuses, benefits, and other rewards that are not reflected in the posted salary range.

LifeNet Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status under applicable law.

About Us

At LifeNet Health, YOU are the advantage. Every day, you empower us to save lives, improve health outcomes, and bring hope. LifeNet Health is a nonprofit global leader in regenerative medicine that honors the gift of donation by advancing organ transplantation, tissue engineering, and biologic solutions that help save lives, restore health, and give hope. As one of the world's most trusted providers of transplant solutions, LifeNet Health partners with healthcare providers and researchers around the globe to deliver innovative therapies that improve patient outcomes and transform lives. At LifeNet Health, we cultivate growth, innovation and collaboration, where your contributions drive solutions that benefit humanity. Our passionate team advances regenerative medicine while fostering a sense of belonging, authenticity, and dedication. We offer best-in-class benefits that provide stability, personal growth, and peace of mind, empowering you to make a difference. Together we share a purpose beyond profit, united by a collective commitment to healing.