Tissue Recovery & Preservation Specialist

Gift of Life; Hershey (PA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Gift of Life Donor Program in Hershey, PA seeks a Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist with OR experience and a passion for saving lives. You will learn tissue procurement procedures and collaborate with transplant surgeons to recover organs and transport them to destination hospitals.

You must live within 40 minutes of Hershey, have a valid driver’s license, Passport/Real ID, reliable vehicle, and be willing to travel nationwide.

Qualifications

• Ideally possess knowledge of surgical aseptic techniques, human anatomy, and physiology.
• Live within 40 minutes of our Hershey office.
• Have a current Passport or Real ID.
• Possess a reliable vehicle.
• Possess a valid Driver’s license and be insurable.
• Having strong interpersonal skills to facilitate team building and partnering with colleagues and peers.
• Able to work a 24-hour, 5-day on-call, 3-day non-call schedule.
• Ability to operate a 4-wheel drive vehicle and van in fair weather and adverse conditions.
• Ability to participate in cases that require transportation by fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter.
• Must be capable of travelling anywhere in the United States or Canada.

Responsibilities

• Tissue Recovery Specialists are trained to perform tissue recoveries, adhering to and exemplifying established protocols and procedures.
• Cross-train to perform eye banking and perfusion.
• Preservationists are trained to work with Transplant Surgeons, assisting during surgery, packaging organs, and potentially transporting them to recipient hospitals.
• Transport surgical recovery teams for organ recovery.
• Travel to donor hospitals.
• Obtain sterile blood for serology testing. Perform instrument count and sterilization procedures.
• Reconstruct, clean, and provide standard postmortem care to the donor.
• Clean and return OR to its previous condition.

Skills

Surgical aseptic techniques

Anatomy & physiology knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Gift of Life Donor Program in Hershey, PA seeks a Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist with OR experience and a passion for saving lives. You will learn tissue procurement procedures and collaborate with transplant surgeons to recover organs and transport them to destination hospitals.

You must live within 40 minutes of Hershey, have a valid driver’s license, Passport/Real ID, reliable vehicle, and be willing to travel nationwide.