Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist Hershey, PA

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

Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist Hershey, PA

Gift of Life Donor Program is a non-profit agency serving eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware. We are responsible for recovering organs and tissue used in lifesaving and life-enhancing transplants.

What Do We Want in a Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist?

Ideally, we prefer skilled surgical technologists or EMTs with a passion for saving or changing a life and at least 3 years of Operating Room experience.

What’s in it for you?

• Outstanding benefits package including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance; tuition assistance, and 403(b) with employer match up to 11%,
• Guaranteed pay for 40 hours.
• As a Tissue Recovery Specialist, rather than just assisting a surgeon, you will learn surgical procedures for tissue procurement
• As a Preservationist, you will work with our transplant surgeons, helping to recover organs and transporting them to their destination hospital(s).
• Opportunity to work with welcoming, inclusive co-workers

Some of the requirements for the Surgical Tech/Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist role include:

• 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.

Other essential requirements for a Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist include:

• 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

Some of what you’ll be doing as a Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist:

• 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 trainedto 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

We are an equal opportunity employer and support diversity in our workplace.