The organ procurement coordinator is primarily responsible for coordinating the donation process of the authorized organ donor, including medical management, organ evaluation and allocation while in the critical care unit or emergency department, as well as assisting the surgeons in the operating room during recovery. Additional responsibilities include responding to LifeQuest service area hospitals when a referral of a potential organ donor is made. Will determine medical suitability and also be trained to offer families the option of organ, tissue and eye donation for transplantation or medical research in a caring, empathetic and culturally and religiously sensitive manner. Provides occasional professional and public education, typically in the form of in-services to donor hospitals and the general public. Excellent communication skills required, as the coordinator must work effectively and efficiently with transplant surgeons, donor hospital personnel and donor families while coordinating a highly complex procedure with multiple teams from outside facilities. Complies with local, state and federal guidelines to ensure organs are allocated equitably, recovered, packaged and shipped according to industry standards and federal regulations. Position requires 20 days per month of on-call duties for 24/7 referral response to hospitals.