Tissue Recovery Technician - SP

Position Summary:

Summary:

Use surgical instruments to recover tissue from deceased donors during a tissue recovery case; precept new employees; display respect for donor during each case

Starting compensation range for this position: 0 - 50,000

Our Benefits:

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a comprehensive benefits package:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance options for full-time employees

- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) plan - 403(b) retirement plan with company match

• Tuition Reimbursement up to the IRS-allowed maximum
• Personalized learning and educational development opportunities
• Monthly cell phone and internet stipends
• Paid Parental Leave
• Annual Employer-funded Lifestyle Spending Accounts to support wellness needs
• Support and counseling for personal, work financial or family needs through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and our partnership with Critical Incident Stress Consultants (CISC)

Essential Functions:

Responsibilities:

The following essential functions are the basic job duties that an employee must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Advance Gift of Hope’s mission, vision and core values: providing compassionate service, contributing to outstanding teams and engaging as one of our passionate people committed to a positive culture that respects the dignity and worth of each individual. Adhere to all policies and procedures in carrying out the responsibilities of this position.
• • Use surgical instruments, such as scalpels and saws, to recover authorized donor tissue
• Participate in all aspects of tissue recovery such as:
• • • Load/unload equipment
    • Clean and decontaminate instruments
    • Transport/transfer donor as necessary to and from morgue, patient room, or other recovery area
    • Set up tissue recovery supplies and equipment in an aseptic fashion
    • Prep and drape donor
    • Culture, package, and ship tissue as needed
    • Provide post-mortem care to donor, e.g. reconstruction, re-identifying, placing in a body bag
    • Close post-operative and other incisions, such as autopsy incisions, as needed
    • Verify donor identification
    • Verify authorization and understanding tissue to be collected
    • Assist with physical assessment of donor for high risk behaviors
    • Aseptic recovery of authorized tissue
    • Verify authorization of tissue recovered
    • Collect donor blood samples and perform testing as trained
    • Package tissue
    • Clean the recovery suite and other pertinent recovery areas
• Act as a preceptor to new employees
• Attend organizational and/or department events such as staff meetings and/or training outside of regularly scheduled hours
• • Read email, complete electronic assignments, and read Gift of Hope internal portal daily when on shift
• Other duties as assigned

Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and does not discriminate with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, military or veteran status, family medical history or genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable law. All employment decisions are made based on an individual's job-related qualifications and abilities.