Tissue Recovery Technician

Posted on Oct 7, 2024 by Gift of Hope
Itasca, IL
Engineering
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
Overview:

Put your skills to work in a field that profoundly impacts many lives:  Organ and Tissue Donation. 

At Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network, we’re dedicated to coordinating organ and tissue donation in the northern three-quarters of Illinois and NW Indiana. Our goal is to provide the highest  quality service to families and hospitals as we strive to fulfill our mission of saving and enhancing the lives of as many people as possible through organ and tissue donation.

Tissue Recovery Technician uses surgical instruments to recover tissues for transplant from a deceased donor body during a tissue recovery case; precepts new employees and displays respect for the donor during each case.

Experience in an anatomy or cadaver lab is very applicable, as is experience as an EMT, Paramedic, Surgical Tech or Patient Care Tech.

Compensation range is $27.76 - $29.28 / hour

This is a noon to midnight shift. 

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)

Responsibilities:

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

SHIFT: (12 PM – 12 AM )

Advance Gift of Hope's mission, vision and core values:  providing compassionate service, contributing outstanding teams and engaging as one of our passionate people committed to a positive culture that embraces diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Adhere to all policies and procedures in carrying out the responsibilities of this position.

Participate in all aspects of tissue recovery such as:

Use surgical instruments, such as scalpels and saws, to recover authorized donor tissue

Loading/unloading equipment

Cleaning and decontaminating instruments

Transporting/transferring donor as necessary to and from morgue, patient room or other recovery area

Setting up tissue recovery supplies and equipment in an aseptic fashion

Donor prepping and draping

Tissue culturing, packaging and shipping as needed

Providing post-mortem care to donor, e.g. reconstruction, re-identifying, placing in a body bag

Closing post-operative and other incisions, such as autopsy incisions, as needed

Verifying donor identification

Verifying authorization and understanding tissue to be collected

Assisting with physical assessment of donor for high risk behaviors

Aseptic recovery of authorized tissue

Verifying tissue recovered has authorization for recovery

Collecting donor blood samples and performing testing as trained

Packaging of tissue

Cleaning 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

For per-diems or other employees with their home as their base location:

Ability to arrive at the designated tissue recovery location or meeting point within 1 hour or less of dispatch

Qualifications:

Education and Training Required

The following identifies the minimum education and training required to perform the essential functions of the job.

EMT-P (paramedic), EMT-B, CST or ORT, or high school diploma/GED with 6 months’ tissue banking experience or 18 months of related experience

Or, Bachelor’s Degree in Biology or related field, with anatomy lab experience

Other candidates may be considered on an individual basis at the discretion of management dependent on aligned job experience

Experience and Skills Required

The following indicates the minimum skills and experience required to perform the essential functions of the job.

Experience maintaining proper aseptic technique

Experience using surgical instruments such as scalpels and suture needles

Ability to recover all donor tissues proficiently once trained

History of high-quality tissue procurement (low error rate) and low level of tissue contamination preferred

Ability to transition to role of Tissue Recovery Coordinator within 1 year after training complete in the Technician role

Basic computer skills

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Ability to work in Gift of Hope and hospital operating rooms, and coroner and medical examiner offices

Ability to drive personal car to hospitals and other locations to perform job functions

Ability to work outside normal business hours including nights, weekends and holidays

Ability to walk, stand, bend, stoop and kneel to perform job functions

Ability to work 12- to 24-hour shifts, as dictated by organizational needs

Ability to use personal cell phone for business purposes

Ability to hear and speak to convey information to co-workers

Ability to stand for up to 6 consecutive hours to complete a case

Ability to see to conduct donor assessment

Fine motor skills to package and label recovered tissue

Ability to arrive at tissue recovery site within 1 hour after being dispatched, if not already on-site at a Gift of Hope office

Ability to move up to 50-75 lbs.

Ability to move and turn donors of a maximum of 400 lbs. with assistance, and move them from cart to cart, or cart to table

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee while performing the essential functions of the job.

Work a rotating shift schedule to respond to tissue referrals throughout Gift of Hope’s service area

Work 2-3 weekends per month while on the call schedule

Work in Gift of Hope and hospital operating rooms, and coroner and medical examiner offices in designated service area

Possible exposure to communicable diseases, hazardous materials, pharmacological agents, with little likelihood of harm if established health precautions are followed

Use of surgical equipment such as needles and scalpels without causing injury to self or others

Travel by personal car within Gift of Hope’s service area

Respond timely to Gift of Hope’s notifications via smartphone

Overnight travel 1 – 2 times a year for up to 4 nights for training, education and/or conferences

Attend organizational and/or departmental staff meetings, training, etc., outside scheduled work hours

Carry a personal cell phone to be accessible outside regular business hours

The policy of Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network is to promote equal employment opportunity through a positive and continuous program of specific practices designed to ensure the full realization of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, other protected veteran, or Armed Forces service medal veteran designated under the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act, as amended (VEVRAA).  This reaffirms our commitment to this policy.

Reference: 199215269

https://jobs.careeraddict.com/post/95983295

Tissue Recovery Technician

Posted on Oct 7, 2024 by Gift of Hope

Itasca, IL
Engineering
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Full-Time
Overview:

Put your skills to work in a field that profoundly impacts many lives:  Organ and Tissue Donation. 

At Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network, we’re dedicated to coordinating organ and tissue donation in the northern three-quarters of Illinois and NW Indiana. Our goal is to provide the highest  quality service to families and hospitals as we strive to fulfill our mission of saving and enhancing the lives of as many people as possible through organ and tissue donation.

Tissue Recovery Technician uses surgical instruments to recover tissues for transplant from a deceased donor body during a tissue recovery case; precepts new employees and displays respect for the donor during each case.

Experience in an anatomy or cadaver lab is very applicable, as is experience as an EMT, Paramedic, Surgical Tech or Patient Care Tech.

Compensation range is $27.76 - $29.28 / hour

This is a noon to midnight shift. 

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)

Responsibilities:

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

SHIFT: (12 PM – 12 AM )

Advance Gift of Hope's mission, vision and core values:  providing compassionate service, contributing outstanding teams and engaging as one of our passionate people committed to a positive culture that embraces diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Adhere to all policies and procedures in carrying out the responsibilities of this position.

Participate in all aspects of tissue recovery such as:

Use surgical instruments, such as scalpels and saws, to recover authorized donor tissue

Loading/unloading equipment

Cleaning and decontaminating instruments

Transporting/transferring donor as necessary to and from morgue, patient room or other recovery area

Setting up tissue recovery supplies and equipment in an aseptic fashion

Donor prepping and draping

Tissue culturing, packaging and shipping as needed

Providing post-mortem care to donor, e.g. reconstruction, re-identifying, placing in a body bag

Closing post-operative and other incisions, such as autopsy incisions, as needed

Verifying donor identification

Verifying authorization and understanding tissue to be collected

Assisting with physical assessment of donor for high risk behaviors

Aseptic recovery of authorized tissue

Verifying tissue recovered has authorization for recovery

Collecting donor blood samples and performing testing as trained

Packaging of tissue

Cleaning 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

For per-diems or other employees with their home as their base location:

Ability to arrive at the designated tissue recovery location or meeting point within 1 hour or less of dispatch

Qualifications:

Education and Training Required

The following identifies the minimum education and training required to perform the essential functions of the job.

EMT-P (paramedic), EMT-B, CST or ORT, or high school diploma/GED with 6 months’ tissue banking experience or 18 months of related experience

Or, Bachelor’s Degree in Biology or related field, with anatomy lab experience

Other candidates may be considered on an individual basis at the discretion of management dependent on aligned job experience

Experience and Skills Required

The following indicates the minimum skills and experience required to perform the essential functions of the job.

Experience maintaining proper aseptic technique

Experience using surgical instruments such as scalpels and suture needles

Ability to recover all donor tissues proficiently once trained

History of high-quality tissue procurement (low error rate) and low level of tissue contamination preferred

Ability to transition to role of Tissue Recovery Coordinator within 1 year after training complete in the Technician role

Basic computer skills

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Ability to work in Gift of Hope and hospital operating rooms, and coroner and medical examiner offices

Ability to drive personal car to hospitals and other locations to perform job functions

Ability to work outside normal business hours including nights, weekends and holidays

Ability to walk, stand, bend, stoop and kneel to perform job functions

Ability to work 12- to 24-hour shifts, as dictated by organizational needs

Ability to use personal cell phone for business purposes

Ability to hear and speak to convey information to co-workers

Ability to stand for up to 6 consecutive hours to complete a case

Ability to see to conduct donor assessment

Fine motor skills to package and label recovered tissue

Ability to arrive at tissue recovery site within 1 hour after being dispatched, if not already on-site at a Gift of Hope office

Ability to move up to 50-75 lbs.

Ability to move and turn donors of a maximum of 400 lbs. with assistance, and move them from cart to cart, or cart to table

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee while performing the essential functions of the job.

Work a rotating shift schedule to respond to tissue referrals throughout Gift of Hope’s service area

Work 2-3 weekends per month while on the call schedule

Work in Gift of Hope and hospital operating rooms, and coroner and medical examiner offices in designated service area

Possible exposure to communicable diseases, hazardous materials, pharmacological agents, with little likelihood of harm if established health precautions are followed

Use of surgical equipment such as needles and scalpels without causing injury to self or others

Travel by personal car within Gift of Hope’s service area

Respond timely to Gift of Hope’s notifications via smartphone

Overnight travel 1 – 2 times a year for up to 4 nights for training, education and/or conferences

Attend organizational and/or departmental staff meetings, training, etc., outside scheduled work hours

Carry a personal cell phone to be accessible outside regular business hours

The policy of Gift of Hope Organ and Tissue Donor Network is to promote equal employment opportunity through a positive and continuous program of specific practices designed to ensure the full realization of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, other protected veteran, or Armed Forces service medal veteran designated under the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act, as amended (VEVRAA).  This reaffirms our commitment to this policy.

Reference: 199215269

Share this job:
CareerAddict

Alert me to jobs like this:

Amplify your job search:

CV/résumé help

Increase interview chances with our downloads and specialist services.

CV Help

Expert career advice

Increase interview chances with our downloads and specialist services.

Visit Blog

Job compatibility

Increase interview chances with our downloads and specialist services.

Start Test