Tissue Recovery Specialist - Team Lead / CUTTER

Overview

The TISSUE RECOVERY SPECIALIST - TEAM LEAD/CUTTER participates as a member of the Tissue Recovery Team at hospital locations and other recovery facilities within the LiveOnNY service area. Complies with LiveOnNY policies and procedures, FDA regulations, AATB standards, OSHA standards, and the standards and procedures of affiliated tissue banks when participating in tissue recovery activities. Incorporates surgical sterile technique during tissue recovery procedures. Supports and fosters the Mission, Vision and Core Values of LiveOnNY and its commitment to organ, eye and tissue donation.

Responsibilities

Follows LiveOnNY policies and procedures, FDA regulations, AATB standards, OSHA standards, and AORN standards for sterile technique while preparing for and performing recoveries.

Responds to pages within 15 minutes when scheduled on-call.

Arrives at the hospital on time for the scheduled recovery.

Organizes and arranges the back table and supplies to facilitate tissue recovery and prevent cross contamination and mislabeling of tissues.

Opens sterile supplies and maintains aseptic technique throughout the recovery.

Sterilizes instruments for surgical recovery team.

Cultures recovered musculoskeletal tissue according to established protocol.

Labels recovered tissue and culture/blood tubes according to established protocol.

Assists the Team Leader with the completion of the physical assessment of the donor’s body.

Draws blood for serology testing.

Preps and drapes the donor’s body for sterile surgical recovery.

Performs sterile surgical tissue recovery of musculoskeletal and cardiovascular tissue under the direction of the Team Leader.

Packages recovered musculoskeletal and cardiovascular tissue according to established protocol.

Restores the donor’s body after tissue recovery in accordance with the Funeral Director’s requests, when known, to facilitate embalming procedures. This includes the positioning of prosthetic devices and the suturing of all incisions.

Together with other team members, cleans the operating room/recovery facility after tissue recovery.

Coaches and trains other team members on surgical tissue recovery procedures, as assigned.

All employees, at every level, are empowered and expected to be committed to participate in continuous process improvement.

Other duties may be assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and sit. The employee is occasionally required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; lift and climb or balance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Risk Exposure: At Risk

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Qualifications

Required

MD, RN, Surgical Technician, EMT or equivalent and two years related experience and/or training preferred.Good knowledge of human anatomy/function and basic medical terminology is necessary.

Knowledge of surgical aseptic technique and demonstrated ability to work in a sterile operating room setting required.

Excellent interpersonal and customer services skills essential.

Sensitivity to grieving family members; good interpersonal skills.

Ability to teach, train and work as a team member.

Must possess a valid driver’s license.

CTBS certification (Certified Tissue Bank Specialist) preferred.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common journals and documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write simple communications and documents. Ability to effectively present information to co-workers, the general public and management.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: A commitment to working in a culturally diverse organization and community, to quality, excellence and a strong performance improvement program and to both clinical and administrative goals is required. Requires an energetic and wholehearted approach toward relationship-building.

Pay rate of $35.00/hour until completion of training or based on previous experience; rate upto $65.00/hour

This is a Per Diem position.