Medical Examiner Donation Specialist-Night Shift

OneLegacy Brand•Azusa, CA

18d•Onsite

About The Position

The Medical Examiner Donation Specialist (MEDS) works with partner coroner and medical examiner offices to maximize organ, eye, and tissue donation opportunities. The role represents OneLegacy in developing partner relationships, helps determine whether tissue is suitable for recovery and transplantation, gathers clinical information for coroner and medical examiner referrals, and assists with donor allocation as needed. This position performs screening at coroner and medical examiner facilities, reviews records and investigations, evaluates potential donors, obtains release for recovery, and coordinates recovery logistics. It collaborates with OneLegacy departments and external partners to provide real-time referral support and improve donation processes. The role also manages referral information, documents screening in the electronic medical records system, transports tissue to end users, and completes related administrative work. The position is full-time and non-exempt, with an eighty-hour biweekly schedule determined by the assigned shift. It is an in-person, field-service role serving Azusa and Redlands, California. Travel is required by personal or OneLegacy vehicle and/or air to meeting sites and other locations. The employee must be available evenings, holidays, and weekends as needed, drive at night, and respond urgently when called in for a recovery.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
Completion of an EMT program, completion of a Surgical Technologist program, or current or previous licensure as a paramedic.
Three years of experience in an allied health field, such as embalming, physiology, anatomy, mortuary sciences, surgical, EMS, EMT, ER technologist, paramedic, or pathology.
Previous experience in tissue or organ recovery.
Must obtain CTBS within two years of working in the position.
Maintain a current California driver’s license and vehicle insurance meeting California minimum coverage standards.
Pass a coroner office background check.
Reliable automotive transportation and a reliable cellphone when available to work.
Ability to work independently without supervision and respond with urgency when called in for a recovery.
Ability to drive at night and excellent night vision.
Attention to detail and competence using a laptop, desktop computer, or mobile device and email.
Available to work evenings, holidays, and weekends as needed; able to travel to meeting sites and other locations.

Nice To Haves

CEBT certification preferred.
CTBS certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Account for coroner and medical examiner tissue referral and donation performance.
Screen coroner and medical examiner facilities to identify potential donors and gather information from databases, medical records, and investigation reports.
Review medical records and qualify donors for recovery; assess cases for suitability, accuracy, and completeness.
Build and maintain working relationships with medical examiner, coroner, sheriff, investigator, and pathologist staff.
Interview pathologists and obtain cause-of-death and autopsy findings; coordinate autopsy scheduling, specimen collection and hold/release, photographs, X-rays, and other logistics.
Obtain medical examiner/coroner release and authorization to recover consented tissue donors within the jurisdiction.
Perform physical examinations of potential donors and recovery coordination as needed.
Collect post-recovery coroner follow-up information and conduct investigator or pathologist interviews as requested by relevant departments.
Gather clinical information on hospital referrals that are medical examiner/coroner cases and coordinate recovery logistics, including permissions and donor transportation.
Communicate in real time with OneLegacy departments and partners regarding donation, referral support, and donation-process effectiveness.
Coordinate with Family Care Center departments regarding referrals and with Eye Bank staff regarding autopsy scheduling.
Enter and document screening information in the electronic medical records system and maintain updates to the digitalDONOR status board with Family Care Center shift leads.
Transport tissue to the end user.
Complete timely chart corrections when requested by Quality Systems or Eye Bank.
Help develop and implement policies, procedures, and processes that maximize organ, eye, and tissue donation.
Comply with OneLegacy policies and procedures and applicable FDA, UNOS, CMS, and federal, state, and local requirements.
Complete related administrative work, including medical record acquisition, policy and procedure reading, training, and meeting attendance.
Perform other duties assigned by management.