Recovery Surgeon: Abdominal Organs

Provider Hub • Chicago, IL

8d • $400,000 - $450,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Procure abdominal organs for Gift of Hope and ensure the highest quality of care during the recovery process. The role advances Gift of Hope’s mission, vision, and core values by providing compassionate service, contributing to outstanding teams, and supporting a positive culture that respects each individual’s dignity and worth. The employee must follow applicable policies and procedures and be able to perform the essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

The surgeon responds to calls for abdominal organ recovery at donor hospitals and participates in recoveries. The position also involves training and performing in-vivo abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) using V-A-ECMO for donation after circulatory death (DCD) procurements, as well as ex-vivo normothermic liver perfusion when indicated. The surgeon promotes professionalism in the operating room, participates in relevant staff meetings about donation issues arising during recovery, maintains a log of organ recovery cases, and performs other duties assigned by the Medical Director.

The role involves work in office and operating-room environments, local travel to offices and donor hospitals, and local and national travel for meetings and seminars. The employee must carry a personal cell phone and remain accessible outside regular business hours.

Requirements

• Doctor of Medicine degree.
• Experience as a transplant surgeon.
• Current State of Illinois physician licensure.
• Experience working with OPOs and demonstrated understanding of the regulatory and network structure in which they operate.
• Demonstrated achievement in physician leadership.
• Excellent communication skills and strong negotiation ability.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a wide variety of internal and external audiences to accomplish goals.
• Ability to research and integrate information from multiple sources and make sound decisions based on that research.
• Commitment to working in a culturally diverse organization and community.
• Energetic, wholehearted approach to relationship-building.
• Basic skills in Excel and Word.
• Ability to perform organ recovery with the highest degree of surgical proficiency.
• Ability to travel locally and nationally for meetings and seminars.
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, to convey and exchange complex information with varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Respond to calls for abdominal organ recovery at donor hospitals and participate in organ recoveries.
• Participate in training and perform in-vivo abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) using V-A-ECMO for DCD procurements, and ex-vivo normothermic liver perfusion when indicated.
• Promote professionalism in the operating room among participants in the recovery process.
• Present and participate in relevant meetings with Gift of Hope staff regarding donation issues arising during recovery.
• Maintain a case log of all organ recoveries.
• Advance Gift of Hope’s mission, vision, and core values, and adhere to its policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Medical Director.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree