Surgical Recovery Technician

OneLegacy Brand•Azusa, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Surgical Recovery Technician (SRT) performs surgical recovery of donated human tissues used in transplantation. The role also supports organ recovery as a surgical technologist, research tissue or organ recovery, donor receiving and release, case coordination and logistics, and facility cleaning, maintenance, and supply management. The position is full-time, non-exempt, and in-person in Azusa and Redlands, California. Work hours are 12-hour night shifts from 6 PM to 6 AM, seven days in a two-week period, including alternating weekends. Training hours during a two-week period are 12 PM to 8 PM. Travel is minimal, with travel by personal or company vehicle required. The SRT performs aseptic recovery of ocular, musculoskeletal, skin, cardiac, vascular, and bone marrow tissues; reviews donor qualification records and performs physical examinations, blood draws, and plasma dilution assessments. The position prepares and assesses recovery sites, reconstructs donors, verifies documentation and labeling, and packages and ships tissue to processors. It also supports donor transport and facility handoffs, assists surgeons during organ recovery, and documents procedures in the Electronic Medical Records system. Additional duties include recovering research tissue or organs according to researcher protocols, maintaining clinical and administrative supplies, cleaning and disinfecting designated areas, and assisting with instrument decontamination, sterilization, and inventory management. The SRT must maintain donor confidentiality and comply with OneLegacy policies and procedures and applicable standards, regulations, and laws, including those of the FDA, AATB, EBAA, CMS, and UNOS. Employees must maintain a current California driver’s license and vehicle insurance and pass a local government agency or coroner’s office background check. Salary is $52,325 to $56,875, with a night-shift differential available; the position is overtime eligible.

Requirements

Completion of at least one of the following: an EMT program; a Surgical Technologist program; current or previous paramedic licensure; prior tissue or organ recovery experience; experience in an allied health field such as embalming, physiology, anatomy, mortuary sciences, surgical services, EMS, EMT, ER technology, paramedicine, pathology, or nursing; CEBT or CTBS certification; or a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
Experience in an allied health field, such as physiology, anatomy, mortuary sciences, surgical services, EMS, EMT, ER technology, paramedicine, pathology, or nursing.
Maintain a current California driver’s license and current vehicle insurance.
Pass a local government agency or coroner’s office background check.
Work 12-hour shifts from 6 PM to 6 AM, seven days in a two-week period, including alternating weekends; training hours are 12 PM to 8 PM during a two-week period.
Travel as required, using a personal or company vehicle.
Maintain donor confidentiality in compliance with HIPAA and follow applicable organizational policies, standards, regulations, and laws.

Responsibilities

Perform aseptic recovery of ocular, musculoskeletal, skin, cardiac, vascular, and bone marrow tissues in accordance with applicable OneLegacy policies and procedures.
Qualify donors for recovery by reviewing authorization, medical and social history, medical charts, coroner documentation, investigation reports, tissue referral summaries, case comments, and processor recovery criteria.
Perform donor physical examinations, blood draws, and plasma dilution assessments.
Assess and prepare recovery facilities and sites, and perform donor reconstruction.
Verify recovery paperwork, packaging, labeling, and shipping; label and package tissue and ship it to processors.
Ensure pertinent documents remain in the donor chart after recovery and respond to chart corrections in a timely manner.
Communicate findings from medical chart reviews or physical examinations that may affect donor acceptance or rejection to the Family Care Center coordinator on shift and, as appropriate, the Supervisor-on-Call.
Maintain confidential donor information in compliance with HIPAA and respect the donation process.
Assist with coordination and transportation of donors to a OneLegacy recovery facility and receive and release donors from transport companies, coroner offices, funeral homes, and other partners.
Aseptically set up and break down the operating room for organ recovery; prepare and drape donors; hand instruments and supplies to surgeons; verify authorization and organs to be recovered; and assist surgeons as directed.
Recover organs or tissue for research according to researcher protocols and document the recovery in the Electronic Medical Records system.
Clean and maintain designated facilities and areas, including the supply depot, recovery operating room, morgue, pre-prep staging room, tissue shipping and lab room, and coroner office recovery suite.
Maintain clinical and administrative supply inventories and keep office areas clean; remove trash to exterior waste receptacles.
Assist Central Supply with instrument cleaning, decontamination, sterilization, and inventory management as needed.
Activate recovery teams, conduct pre-recovery time-outs, arrange donor transportation, obtain CME release for recovery, screen and offer tissue donors to processors, review post-recovery documentation, and coordinate tissue packaging and shipping.
Perform other logistical tasks assigned by management to facilitate tissue donation.
Comply with OneLegacy policies and procedures and applicable standards, regulations, and federal, state, and local laws.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans; employer pays 90% of the employee premium cost.
19 days of PTO.
Two floating holidays.
10 holidays.
Life insurance and supplemental life insurance.
Wellness plans.
Employee Assistance Program.
Pet insurance.
Onsite gym.
Mileage reimbursement for applicable positions.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee referral program.
403(b) retirement plan with an annual discretionary 8% employer contribution.
School loan forgiveness.
Night-shift differential available.
Overtime eligibility.