Tissue Recovery Surgical Specialist

LifeNet Health•Virginia Beach, VA

19d•$22 - $30•Onsite

About The Position

Every day, YOU help us to save lives, restore health, and bring hope to patients and families around the world. At LifeNet Health, we cultivate growth, innovation, and collaboration, where your contributions drive solutions that benefit humanity. Together, we are united by a mission greater than ourselves, a purpose rooted in healing. As a Tissue Recovery Surgical Specialist, you’ll play a vital role in advancing our mission. In this position, you’ll be responsible for the sterile surgical recovery processes of a clinical and non-clinical tissue recovery case, including the recovery, packaging, and labeling of clinical and research tissues, organs, and samples. They ensure the sterile fields are prepared and maintained during the pre-operative and operative recovery processes. They recover and package all tissues and samples with care, precision, and in a quality manner to preserve its viability for the intended purpose and use. They perform the post-recovery donor and operative site restoration. They are responsible for maintaining their surgical recovery skills and may participate in training others. Your work will have purpose every single day, contributing directly to life-changing outcomes. Important: This role requires the ability to sit, stand, bend, walk, and lift up to 50 lbs. for the duration of the shift; as well as wear personal protective equipment to include surgical gowns, masks, visors or goggles, and caps.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
Valid State Driver’s License and meets LifeNet Health’s minimum driving requirements for company related driving
1 year of work experience in Tissue Recovery, Operating Room Tech, Scrub/Surgical Tech, EMT or Paramedic, Mortician or Embalmer, Pathology Assistant, Hospital Corpsman, Veterinary Surgical Tech, Eye/Cornea Recovery, Tissue Processing – or – 6 months of work experience at LifeNet Health in Tissue Recovery
Must be able to meet all credentialling requirements of area hospitals and other recovery facilities.
Ability to sit, stand, bend, walk, and lift up to 50 lbs. for the duration of the shift
Ability to wear personal protective equipment to include surgical gowns, masks, visors or goggles, and caps.
Ability to be collaborative and work as part of a team to resolve issues, complete tasks and meet business needs.
Able to perform tasks thoroughly and with care; checks work to ensure high degree of accuracy/completeness and early/on-time delivery
Able to prioritize multiple, competing priorities and manage time/workload. Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize and juggle multiple time sensitive projects, multi-task, identify project interdependencies and potential risks/pitfalls.
Ability to follow LifeNet Health and client procedures and industry regulations
PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, Microsoft Suite
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate and build relationships with all professionals at different levels within the organization.
Ability to motivate self in completing assigned tasks and proactively seek out opportunities for self and organizational improvement

Nice To Haves

Valid State Enhanced (or “Real ID”) Driver's License and/or a current passport.
Associate’s degree in healthcare, science, or related field
Certified LEAN Yellow Belt: Certification offered by LifeNet Health or an external accredited entity.
Certified Scrub Technician: Current certification from an accredited entity as an Operating Room Scrub Technician, or similar
CTBS: Certified Tissue Bank Specialist (CTBS) from the Association for Advancing Tissue and Biologics (AATB)
6 months of work experience at LifeNet Health in Tissue Recovery

Responsibilities

Prepares recovery related supplies, instrumentation, and equipment for the authorized donation event.
Evaluates recovery site suitability and ensures all pre- and post-recovery cleaning, set-up, and break-down events are performed according to site requirements and established company policies and procedures.
Participates in the “time out” donor identification and authorization verification processes.
Collects required testing samples prior to and during recovery, ensuring proper labeling of the collected samples.
Assists with the completion and documentation of the donor Physical Assessment.
Responsible for the post-operative donor care, including reconstruction, body identification, managing personal property, and preparation for transport.
Performs the donor body positioning, surgical preparation, and sterile recovery field draping prior to recovery and as the recovery event progresses.
Perform sterile hand preparation (scrub) and don aseptic gown and gloves.
Performs the surgical recovery of tissues for transplant, whole organs and basic tissues for research, and associated samples for testing purposes.
Packages and labels all recovered tissues and samples in preparation for storage or shipment.
May support the Case Lead with training during tissue recovery cases.
Responsible for the preparation of recovered tissues and samples for shipment to the various processing and quarantine storage locations and environments.
Responsible for supply, equipment, and instrument inventory, including rotation, count, ordering, receiving, and inspection.
Assists with maintaining the Tissue Recovery dedicated spaces, including inspection, cleaning, organizing, and documentation.
Assists with maintaining tissue, organ, and sample inventory, control, monitoring, and documentation.
Assists with managing the fleet vehicles as assigned.
Ensures quality outcomes of all work performed.
Assists with the monitoring, development, and reporting of KPI and departmental metrics.
Assists with completion of the Zone Assessment Guide and other audit readiness activities.
Participates in departmental and organizational LEAN projects and initiatives.
Other duties as assigned.