Surgical Recovery Specialist

Surgical Recovery Specialist

Indiana Donor Network is committed to saving lives through organ and tissue donation. At Indiana Donor Network, you will be a part of something that matters, a mission that turns tragedies into hope and gives thousands a second change to live their lives fully. We are currently seeking a Surgical Recovery Specialist to help us fulfill our mission.

This Surgical Recovery Specialist oversees all organ donor perfusion and organ preservation processes, surgical assisting in our in-house organ recovery center and is responsible for the intraoperative leadership of a team of medical professionals while managing the recovery process of all solid organs. Responsibilities include logistical communication during organ recovery, management of supplies, packaging and labeling of organs, operating room set-up, assisting in surgical procedures, recovering organs for research, communicating and documenting interoperative findings appropriately, advanced understanding of organ anatomy to enable discourse with surgeons, kidney pumping and allocation of kidneys post recovery and other core clinical responsibilities outlined in job duties below.

Additional Responsibilities Include:

• Facilitation of the donation process through donor management and organ recovery of adult and pediatric patients.
• Placing kidneys on pulsatile kidney perfusion machine and monitoring kidneys while they are pumping.
• Surgical set-up, break down and cleaning for in house OR
• Surgical assist for in-house organ cases
• Surgical first assist with recovery of organs for transplant for both abdominal and thoracic organs
• Organ preservation of thoracic and abdominal organs
• Act as operating room experts for in-house as well as at donor hospitals
• Kidney Pumping
• Kidney Allocation
• Fly outs
• Assist with In-house heart catherization
• Research Recovery of Organs
• Assists in the turnover of the operating room after the procedure ensuring recovery suite is cleaned, supplies are stocked, and instrumentation is washed and decontaminated and prepped for sterilization.

Qualifications

The Surgical Recovery Specialist must have an advanced degree of anatomical knowledge, skills and technical expertise in surgical assisting and gain the ability to assist the organ recovery surgeon in the removal of deceased donor organs for transplantation.

• Requires completion of a Surgical Technologist, ER Technologist, EMT program, Registered Nurse or previous Organ Preservation experience.
• Requires knowledge of name and function of surgical equipment and instrumentation.
• Certification and perioperative background or Certified Transplant Preservation (CTP) preferred. 
• Two or more years of operating room experience and/or sterile technique required.
• BLS required within 6 months and Certified Transplant Preservationist (CTP) required within 24 months of hire.

Our employees enjoy a passionate, purpose-driven workplace, fair compensation and exceptional benefits. The schedule for this position is rotating 24 hour on call shifts (24 on/72 off).