Tissue Recovery Technician

• Medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance options for full-time employees
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) plan
• 403(b) retirement plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement up to the IRS-allowed maximum
• Personalized learning and educational development opportunities
• Monthly cell phone and internet stipends
• Paid Parental Leave
• Annual Employer-funded Lifestyle Spending Accounts to support wellness needs
• Support and counseling for personal, work financial or family needs through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and our partnership with Critical Incident Stress Consultants (CISC)

• Advance Gift of Hope's mission, vision and core values: providing compassionate service, contributing to outstanding teams and engaging as one of our passionate people committed to a positive culture that respects the dignity and worth of each individual. Adhere to all policies and procedures in carrying out the responsibilities of this position.
• Use surgical instruments, such as scalpels and saws, to recover authorized donor tissue

• Participate in all aspects of tissue recovery such as:

• Load/unload equipment
• Clean and decontaminate instruments
• Transport/transfer donor as necessary to and from morgue, patient room, or other recovery area
• Set up tissue recovery supplies and equipment in an aseptic fashion
• Prep and drape donor
• Culture, package, and ship tissue as needed
• Provide post-mortem care to donor, e.g. reconstruction, re-identifying, placing in a body bag
• Close post-operative and other incisions, such as autopsy incisions, as needed
• Verify donor identification
• Verify authorization and understanding tissue to be collected
• Assist with physical assessment of donor for high risk behaviors
• Aseptic recovery of authorized tissue
• Verify authorization of tissue recovered
• Collect donor blood samples and perform testing as trained
• Package tissue
• Clean the recovery suite and other pertinent recovery areas
• Act as a preceptor to new employees
• Attend organizational and/or department events such as staff meetings and/or training outside of regularly scheduled hours
• Other duties as assigned

• EMT-P (paramedic), EMT-B, CST or ORT, or high school diploma/GED with 6 months tissue banking experience or 18 months of related experience

• Or Bachelor’s Degree in Biology or related field with anatomy lab experience
• Other candidates may be considered on an individual basis at the discretion of management dependent on aligned job experience

• Experience maintaining proper aseptic technique
• Experience using surgical instruments such as scalpels and suture needles
• Ability to recover all donor tissues proficiently once trained
• History of high-quality tissue procurement (low error rate) and low level of tissue contamination preferred
• Ability to transition to role of Tissue Recovery Coordinator within 1 year after training complete in the Technician role
• Basic computer skills

• Ability to drive personal car to hospitals and other locations to perform job functions
• Ability to work outside normal business hours including nights, weekends, and holidays
• Ability to walk, stand, bend, stoop, and kneel to perform job functions

• Ability to work 12- to 24-hour shifts, as dictated by organizational needs

• Ability to use personal cell phone for business purposes
• Ability to hear and speak to convey information to co-workers
• Ability to stand for up to 6 consecutive hours to complete a case
• Ability to see to conduct donor assessment
• Fine motor skills to package and label recovered tissue
• Ability to move up to 50-75 lbs.
• Ability to move and turn donors of a maximum of 400 lbs. with assistance, and move them from cart to cart, or cart to table
• Use of surgical equipment such as needles and scalpels without causing injury to self or others

• Work a rotating shift schedule to respond to tissue referrals throughout Gift of Hope’s service area

• Work 2-3 weekends per month while on the call schedule
• Work in Gift of Hope and hospital operating rooms, and coroner and medical examiner offices in designated service area
• Possible exposure to communicable diseases, hazardous materials, pharmacological agents, with little likelihood of harm if established health precautions are followed
• Travel by personal car within Gift of Hope’s service area
• Respond timely to Gift of Hope’s notifications via smartphone
• Overnight travel 1 – 2 times a year for up to 4 nights for training, education and/or conferences
• Attend organizational and/or departmental staff meetings, training, etc., outside scheduled work hours
• Carry a personal cell phone to be accessible outside regular business hours
• Ability to arrive at tissue recovery site within 1 hour after being dispatched, if not already on-site at a Gift of Hope office
• 12-hour shifts (12 noon - 12 midnight) that require some flexibility at times due to case length
• Shift differential provided
• Total of 7 shifts/2-week rotation, with 2 weekends per month required

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