Who We Are:
Gift of Life Donor Program is a non-profit agency serving eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware. We are responsible for recovering organs and tissue used in lifesaving and life-enhancing transplants.
What Do We Want in a Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist?
Ideally, we prefer skilled surgical technologists or EMTs with a passion for saving or changing a life and at least 3 years of Operating Room experience.
What’s in it for you?
- Outstanding benefits package including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance; tuition assistance, and 403(b) with employer match up to 11%,
- Guaranteed pay for 40 hours.
- As a Tissue Recovery Specialist, rather than just assisting a surgeon, you will learn surgical procedures for tissue procurement
- As a Preservationist, you will work with our transplant surgeons, helping to recover organs and transporting them to their destination hospital(s).
- Opportunity to work with welcoming, inclusive co-workers
Some of the requirements for the Surgical Tech/Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist role include:
- Ideally possess knowledge of surgical aseptic techniques, human anatomy, and physiology.
- Live within 40 minutes of our Hershey office
- Have a current Passport or Real ID
- Possess a reliable vehicle
- Possess a valid Driver’s license and be insurable
- Having strong interpersonal skills to facilitate team building and partnering with colleagues and peers.
- Strong documentation practices
Other essential requirements for a Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist include:
- Able to work a 24-hour, 5-day on-call, 3-day non-call schedule
- Ability to operate a 4-wheel drive vehicle and van in fair weather and adverse conditions
- Ability to participate in cases that require transportation by fixed-wing aircraft or helicopter
- Must be capable of travelling anywhere in the United States or Canada
Some of what you’ll be doing as a Tissue Recovery Specialist/Preservationist:
- Tissue Recovery Specialists are trained to perform tissue recoveries, adhering to and exemplifying established protocols and procedures.
- Cross-train to perform eye banking and perfusion
- Preservationists are trainedto work with Transplant Surgeons, assisting during surgery, packaging organs, and potentially transporting them to recipient hospitals.
- Transport surgical recovery teams for organ recovery
- Travel to donor hospitals
- Obtain sterile blood for serology testing. Perform instrument count and sterilization procedures
- Reconstruct, clean, and provide standard postmortem care to the donor
- Clean and return OR to its previous condition
We are an equal opportunity employer and support diversity in our workplace.