Are you ready to save or heal a life?

Do you want to be the person that makes the miracle of donation and transplantation a reality? Do you want to turn tragedy into hope and healing? This is what we do every single day and we think you have what it takes.

Join a team that combines the fulfillment of an amazing mission with incredible benefits. This is not just another job or listing on your resume. Simply put, this job will change you, just like organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation changes the lives of donor families and recipients.

Every day, the Lifebanc team gets the opportunity to change lives forever. Become a part of our family as we work toward a world where everyone in need of an organ or tissue transplant receives the healing they deserve. Come be a life saver.

What is Lifebanc?

Lifebanc, is the federally designated organ, eye and tissue recovery organization that serves 20 counties in Northeast Ohio. Put simply, we facilitate and coordinate organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation in our community and educate the public on the importance of our mission. Our vision is pursuing a future where organ, eye and tissue donation is embraced as an honor and personal responsibility. Our mission is to save and heal lives. 

Position Desciption

This position is responsible for understanding and carrying out all aspects of the tissue recovery process, including the skillful recovery of all tissue types; enabling the organization to optimize donor and donor family wishes, and to maximize and increase the supply of safe transplantable tissues to those in need while meeting AATB, EBAA and FDA standards.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for assigned shifts on the tissue recovery schedule to always assure consistent coverage, and maximize procurement opportunities that provide quality tissue for transplant.
• Reviews authorization/disclosure forms to verify donor identity and for proper documentation of tissues for recovery, while following appropriate age criteria to recover all appropriate consented tissues for the appropriate processors.
• Performs specimen collection for coroner/ME/pathologist (when requested) and draws blood for infectious disease testing to evaluate the donor's suitability for transplantation. Performs all aspects of tissue recovery including both surgical recovery of eyes and/or tissues, while maintaining sterility and performance standards within set department benchmarks for culturing and error rates.
• Verifies labels of tissues, blood specimen, and cultures for complete correct identification information; and packages to ensure that proper identification and environmental conditions will be maintained during transport of the donor tissue.
• Performs reconstruction and preparation of the donor body for transfer to funeral home or coroner/ME/pathologist.
• Admit donors to Lifebanc, while completing required documentation.
• Takes photographs of the donor pre and post recovery as dictated by standard operating procedures.
• Release donors from Lifebanc, while completing required documentation.
• Meets/exceeds goals in at least five of the seven regularly recovered tissue metrics; skin culture rate, avg skin recovery yield, MS culture rate, cornea Tissue Quality Index, SV error rate, HV error rate, and average nerve debrided length.
• Verifies labels of tissues, blood specimen, and cultures for complete correct identification information and packs to ensure that proper identification and environmental conditions will be maintained during transport.
• Responsible for ensuring all recovery steps are completed according to standard operating procedures and quality standards.
• Communicates positively with the recovery team, Administrator on Call and the Donation Services Coordinator.
• Will learn the team lead role; becoming proficient at documentation, packaging the tissue, and ensuring the team follows all policies and procedures.
• Assists with preparing tissue recovery supplies for offsite recoveries to assure compliance with regulatory standards.
• Participates in continuing education opportunities, to increase tissue recovery knowledge and ensure that recovery skill leads to meeting/exceeding metric goals.
• Completes necessary charting corrections and required follow-up to ensure timely release of tissue for transplantation.
• Acts as preceptor to peers, providing guidance for new hires in training for all aspects of tissue recovery.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High school degree required.
•  A degree, diploma or certificate in allied health, life sciences or nursing is preferred (Surgical Technician, LPN, EMT(P), Embalmer).
• One year or more experience working in a healthcare related field is preferred.
• Ability to lift over 50 pounds without assistance.
• Ability to stand/work for greater than 16 hours in an operating room environment.

Lifebanc operates 24 hours a day and this position requires flexibility and the ability to work independently and be flexible in a dynamic team environment without direct supervision. Prior operating room experience is preferred and the ability to be on your feet for six or more hours. The qualified candidate must have reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, a safe driving record, current auto insurance and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people.

Compensation and Benefits

When you join Lifebanc you can expect competitive salaries and a great benefit package. Our benefits include health, dental and vision insurance, health savings account with an employer contribution, short and long-term disability and life insurance. We also offer a generous paid time off program starting at 22.5 days for the first calendar year, 401(K) retirement plan, 2 weeks of parental leave, on-site fitness facility, tuition reimbursement and more! 

Lifebanc is committed to a workforce that is diverse, inclusive and equitable. We encourage qualified candidates to apply.