Surgical Recovery Coordinator 1

Description

The Surgical Recovery Coordinator (SRC) is responsible for coordinating and facilitating the surgical recovery of donated organs for transplantation. This role serves as the clinical lead during organ recovery procedures, ensuring seamless collaboration among donor hospitals, transplant centers, surgeons, operating room personnel, and Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) staff. The SRC oversees all aspects of the recovery process, including surgical logistics, donor management support, regulatory compliance, and preservation of organ viability, while maintaining the highest standards of patient safety, clinical excellence, and ethical practice. This position requires exceptional clinical judgment, effective communication, and the ability to perform in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment, often requiring on-call availability, extensive travel, and flexible scheduling.  

Essential Functions:

• Possesses basic knowledge of donor medical requirements and contraindications to recovery and transplantation.
• Coordinates and communicates with transplant centers during kidney allocation.
• Recovery blood/tissue specimens needed for tissue typing.
• Serves as first assist to visiting and local surgeons.
• Coordinates visiting transplant teams in the operating room with recovery and preservation of organs for transplantation and research.
• Provides organ preservation maintaining flush amounts and medicinal additives.
• Packages and labels the organ(s) procured.
• Coordinates and/or facilitates the transportation of organs to the local transplant hospital and/or to the OPO’s Perfusion Lab Facility.
• Procures, preserves, and allocates organ(s)/tissues for research following researcher criteria and procedures.
• Coordinates and communicates with ancillary services regarding recovery activity and timeframes.
• Maintain complete clinical records of donor recoveries to ensure quality.
• Maintains possession and ensures routine maintenance for assigned organ department equipment and supplies.
• Maintains an adequate inventory of all supplies and medications.
• Operates kidney preservation machine efficiently, assess organ function based on providing organ viability feedback to transplant center clinical personnel to optimize organ preservation technique. 
• Maintains confidentiality on all donor-related activities and internal issues.

· Maintains current knowledge of all the OPO’s, AOPO, CMS and OPTN policies and procedures.

· Performs other duties as assigned.· Employees must adhere to and remain in full compliance with the OPO’s Motor Vehicle Driving Policy as outlined in the Motor Vehicle Records and Driver Safety policy PC.334

Requirements

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Scrub Technician or related field or applicable experience preferred. 

Experience: Minimum of 1-3 years’ medical experience preferred.

Computer Skills: Knowledge in MS office, Electronic Medical Records

Other Requirements: Must be Certified Transplant Perfusionist (CTP) by 24th month of employment at South Florida Donor Network. Must be knowledgeable with organ anatomy.