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Exemption Status:

Exempt

Schedule Details:

Monday through Friday, On Call - Required

Scheduled Hours:

08-1630

Shift:

1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

Cost Center:

10020 - 2144 Transplant Services

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Major Responsibilities:

Monitoring Deceased Organs on Machine Perfusion:

1. Maintain the organ preservation lab. 

2. Prepare the preservation device, assist with organ preparation and cannulation, and monitor organs on the device.

3. Report viability assessments, perfusion parameters, and other relevant data to the surgeon.

4. Travel to donor hospitals with the device and transplant team when necessary.

5. Perform Lab maintenance.  Order, rotate, and properly store lab supplies.

   

B. Living Donation Organ Packaging:

1. Label, package, and document organs for shipment, ensuring compliance with OPTN policies.

2. Coordination and communicate with couriers to ensure safe package hand-offs.

3. Report delays or concerns in line with program/hospital protocols.

C. Data Management and Quality Initiatives:

Participate in research activities such as informed patient consent, data collection, and data analysis. Participates in projects as necessary. Develops project work plans, timelines, resource allocations, and cost estimates. Create routine and ad hoc reports using system report writers and tools. Manage data imports from internal and external systems in coordination with IS technical resources. Implement system updates to ensure reliability and alignment with objectives. Perform chart audits and enter data into UNet or other performance databases using Epic.

II.  Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

1. Master’s degree in Science, Nursing, or a Medical School Graduate.

Preferred:

1.

Experience/Skills:

Required:

1. Minimum of 2 years of Healthcare related experience.

2. Strong understanding of health sciences, including anatomy and physiology.

3. Ability to follow standard precautions and use personal protective equipment.

4. Availability for on-call duties, including weekends and holidays. Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Preferred:

1. Experience in OR/surgical settings.

2. Experience in solid organ transplantation.

3. Previous perfusion experience.

4. Familiarity with solid organ perfusion pump devices.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

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