Tissue Transplant Specialist

1 day ago

Dallas, Texas, United States UT Southwestern Medical Center Full time
Why Choose UT Southwestern Medical Center?

As a leading academic medical center, UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to excellence, innovation, and teamwork. We offer a dynamic and supportive work environment that fosters career growth and development. Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive pay, paid time off, and a range of wellness programs to support your overall wellbeing.


At UT Southwestern, we value integrity, dedication, and commitment. We're proud to be a Veteran Friendly work environment and invite you to join our team where you'll discover opportunities for growth, teamwork, and professionalism.


Job Summary

Works under general supervision to independently perform complex technical aspects of human tissue recovery, evaluation, and processing in accordance with the policies and procedures of Transplant Services Center and the standards of the American Association of Tissue Banks and the Eye Bank Association of America.


Responsibilities
  • Performs all steps of recovery of eyes/corneas, skin, bone/connective tissue, and cardiovascular tissue, including donor preparation, aseptic surgical recovery of tissue, packaging and labeling of tissues, storage of tissues, and preparation of tissues for shipment to tissue processors.
  • Evaluates and determines suitability of donors for eye and tissue recovery based on review of donor screening information, including referral information, donor risk assessment interview, medical chart review, and physical assessment of body.
  • May function as a team lead for tissue recovery, providing working supervision of members of the recovery team, performing screening of potential donors with tissue processors, determining timing and location of recovery, and coordinating with personnel of external facilities.
  • Ensures needed supplies and equipment are available and appropriate for use, determines suitability of recovery site, and ensures that pre- and post-recovery cleaning is completed.
  • Evaluates, processes, packages, and labels tissue allografts, including split thickness skin, costal cartilage, and fascia, and assists with or performs cornea evaluation.
  • Performs cleaning, packaging, and sterilization of instruments and supplies according to operating room standards and Transplant Service Center policies and procedures.
  • Assists with or performs packaging of tissues for shipment to end users using methods appropriate to storage requirements for each type of tissue being shipped.

Requirements
  • Six months experience as a Tissue Transplant Technician or equivalent required.
  • Completion of two years of college to include at least six (6) hours in basic science, or High School diploma or GED equivalent and an additional six months of tissue transplant experience.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in basic science such as Biology or Chemistry and completion or progression to certification as a Tissue Bank Specialist (CTBS) preferred.

Working Conditions
  • Work is performed primarily in laboratory, clean rooms, operating room environment, morgue, or funeral home with potential for exposure to one or more disagreeable elements, such as working with cadavers, unpleasant odors, communicable disease(s), airborne particles, or caustic chemicals.

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.


UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

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