Organ Procurement Coordinator (Jacksonville) | LifeQuest | Variable | Full-Time

Overview

Take your career to the next level and experience meaningful professional fulfillment as an Organ Procurement Coordinator (OPC) at UF Health located in the heart of Gainesville. Our thriving community is known for its unique blend of natural beauty, innovation, cultural energy, and recreation. UF Health is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals and we are committed to excellence in healthcare. We honor the profound impact of organ donation and supporting the families of donors who have given the ultimate gift, the Gift of Life. We value the expertise, compassion, and commitment our OPC professionals give to our patients and their families every day. Honor legacies and build your future at UF Health.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating the donation process of the authorized organ donor including medical management, organ evaluation and allocation while in the critical care unit or emergency department, as well as assisting the surgeons in the operating room during the recovery
• Responding to LifeQuest service area hospitals when a referral of a potential organ donor is made
• Determining medical suitability and offering families the option of organ, tissue and eye donation for transplantation or medical research in a caring, empathetic, culturally and religiously sensitive manner
• Providing occasional professional and public education; typically, in the form of in-services to donor hospitals and the general public
• Excellent communication skills required, as the coordinator must work effectively and efficiently with transplant surgeons, donor hospital personnel, and donor families while coordinating a highly complex procedure with multiple teams from outside facilities
• Complying with local, state and federal guidelines to ensure organs are allocated equitably, recovered, packaged and shipped according to industry standards and federal regulations

Qualifications

• Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: Graduate from an RN or PA program with two years of experience in critical care or emergency care preferred; OR Respiratory therapist with five years experience in critical or emergency care; OR Individual that has three years' experience in an organ procurement organization (OPO) or contracting with an OPO, OR One who has earned a master's degree in human donation sciences.
• Must be able to demonstrate computer skills related to web-based applications, hospital electronic health records, Word, Excel and PowerPoint or the equivalent.
• Previous organ/tissue donation experience and/or certified procurement transplant coordinator preferred.