Recovery Surgeon

At LiveOnNY we save lives, provide comfort, and strengthen legacies through organ, eye and tissue donation for the 13 million New Yorkers we serve.

The Recovery Surgeon: for LiveOnNY serves as one of the primary procurement practitioners performing abdominal organ procurements to enhance the efforts of LiveOnNY in its primary goal of procuring organs, and tissues for transplantation and research throughout LiveOnNYs service area. The Recovery Surgeon serves as a key ambassador for donation by modeling and controlling the intraoperative behavior of all recoveryteammembers.

Join us in helping New Yorkers to live on by making New York number one in lives saved through donation.

Recovery Surgeon Responsibilities include:

Ensure organ recovery procedures, both Donation after Brain Death (DBD) donors and Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) donors, meet organizational standards for organ recovery and transplantation.

Practices peri-operative safety measures, in accordance with standard safety and regulatory surgical processes and procedures

Perform surgical organ recovery to organizational and national standards for organ transplantation. Serves as the Recovery Surgeon for organs as assigned.

Maintain current knowledge of LiveOnNY policies and procedures concerning the OR process and the surgical recovery of postmortem organs.

Provide consultation regarding the safety and suitability of donor organs and communicates with transplant centers as necessary to discuss potential issues in organ anatomy post procurement.

Inspects, prepares, and dissects kidneys in alignment with optimizing organ placement for transplantation.

Responsible for inspecting the body cavity for abnormalities that necessitate pathological evaluation.

Assist with the evaluation, recommendation and complete research programs or projects as needed.

Adheres to organizational and national standards and performance measures for surgical procurement of abdominal organs.

Address any concerns and arbitrate transplant team related difficulties during the donor procurement procedure when necessary.

Participate in the investigation and resolutions of occurrences of a surgical nature.

Aid in the training of LiveOnNY surgical recovery staff as assigned.

Provide ongoing training regarding surgical technique, anatomy, and dissection of research organs.

Routinely participates in clinical case review conferences to educate staff and provide feedback regarding organ donor management issues, the organ recovery process and transplantation.

Fulfill duties outside of case activities including availability and attendance at in-office activities, trainings, educations, in-services and managing schedule appropriately.

Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Medical Doctor degree with eligibility for New York State Licensure or current license. Board certified or eligible to be board certified in transplant surgery. Completion of an ASTS approved transplant surgery fellowship preferred. Strong decision-making capabilities, excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Ability to read and interpret healthcare regulations. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of healthcare professionals and the general public.

Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, bone structure and circulatory system for both organs and tissue. Ability to interpret relationships and determine cause and effect of surgical procedures. Ability to function as a team member. Availability 24/7 for organ procurements. A commitment to working in a culturally diverse institution and community.

Benefits

veOnNY offers a competitive salary & comprehensive benefits package.

• 403(b) deferred annuity
• Medical/Vision/Dental/Life
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time Off
• Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Cellular plan discounts
• Auto Insurance discounts