Surgical Assist​/Preservationist; Independent Contractor) Los Angeles

Remote Work:
Field

Location:

Los Angeles, CA, US

With a passion for life

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

This role is open to candidates based in the Los Angeles area.

Paragonix Technologies, a Getinge Company markets organ transportation devices that safeguard organs during the journey between donor and recipient patients. Our devices incorporate clinically proven and medically trusted hypothermic preservation techniques in a novel suspension system to provide unprecedented physical and thermal protection. Our product portfolio spans cardiac, thoracic, and abdominal preservation devices to improve donor organ quality and extend donor organ transport time.

Paragonix also markets transplant services and organ screening to the transplant community.

This position is to provide surgicalassistanceand organ preservation for donor grafts. Individuals in this position willbe requiredtoassistin all aspects of organ procurement including but not limited to packing supplies, OR set-uputilizingaseptic technique, proper organ packaging per OPTN guidelines, and adherence to all Paragonix/ Transplant Advocate policies and protocols.

• Responsible for packing supplies forprocuringOR and meeting team at pre-determined location.
• Be available forrecoverieson scheduled call days.
• Responsible for adhering to all state, federal and local laws, policies, and regulations.
• Responsible for recovery of donor grafts in keeping with the policies, rules, and regulations of all Transplant Advocates and Paragonixclients and their medical and surgical staff.
• Participate in hospital and medical staff committees dealing with donor issues as requested by affiliated transplant centers.
• Responsible for workingoncollaboration with Quality and Operations staff to develop best practice protocols.
• Responsible for working in collaboration with the rest of the team to train and evaluate new members.
• Expert knowledge on usability of all Paragonixdevices
• Ability to support teams in how to use Paragonixdevices when not involved in a service case
• First in class customer service and communication with multi-discipline teams
• Utilization and training of theParagonix
  
  App or other communication methods

• Bachelors Degree in Health Science or equivalent experience in transplant related field.
• Experience in pre-operative and post-operative care of transplant donor and recipient patients for at least 20 heart transplants and 20 lung transplants in a UNOS approved transplant program or cumulative experience of at least 20 thoracic transplants over the last 2 years.
• ABTC certification as a CPT or CPTC
• At least 3 years of transplant experience in an operating room
• Must be able to safely and consistently lift up to 75 pounds
• Ability to travel by multiple means both private and commercial including ground and air
• Must be able to respond to an operational hub within 2 hours or a major commercial airport within 1 hour

• Certification as a certified surgical technologist
• Ability to travel by multiple means both private and commercial including ground and air
• Certification as a CSFA or RN FA

• OSHA Class 1

US Based Compensation - The pay rate is $1000 per case.

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with…