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OneLegacy · 2 days ago

Eye Bank Coordinator

Azusa, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$54K/yr - $68K/yr

2+ years exp

OneLegacy is the nation's largest organ, eye, and tissue recovery organization dedicated to saving lives and sharing hope. The Eye Bank Coordinator oversees ocular tissue storage, evaluation, donor eligibility determination, processing, and distribution while maintaining relationships with medical partners for tissue allocation.

Hospital & Health Care

Responsibilities

Contribute and maintain teamwork environment

Perform individual tasks autonomously

Exhibit accountability and ownership of work

Create and innovate process improvement/efficiency

Adapt to quick-pace activity

Learn and train on industry advancements in evaluation, processing, distribution

Follow-through tasks to completion

Readily communicate with internal staff, management and external partners

Provide 24-hour schedule availability for evaluation, processing, distribution and delivery of tissue for emergency surgery requests

Start-up, run and shut down laboratory operations and equipment daily

Receive ocular shipment packages

Unpack and inspect ocular shipments and contents

Review and maintain ocular tissue documentation

Log and track ocular tissue

Communicate with internal and external partners to retrieve tissue and donor documentation

Evaluate ocular tissue and input into data system. Evaluations include, but not limited to:

Slit lamp biomicroscopy

Specular microscopy

Pachymetry

Review documentation for completion and determine donor/tissue eligibility. Perform donor eligibility determination as a designee of the Ocular Medical Director

Offer, allocate and import ocular tissue

Create and maintain the shipping and processing schedule

Perform circulator functions for tissue processor. Functions include, but not limited to:

Pre and post clean processing rooms

Obtain, decontaminate, and sterilize surgical instruments and equipment

Assist in tissue processing, including but not limited to:

DSAEK – Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty

DMEK - Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty

LTP – Long Term Preservation

Transfers

Environmental Monitoring

Perform post-processing tissue evaluations and generate tissue reports

Ship and/or manually deliver ocular tissue

Perform quality control check of completed ocular tissue documentation

Perform post-operative patient follow-up. Communicate with surgeon or end-user to retrieve post-operative documentation

Perform and manage laboratory maintenance

Perform and manage laboratory supply inventory

Perform and manage tissue supply inventory

Participate and contribute to audit/inspections from industry or regulatory agencies

Maintain required attendance at department staff meetings. Maintain required attendance at annual hazard communication and control safety training sessions for Cal-OSHA, contract processors, and other training programs as deemed necessary by Eye Bank Program Manager

Perform other duties as assigned

Supports the organization’s Standards of Professional Conduct as outlined in OneLegacy’s policies and procedures, and the mission, vision and values

Qualification

Ocular tissue evaluationDonor eligibility determinationLaboratory operations managementCEBT certificationAllied health experienceProcess improvementCommunication skillsTeamwork