Americas Project Sourcing Manager
Switzerland Global Enterprise
ERP
Principal Cardiothoracic Donor Procurement Surgeon
TransMedics, Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New Jersey, New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Perform all aspects of donor heart and lung procurement surgery including clinical assessment of donor organs (conduct bronchoscopy, as needed for diagnostic and treatment purposes)
- Surgical donor organ retrieval and OCS instrumentation procedures to the highest level of clinical quality and according to TransMedics protocol/training standards at transplant centers across the US
- Travel to donor/recipient sites as needed and/or may be assigned to coverage in various locations for a few weeks at a time
- Maintain the highest standards of professional and communication standards to maximize confidence and avoid any negative perceptions in the OR environment or with accepting transplant surgeons
- Participate in developing OCS surgical retrieval, donor organ management and assessment, and communication protocols for both OCS Heart and OCS Lung procurements
- Assist in training and mentoring the OCS Cardiothoracic surgical retrieval team members across the US, including proctoring donor retrieval runs with junior surgeons, if needed
- Communicate as needed with transplant programs’ accepting transplant surgeon to provide a surgical assessment view to facilitate clinical decisions on accepting or declining a donor offer
- Communicate with TMDX clinical staff on the status of the organ to facilitate the allocation process
- Perform other TransMedics tasks and duties as required
Requirements
- MD degree or equivalent with at least 5+ years’ experience conducting deceased cardiothoracic (lung and heart) donor organ procurement and assessments and/or advanced cardiothoracic surgical procedures
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to work independently and collaboratively and build rapport with internal and external contacts
- Ability to work calmly and professionally under pressure
- Highly flexible and adaptable
- Proficiency with electronic messaging platforms and MS Office Suite
Benefits
- Medical with Health Reimbursement Account through Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MA
- Dental
- Vision
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- 401K Plan
- Pet insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
donor organ procurementclinical assessmentbronchoscopysurgical donor organ retrievalOCS instrumentation proceduresdonor organ managementsurgical assessmentadvanced cardiothoracic surgical procedures
Soft skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillsindependent workcollaborative workrapport buildingcalm under pressureflexibilityadaptabilitymentoringtraining
Certifications
MD degree
