80% Donor Tissue Distribution

• Responsible for day-to-day distribution activity.
• Keep track of available transplant corneas and pending transplant corneas, related to surgery schedule.
• Allocate available corneas to meet processing and surgeon needs and preferences.
• Work with donor coordination and laboratory staff, communicating and regularly adjusting tissue allocation.
• Determine when available corneas and scheduled surgeries do not match and implement best options.
• Coordinate tissue receipt and distribution with other eye banks.
• Coordinate tissue receipt and distribution with surgery centers.
• Document tissue requests received via Surgeon Portal, email, fax or phone in iTransplant.
• Document tissue distribution details in iTransplant for subsequent invoicing of tissue recipients.
• Properly package, ship, and document distribution of donor tissue following all related policies.
• Train Donor Coordinators as back-up distribution coordinators.
• Distribute training tissues for internal training, certification, validation and wet labs.

10% Document Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Transplant Distribution

• Together with Distribution Manager, develop and implement SOPs for transplant tissue to ensure operational effectiveness, facilitate efficient processing and maximize use of all donor tissue.
• Maintain transplant distribution policy and procedure manual.
• Maintain criteria specified by each surgeon customer in collaboration with Distribution Manager.
• Maintain accurate and complete record of transplant and training distribution in iTransplant.

10% Other

• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

At all times General Responsibilities

• Practice safe work habits at all times (e.g. Universal Precautions, OSHA guidelines).
• Routinely review and adhere to all Lions Gift of Sight and University of Minnesota policies and procedures.
• Practice effective, respectful, professional, and proactive communication with other LGS staff and with staff from other organizations.
• Attend and participate in staff, technical, and other meetings as required.
• Arrive and work during scheduled hours – expected to be Sunday through Thursday unless operational needs require a change.
• Participate in strategic plan initiatives as assigned.

The University of Minnesota offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive wages, paid holidays, vacation and sick leave
• Low cost medical, dental, and pharmacy plans
• Health care and dependent daycare flexible spending accounts
• Excellent retirement plans with employer match
• Disability and employer paid life insurance
• Wellbeing program with reduced insurance premiums
• Tuition reimbursement opportunities covering 75%-100% of eligible tuition
• Student loan forgiveness opportunity
• Opportunities for growth and promotion
• Employee Assistance Program

For more information regarding benefits: https://humanresources.umn.edu/sites/humanresources.umn.edu/files/2020_tcd-cslr-75100-ben-0105-7_cs_final.pdf