Registered Nurse Transplant Organ Recovery Organ Perfusion

Job Description:

Job Profile Summary
The Intermountain Health Organ Procurement and Perfusion (IHOPP) Nurse is a highly specialized RN Clinical Expanded Role II within the Intermountain Transplant Program, providing expert clinical, surgical, and research support in transplant surgery. As a service-line specialist in deceased donor organ recovery, machine perfusion, and organ preservation, this role supports outcome optimization, implementation of innovative technology, quality improvement, and research initiatives within the transplant specialty. Under the supervision of the Organ Procurement and Perfusion Nursing Supervisor, the IHOPP Nurse participates in organ recovery procedures and manages post-recovery machine preservation of transplantable organs. Responsibilities include machine setup and calibration, vessel cannulation, point-of-care testing, continuous organ monitoring, and administration of preservation therapies or medications according to established protocols in collaboration with the recovering transplant surgeon to optimize organ viability and transplant outcomes.

Join the transplant team at Intermountain Medical Center as a Registered Nurse specializing in Transplant Organ Recovery and Organ Perfusion, where you will play a vital role in preserving and transporting life-saving organs while working alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team dedicated to advancing transplant medicine. Enjoy excellent benefits including comprehensive health coverage, retirement savings plans, paid time off, education assistance, professional development opportunities, wellness programs, employee discounts, and access to Utah’s world-class outdoor recreation, from hiking and skiing to mountain biking and national park.

Schedule:

• Rotating schedule no set days

• Varying shifts including mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays

• Extensive on-call requirements

• Frequent travel required

• Flexibility to work a variety of schedules based on business needs

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates organ recovery activities, including mobilizing the IHOPP team, securing necessary supplies, arranging transportation, and ensuring required recipient crossmatch testing and laboratory coordination

• Serves as the primary liaison throughout donor recovery, coordinating case logistics and providing timely clinical updates to transplant surgeons, implanting centers, and other stakeholders

• Prepares and supports donor operating room activities, including organ recovery, labeling, packaging, and transportation in compliance with OPTN/UNOS policies and regulatory requirements

• Sets up, calibrates, operates, monitors, and troubleshoots hypothermic and normothermic machine perfusion and preservation devices, with oversight up until implantation, including organ transport when required

• Performs medication reconstitution and administration, point‑of‑care testing, lab interpretation, and organ viability assessments related to machine perfusion in accordance with established protocol.

• Provides real‑time clinical updates and recommendations to transplant surgeons regarding organ status and readiness for implantation.

• Maintains compliance with OPTN, UNOS, CMS, and Intermountain Health regulations, policies, and protocols.

• Provides subject matter expertise in organ preservation and perfusion, support policy and protocol development, participate in research initiatives, and promote the integration of evidence-based practices to improve transplant outcomes

Skills:

• Advanced clinical nursing judgment

• Organ procurement and transplant coordination

• Machine perfusion and organ preservation

• Surgical asepsis and sterile technique

• Medication preparation and administration

• Laboratory value interpretation

• Point‑of‑care testing

• Complex logistics coordination

• Interdisciplinary communication

• Regulatory and compliance adherence

• EMR charting

• Communication

• Teamwork

Required Qualifications:

• Proof of completion of accredited Nursing Program

• Current RN license in state of practice with Utah compact eligibility if applicable.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (or completion within required timeframe per Intermountain policy).

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

• Ability to take considerable amount of assigned call, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

• Ability to travel by air and ground daily, including out of state travel as required for organ recovery and transport.

Highly Preferred Qualifications:

• National transplant certification (CPTC or CTP), obtained within one year of hire and maintained.

• Advanced training or experience in hypothermic and normothermic organ perfusion technologies.

• Experience in organ recovery, preservation, and transplant logistics.

• ACLS

• OR Circulating and/or Nurse Scrubbing experience

• Demonstrated competency in surgical procedures related to abdominal, vascular, cardiovascular, and transplant surgeries.

Physical Requirements:

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, monitoring and adjusting machine preservation devices and technology, etc.

• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients and transplant specific equipment. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items in excess of 225 lbs (2-3 person lift).

• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)

• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time without relief or break.

• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location:

Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center

Work City:

Murray

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$41.20 - $62.17

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

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