Job Description:

About the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine:

Mission:

We pride ourselves on our strong focus on our mission: training osteopathic primary care physicians to serve Ohio.

Our medical school educates physicians committed to practice in Ohio, emphasizes primary care, engages in focused research, and embraces both Appalachian and urban communities. Integral to this mission, our college community commits itself to: provide a clinically integrated, learning-centered, osteopathic medical education continuum for students, interns, residents and primary care associates; embrace public service; and improve the health and well-being of underserved populations.

Vision:

The Heritage College is recognized as the national leader in training osteopathic primary care physicians and the number one producer of primary care physicians in the country.

Essential Values:

These fundamental principles form the foundation of the culture at our college: wholeness and balance within each person; integrity; community of mutual respect; acceptance of others; pursuit of excellence; a climate of scholarship; and commitment to service, generosity and compassion.

Our Campuses:

https://www.ohio.edu/medicine/about/campuses

Why Choose Ohio University?

https://www.ohio.edu/hr/jobs/working-ohio

https://www.ohio.edu/medicine/community-health

https://www.ohio.edu/hr/benefits

About Biomedical Sciences

https://www.ohio.edu/medicine/about/departments/biomedical

Position Summary:

The Anatomical Donor Program Coordinator plays a pivotal role in managing the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine’s ( HCOM ) Body Donor Program ( BDP ) and Gross Anatomy Lab ( GAL ) across the Athens, Dublin, and Cleveland campuses. This role assists in the development of program operating procedures and policies and serves as a liaison for body donors and their families, as well as for healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and clinical partners from hospitals, nursing homes, and hospice facilities. This position is dedicated to ensuring a compassionate and professional experience during a sensitive time, prioritizing the confidentiality and dignity of all individuals involved. The Anatomical Donor Program Coordinator serves as a check-and-balance on several protocols to ensure high-level security and management of highly sensitive inventory that is subject to various state and federal laws and regulations. Primary activities and decision-making authority are predominantly performed independently affecting business operations to a substantial degree. This position is essential to the seamless operation of the Body Donor Program and Gross Anatomy Lab.

Position Responsibilities:

Embalming:

• Clean, sanitize, and prepare bodies for embalming. Perform embalming procedures to preserve and prepare human bodies for HCOM’s educational purposes, including arterial and hypodermic embalming, as well as specialized brain injections for preservation. Ensure each donor is properly prepared and tagged for identification. Utilize appropriate embalming chemicals and solutions, ensuring safe handling at all times.

• Provide exceptional customer service by managing complex and sensitive correspondence with donors and their families, as well as facilitating the exchange of cadavers with partnering institutions.

• Serve as the liaison to donors and their families, providing support and information throughout the donation process. Conduct thorough evaluations of potential donors to assess eligibility for the Body Donor Program, ensuring donors meet program criteria. Record, package, and mail cremated remains to donor families, ensuring accuracy and adherence to all procedures while respecting the family’s wishes. Plan annual memorial service for body donors, coordinating logistics, organizing contributions from participants, and ensuring that the ceremony is both respectful and meaningful, honoring the donors while providing support to their families.

• Serve as liaison to partnering institutions, coordinating with physicians from hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, and donor families to complete and file death certificates with the state, ensuring all information is accurate and confidential. Safely place and transport multiple body donors in cremation boxes to and from various educational institutions and facilities, ensuring compliance with all state and federal laws and that necessary documentation accompanies the donors. Build relationships, communicate, and coordinate with other institutions and universities to ensure the smooth coordination of transportation schedules.

Donor Transportation:

• Respond to “death calls” and travel to pick up recently deceased bodies willed to the program. This includes being on call after hours to coordinate the collection of cadavers as needed. Inspect cadavers along with medical history to independently determine if donors meet program eligibility requirements.

Body Donor Program Security:

• Ensure strict adherence to all protocols designed to meet the Anatomy Lab’s high-security requirements, including multiple layers of checks and balances to safeguard the inventory of cadavers. Responsible for ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations governing the handling of cadavers.

• Ensures donors are set up with the appropriate identifiable information, including data from the physician’s EMR and personal history.

Gross Anatomy Lab Support:

• Prepare donors in the Anatomy lab by removing them from storage bags and positioning them on tables according to specified protocols. Ensure each donor is set up with the appropriate identifiable information provided by the physician’s EMR and personal history. Test and sterilize equipment, including skeletons, models, and instruments, before each lab session. Monitor and maintain inventory of supplies essential for the Body Donor Program and Anatomy labs. Record and maintain accurate student attendance during lab sessions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.

• 1 year of related professional experience and a fundamental scientific background in embalming

• Valid driver’s license to preform donor pickups and transport donors to different facilities.

• Must be willing to obtain State of Ohio Clerk for Death Certificate and complete Bloodborne Pathogen training.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mortuary Science or Biology preferred.

Planning Unit: Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Department: HCOM - Biomedical Sciences

Applicants may contact this person if they have questions about this position: Jordyn Stimel, jordyn.stimel@ohio.edu

Employment Type: full-time regular

Advertised Salary:

The approved hiring range for this position is $44,592-$59,085. Offers outside of this range of subject to additional approvals. The final offer will be commensurate with the candidate’s education and experience in relation to the minimum qualifications for the position Pay is accompanied by our generous university benefits such as free tuition for self and dependents, a comprehensive insurance package including but not limited to:

• Health, prescription, vision, dental, and life insurance

• An excellent retirement plan including company contributions,

• Paid Parental Leave, adoption reimbursement, and more

• OHIO is also proud to offer wellness programs, on-site wellness facilities, and a generous employee assistance program.

Additional Information is available at: https://www.ohio.edu/hr/benefits/