Organ Preservation Specialist | Perfusion | Variable

Gainesville, Florida

In this role the Organ Preservation Specialist supports perfusionists, who operate heart-lung machines during cardiac and transplant procedures, as well as organ transports and preservation.

Posted Sep 25 · 2 years of experience

Shift and hours: Variable shift hours · variable days of the week Shift Hours: Variable Days of Week: Variable
Unit and setting: Hospital
License: RN or LPN license
Term: Permanent

Do you qualify?

Certification: CTP certification through ABTC within 12 months of hireAfter hire · within 12 months of hire Must achieve Certified Transplant Preservationist (CTP) certification through the American Board for Transplant certification (ABTC) within 12 months of hire.
Certification: BLS certification within 6 months of hireAfter hire · within 6 months of hire BLS certification achieved within 6 months of hire.
Education: Associate's degree or certified surg tech/paramedic/LPN/ABTC certification Required: Associates degree or certified surg tech/paramedic/LPN/ABTC certification
Experience: 2 years progressive healthcare experience or hospital-based procedural areas Minimum of 2 years progressive healthcare experience or hospital-based procedural areas
Also asks: Licensed RN or RT, or health-related Bachelor's degree, may substitute for required healthcare experience Licensed RN or RT, or Bachelor's degree in a health-related discipline may substitute for the required healthcare experience

What it pays

Tuition assistance: Tuition reimbursement

Benefits

BenefitsAccrued PTO and holidaysAccrued PTO and holidays
BenefitsAnnual salary reviewsAnnual salary reviews
BenefitsPSLF-eligible employerPSLF-eligible employer
BenefitsTuition reimbursementTuition reimbursement
BenefitsCompetitive healthcare/retirement plansCompetitive healthcare/retirement plans
BenefitsWellness programsWellness programs

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The role and schedule

Day to day: operating equipment for organ recovery and preservation operating equipment for organ recovery and preservation
Day to day: assisting with organ benching assisting with organ benching
Day to day: documenting procedures documenting procedures
Day to day: patient transport patient transport
Day to day: inventory management inventory management
Day to day: continued monitoring of biologic implants continued monitoring of biologic implants
Day to day: ensuring proper sterilization and cleaning of equipment ensuring proper sterilization and cleaning of equipment
Day to day: scheduling appointments scheduling appointments
Day to day: managing paperwork managing paperwork
Day to day: summarizing quarterly quality metrics summarizing quarterly quality metrics
Day to day: monitoring and troubleshooting ECMO equipment during ECMO management all aspects of monitoring and troubleshooting ECMO equipment during ECMO management
Day to day: preparing equipment preparing equipment
Day to day: assisting with patient monitoring assisting with patient monitoring
On call: on-call coverage required Position requires on-call coverage
Details: Level 1 trauma and teaching hospital Level 1 trauma and teaching hospital

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UF Health

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Overview

Take the next step in your career Organ Preservation Specialist at UF Health located in the heart of Gainesville, Florida. Our thriving community is known for its unique blend of natural beauty, innovation, cultural energy, and recreation. UF Health is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals and we are committed to excellence in healthcare. Our patients and our people are at the center of everything we do. Make your next career destination at UF Health.

UF Health Experience & Rewards

Level 1 trauma and teaching hospital

FACT accredited NCI-designated cancer institute

Bone Marrow and Solid Organ Transplant Center

Accrued PTO and holidays

Annual salary reviews

PSLF-eligible employer

Tuition reimbursement

Competitive healthcare/retirement plans

Wellness programs

Responsibilities

In this role the Organ Preservation Specialist supports perfusionists, who operate heart-lung machines during cardiac and transplant procedures, as well as organ transports and preservation. Duties include operating equipment for organ recovery and preservation, assisting with organ benching, documenting procedures, patient transport, inventory management, continued monitoring of biologic implants, and ensuring proper sterilization and cleaning of equipment. Additionally, they will provide administrative support such as scheduling appointments, managing paperwork, as well as summarizing quarterly quality metrics.

Strong attention to detail, knowledge of medical terminology, and the ability to work in high-pressure environments are essential for this role. Duties may also include all aspects of monitoring and troubleshooting ECMO equipment during ECMO management; preparing equipment, and assisting with patient monitoring.

Schedule

FTE: 1.0
Shift Hours: Variable
Days of Week: Variable
Location: Gainesville, FL

Position requires on-call coverage

Qualifications

Education

Required: Associates degree or certified surg tech/paramedic/LPN/ABTC certification

Experience

Required: Minimum of 2 years progressive healthcare experience or hospital-based procedural areas. Licensed RN or RT, or Bachelor's degree in a health-related discipline may substitute for the required healthcare experience

Licensure/ Certification

Required

Must achieve Certified Transplant Preservationist (CTP) certification through the American Board for Transplant certification (ABTC) within 12 months of hire.

BLS certification achieved within 6 months of hire.

What's around it?

In Gainesville, FL

Gainesville, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% below the US average

Median rent: $1,296/mo
Household income: $46,195/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Gainesville, FL

NeighborhoodsHaile Plantation in southwest Gainesville is the neighborhood nurses and families hear first: a 1,700-acre master-planned community of 50-plus micro-neighborhoods, 13 miles of walking paths, Haile Village shops and restaurants, a weekend farmers market, a golf course, and a commute of 30 minutes or less to UF. Duckpond, the oldest residential district near downtown, runs from small early-1900s bungalows to Queen Anne Victorians under a live-oak canopy, walkable to Grove Street, the Thomas Center, and the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail, with listings that rarely turn over. University Park, just north of campus, has craftsman homes and an easy bike to UF. Locals also name Jonesville and Wilds Plantation, and they often advise avoiding GRU electric-service pockets in favor of Clay Electric; the city reads as northwest, southwest, historic east side, and western new development.

Haile Plantation in southwest Gainesville is the neighborhood nurses and families hear first: a 1,700-acre master-planned community of 50-plus micro-neighborhoods, 13 miles of walking paths, Haile Village shops and restaurants, a weekend farmers market, a golf course, and a commute of 30 minutes or less to UF. Duckpond, the oldest residential district near downtown, runs from small early-1900s bungalows to Queen Anne Victorians under a live-oak canopy, walkable to Grove Street, the Thomas Center, and the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail, with listings that rarely turn over.

University Park, just north of campus, has craftsman homes and an easy bike to UF. Locals also name Jonesville and Wilds Plantation, and they often advise avoiding GRU electric-service pockets in favor of Clay Electric; the city reads as northwest, southwest, historic east side, and western new development.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: mygainesvillehome.com Source 4: youtube.com

Getting aroundUF Health and the University of Florida sit at the center of town, and Haile or the neighborhoods around it are repeatedly described as a 30-minute-or-less drive to campus. Relocating guides treat a car as non-negotiable: limited public transportation and traffic are among the most-cited daily frustrations, with no rail spine and no hospital-campus parking picture in these sources. Life is organized by quadrant—northwest, southwest, historic east, and western growth—so shift commutes hinge on which side of town you choose rather than on a frequent bus line.

UF Health and the University of Florida sit at the center of town, and Haile or the neighborhoods around it are repeatedly described as a 30-minute-or-less drive to campus. Relocating guides treat a car as non-negotiable: limited public transportation and traffic are among the most-cited daily frustrations, with no rail spine and no hospital-campus parking picture in these sources.

Life is organized by quadrant—northwest, southwest, historic east, and western growth—so shift commutes hinge on which side of town you choose rather than on a frequent bus line.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: exprealty.com

OutdoorsPaynes Prairie Preserve State Park is the signature landscape: bison, wild horses, alligators, boardwalks, and an observation tower, with the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail running through the city and out across the prairie toward Hawthorne. Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park drops 120 feet into a sinkhole; Kanapaha Botanical Gardens holds Florida’s largest public bamboo collection and a seasonal butterfly house; Sweetwater Wetlands Park is the easy urban birding loop; San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park is the mountain-bike and hardwood-hammock hike. Depot Park supplies playground, splash pad, and food trucks, and springs and state parks ring the city year-round.

Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is the signature landscape: bison, wild horses, alligators, boardwalks, and an observation tower, with the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail running through the city and out across the prairie toward Hawthorne. Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park drops 120 feet into a sinkhole; Kanapaha Botanical Gardens holds Florida’s largest public bamboo collection and a seasonal butterfly house; Sweetwater Wetlands Park is the easy urban birding loop; San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park is the mountain-bike and hardwood-hammock hike.

Depot Park supplies playground, splash pad, and food trucks, and springs and state parks ring the city year-round.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: quora.com Source 2: visitflorida.com Source 3: mygainesvillehome.com Source 4: instagram.com Source 5: facebook.com

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Gainesville is a University of Florida college town set in North Central Florida hammock and prairie, with UF Health as the gravitational center for nurses and Paynes Prairie, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, and the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail as the backyard. Haile Plantation in the southwest is the neighborhood most relocating families name: 1,700 acres, Haile Village shops and a weekend farmers market, top-rated school zones, and a drive of 30 minutes or less to campus. Duckpond offers scarce historic bungalows and Queen Annes under live oaks within a walk of downtown and the Thomas Center; University Park puts craftsman homes on a bike ride to UF. A car is effectively required. Summers run the 90s to over 100 with oppressive humidity; winters are mild. Dinner means Satchels, Dragonfly, or Mildred's; weekends mean Gators football, Hoggetowne Medieval Faire, or the Downtown Festival & Art Show. Cost of living sits a few percent below the national average with no state income tax, but residents warn about property taxes, flood insurance, thin big-city amenities, and student-bar overflow. Jonesville and Clay Electric territory are common west-side workarounds.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: mygainesvillehome.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: visitflorida.com Source 4: quora.com Source 5: pepinerealty.com Source 6: youtube.com Source 7: facebook.com Source 8: facebook.com

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Gainesville, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.