Clinical Anatomy Specialist

The Clinical Anatomy Specialist provides operational support for the Mayo Clinic Body Donation Program (MCBDP) and the interface between the MCBDP and the Clinical Anatomy Laboratory (CAL). Provides an operational perspective for program decisions. This includes being an informational resource for individuals interested in whole body donation; responding to and triaging death notifications during and after regular business hours and on an on-call basis; communicating with donor families and health care professionals; determining whether donors can be accepted into the MCBDP; arranging for donor collection, transportation and delivery and processing death certificates; and processing body donors and managing the inventory of body donor tissue. The Clinical Anatomy Specialist maintains communication with families as required during the time donors are in the care of the MCBDP and arranges for final disposition of body donors, including processing of remains and return or internment of ashes.

The Clinical Anatomy Specialist performs a variety of key functions in support of the Department of Clinical Anatomy, the MCBDP and the Clinical Anatomy Laboratory (CAL). These functions may include, but not be limited to, the following duties as assigned:

• Responding to enquiries from prospective donors, registered donors and their families by phone, mail and
  email and communicating policies and procedures.
  
• Working with donor families, state officials, funeral homes, healthcare facilities and medical professionals to
  obtain medical records where possible and coordinate the review and acceptance or denial of donors into
  the MCBDP.
  
• Coordinating with transportation service providers to facilitate transition of donors to Mayo Clinic.
  
• Coordinating with external providers of donor tissue to facilitate receipt, processing and return of external
  donor tissue.
  
• Generating death and donation documents as required by law and Mayo Clinic policies.
  
• Preparation of body donor material and surgical environments for educational, clinical and research
  activities conducted in the CAL and other approved Mayo Clinic locations. This includes initial receiving,
  portioning, embalming, harvesting, labeling, transporting, storing, care, reclaiming, final disposition and
  proper record keeping of human specimens, always ensuring that the cadaveric material is treated with the
  utmost dignity and respect.
  
• Coordination and management of body donor tissue inventory to ensure optimal, maximal and appropriate
  use in accordance with Mayo Clinic policies and procedures and utilizing relevant information system.
  
• Working with Anatomy Laboratory Technicians to help support CAL activities, including preparing the
  environment, care and operation of equipment, instrument set-up, cleaning and sterilization, assisting with
  surgical procedures and re-setting following an activity. These activities may occur and require support
  outside of the regular working day, most commonly evenings and weekends.
  
• Supporting the donor disposition process, including cremation by external funeral homes and internal
  cremation by alkaline hydrolysis.
  
• Facilitating the return of cremated remains to donor families or internment of remains in the Mayo Clinic
  vault.
  
• Assisting with scheduling laboratory space and donor tissue and the associated internal billing and external
  contracting process.
  
• Assisting with the annual Convocation of Thanks for donor families.
  

• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

**Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Also, Mayo Clinic DOES NOT participate in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program.