Role & responsibilities

- Advocate for sight restoring cornea donation by compassionately and thoroughly informing donor families of cornea donation facts following the death of a loved one
- Actively monitor death notifications in hospitals (Security, Reception, Wards)
- Perform primary donor screening with attending physician
- Approach family members in a professional and sensitive manner
- Obtain transplant donation consent from next of kin with two witnesses
- Promote awareness of life saving benefits of cornea donation
- Obtain consent from police or mortuary personnel in case of medico legal case
- Immediate notification of eye bank to send technician for recovery
- Build professional relations and inspire nursing and paramedical staff at assigned hospitals to help facilitate and promote cornea donation
- Attempt to bring comfort to grieving families by facilitating sight restoring cornea donation
- Professionally represent eye bank mission at all times
- Accurately compile daily/monthly reports and submit to Eye Bank Manager
- Perform other tasks and duties as assigned
- Help mentor current eye donation counselors on best practices

📌 Eye Donation Counselor (Tirupati)
🏢 L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI)
📍 Tirupati