Technical Specialist-Blood Bank-Hospital Lab

Job Title: Specialist (Blood Bank / Transfusion Medicine)
Job Duration: 5+ Months
Job Location: Evansville, IN
Shift: Mon – Fri, No holidays or weekends - CST.
 
Summary:
Responsible for overseeing the Transfusion Medicine processes within the hospital labs. Develop training and competency programs for Transfusion Medicine hospital based labs.
 
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drives and leads Transfusion Medicine projects.
• Works with Client Quality Assurance team to utilize quality tools and insure readiness for any regulatory inspections.
• Oversees the FDA Reportables and submissions.
• Drives Standardization across the system in Transfusion Medicine.
• Oversight of collaborative team incorporating thought leaders from Client and applicable hospitals.
• Develop transfusion medicine productivity standards, quality measures, and best practices.
• Evaluation of instrumentation, reagent systems to drive standardization.
• Works with Client BPT Leader to provide ROI, service requirements and implementation tools for recommended instrumentation.
• Creates and executes standard Blood Bank SOPS, tools and metrics.
• Serves on hospital subcommittees as needed.

 
Job Qualifications:

• Physical activities include frequent walking, sitting, bending, lifting, stooping, kneeling, reaching, twisting and squatting.
• The ability to lift up to 30 lbs. in weight to a height of 5 feet and carry moderately light loads for a distance of 50 feet.
• Color vision is required for accuracy in work.
• Atmosphere and environment associated with a clinical laboratory setting – toxic and/or hazardous chemicals/specimens with unpleasant odors.

 
Work Environment:

• Atmosphere and environment associated with a clinical laboratory setting – toxic and/or hazardous chemicals/specimens with unpleasant odors.

 
Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in medical technology required.
• ASCP Certification required.
• Three to six (3 - 6) years of pertinent, full-time laboratory experience in a Core laboratory.
• Advanced education will be counted towards years of experience.