Technical Specialist-Blood Bank
Job Description
Job 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.
Education, Experience and Certifications/ Licenses:
- 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.
Physical & Mental Requirements:
- 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 carrying 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.