Apheresis Technician - North Charleston, United States - The Blood Connection
Description
At The Blood Connection, every role plays a part in saving lives. Join our team and help make an impact in your community today- 24 Days PTO Use it, Cash it, Roll it over
- Potential Company Bonuses
- Tuition Reimbursement
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Health Insurance (Medical, Vision, and Dental)
- Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Basic Life Insurance
- Screens and collects whole blood from allogenic donors and if applicable, autologous, directed, and therapeutic donors in accordance to departmental SOPs and regulatory standards.
- Schedules, screens, and collects double red cells, single red cells, plasma donors and platelet donors with or without concurrent products by means of an automated collection system.
- Continually observes the donor for potential problems and provides postphlebotomy care for all donors. Apheresis Technicians perform quality control according to SOP and complete required paperwork.
- Must have excellent customer service skills and a presentable appearance.
Donor Scheduling:
- Ensures adequate number of apheresis donors are scheduled to be collected to meet inventory needs
Donor Eligibility:
- Screens prospective donors through medical history, mini physical and testing results
Donor Collection:
- Performs the donor health history and physical assessment according to current standard operating procedures
- Selects proper material for blood collection
- Performs venipuncture on eligible donors
- Sets up and primes automated collection system for automated procedures
- Strives to collect donor at highest possible yield
- Chooses appropriate collection procedure based on donor restraints and inventory needs
- Provides supportive care and documentation for donor reactions
- Strips, seals, and packs units for transport/storage
- Administers postphlebotomy care
- Provides supportive care and documentation for donor reactions
- Keeps donor area stocked with required materials/equipment needed to adequately screen and collect donors
Quality Assurance:
- Performs blood collection according to SOP, FDA regulations and AABB standards
- Performs and documents quality control for designated blood collection equipment
- Tags and reports defective equipment per SOP and if required, pulls defective equipment from service
Customer Service:
- Greets each donor and/or donor contact in friendly professional manner
- Post collection, thanks each donor in appreciative manner
- Provides environment throughout blood drive in which the donor and/or donor contacts feel comfortable and important
- Maintains professional appearance and attitude at all times
Miscellaneous:
- Participates in company sponsored blood drives and other special events
- Other duties as assigned or required
- High School Diploma or GED
- Valid Driver's License with no major infractions and dependable transportation
- Excellent customer services skills
- Ability to read, understand, and follow written and verbal instructions
- Ability to follow SOP in a heavily FDA regulated environment
- Ability to communicate effectively, tactfully, and courteously to patrons, donors, sponsors, and coworkers
- Ability to work with all levels and in a diverse work environment
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, management, and peers
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Lifting and/or pulling/pushing up to 50 pounds
- Standing or walking for an extended period
- Bending and twisting
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