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Posted: 13-May-22
Location: Valhalla, New York
Salary: Open
Job Summary:
The Clinical Technologist is responsible for all activities with blood and blood components including, but not limited to, logging-in the units, thawing plasma, thawing and pooling cryoprecipitate, irradiate products and washing RBCs; setting up patient or blood product samples for testing by a technologist/automated machine; maintenance of lab equipment.
Responsibilities:
- Performing type and screen testing, cross matching, and antibody identification
- Calculating and preparing blood for exchange transfusion
- Ensuring blood inventory control is maintained at acceptable levels
- Recording all quality control and quality assurance activities, instrument and procedural calibrations, and maintenance performed
- Ensuring all blood components intended for transfusion are in accordance with cGMP as required by NYSDOH, FDA, AABB, CAP and NYBC
- Handling other related functions as needed
Qualifications/Requirements:
Experience:
Transfusion Service or as a Generalist with prior Blood Bank experience preferred
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Biological Science or MT
Licenses / Certifications:
Clinical Lab Technologists
Other:
- Ability to meet NYSDOH technologist requirements, make decisions independently
- use cell washers, blood irradiators and plasma thawers will be expected, as will familiarity with Hospital HIPPA privacy policies
Superior oral/written communication, multitasking, problem solving, and PC skills are all essential
About Us:
WMC Advanced Physician Services PC