Component Processing Technician

LIFESHARE BLOOD CENTER•Shreveport, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

LifeShare Blood Center is seeking a Blood Component Processing Technician to join our operations laboratory team. The Component Tech will process and prepare blood components from whole blood units, label and record all products prepared. Using a centrifuge, the Tech will manufacture appropriate products based on the needs of the organization and customer orders. An integral member of the hospital services team, the Tech helps to ensure a safe blood supply is available at healthcare centers in our community when needed for traumas, therapies and treatments. Join us in our important mission to connect blood donors and the lives they impact! Reporting to the Components Supervisor, and working collaboratively as a member of the hospital services team, the Component Tech will integrate LifeShare’s mission and values into daily decisions, behaviors and actions. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, dependable and punctual and has effective organization and communication skills. They demonstrate a positive approach toward donors, customers and other team members and have a passion for service to our community.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Must be dependable, punctual and have effective communication skills.
Must demonstrate a positive approach toward customers and other staff members, acting in a highly professional manner at all times.
Must be able to maintain confidentiality of donor or patient information at all times.
Must be able to perform duties which require standing or bending for long periods of time without relief.
Must be able to work irregular hours, often in excess of 8 hours per day, weekends and holidays.
Must be able to be "on call" on a regular basis and to return to work when required.
Must be able to work with needles, scissors, blood bags, human blood, and collection equipment.
Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
Work involves potential exposure to infectious diseases from blood and blood products.
6 months of blood components processing experience in the LifeShare lab and meet or exceed all position competencies and departmental quality standards (Level II).
12 months of blood components processing experience in the LifeShare lab or 2 years of external laboratory experience (Level III).

Nice To Haves

Provides leadership and guidance of Component Tech I, II in the absence of Supervisor (Level III).

Responsibilities

Process and prepare blood components from whole blood units.
Label and record all products prepared.
Manufacture appropriate products based on the needs of the organization and customer orders using a centrifuge.
Ensure a safe blood supply is available at healthcare centers in our community.
Integrate LifeShare’s mission and values into daily decisions, behaviors and actions.
Perform boxing, labeling, and shipping of recovered plasma and Grade B (Level II).
Calibrate, maintain and troubleshoot equipment (Level III).
Perform component manipulation and release for labeling blood products (Level III).
Equilibrate, sample, inoculate, and initiate documentation of platelet units for BacT culture screening (Level III).
Properly prepare, split and label platelet products based on qualification (Level III).
Assist with preparation and labeling of blood components as required to ensure timely processing of red blood cells and plasma products (Level III).
Apply unit and component holds in the computer to maintain effective control of blood products not meeting defined criteria or to identify need for additional testing or review, including discard of positive test units (Level III).