Component Tech

Mississippi Blood Services•Flowood, MS

About The Position

Mississippi Blood Services is seeking a loyal, consistent, and precise person to work in its production laboratory. The role involves preparing quality biological components in strict compliance with standard operating procedures, maintaining detailed records, and preparing plasma shipments. The successful candidate is patient, conscientious, accurate, attentive to detail, and able to interact helpfully and supportively with coworkers. The position is full-time, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with rotating weekends. The employee must be able to train during the day, maintain attendance on the assigned shift, and be flexible and available for overtime and coverage of other shifts as needed. The position also requires pre-employment drug testing.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Stable work history.
Organizational skills to provide a productive workflow.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Ability to work effectively with others toward a common goal.
Ability to meet a flexible work schedule as required to meet patient needs.
Ability to train during the day.
Ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

One to three months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

Balance and load products intended for separation into a centrifuge, accurately adjusting settings according to production intentions.
Follow procedures to extract various blood components while ensuring the highest possible quality.
Organize, label, and store produced components accurately.
Organize, identify, and enter every product into the computer daily with complete accuracy.
Perform all aspects of shipping salvage plasma to commercial vendors.
Perform procedures to prepare special blood components.
Complete work from the previous shift within approved limitations.
Perform product quality control on blood and blood products as required.
Perform daily component-lab quality control, including temperature, RPM, and deceleration checks; weld integrity checks; red blood cell recovery; equipment preventive maintenance; and equipment calibration.
Maintain regular attendance on the assigned shift and provide overtime or other-shift coverage as needed.
Perform other tasks assigned by laboratory management and attend meetings deemed necessary by management.
Participate in continuing education as deemed necessary by laboratory management.
Maintain a minimum score of 100% on competency testing.