Components Lab Technician - Evenings
About The Position
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is hiring a Components Lab Technician in Dunwoody, Georgia. The position safely handles and processes blood and blood components with consistency and precision in a highly regulated environment, preparing components intended for transfusion. This is a full-time position with a starting salary range of $17.25 to $18.97 per hour. The schedule is 2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, including weekdays, rotating weekends, and holidays; scheduled workdays vary according to operational needs. A criminal background check and drug screen are required after a conditional offer of employment. LifeSouth is a nonprofit community blood bank serving more than 150 hospitals in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. Its mission is to provide a safe blood supply that meets or exceeds the needs of the communities it serves and to support ongoing and emerging blood- and transfusion-related activities.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Valid driver's license and ability to meet and maintain LifeSouth driver's eligibility requirements.
- Availability to work evenings, rotating weekends, and holidays.
- Ability to work consistently in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
- Good manual dexterity and ability to operate equipment.
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
- Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Ability to perform basic math, including addition, subtraction, proportions, percentages, and scientific notation.
- Ability to perform work involving frequent standing, walking, lifting, grasping, and repetitive motion; lift up to 50 pounds; and occasionally stoop, squat, push, pull, climb, and lift overhead.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a laboratory setting.
Responsibilities
- Prepare blood and blood products.
- Conduct the lab audit process, including quarantining, releasing, and disposing of blood products based on disease testing results.
- Filter blood using dockable filters to provide leukocyte-reduced products.
- Perform general maintenance and cleaning of instruments and the department.
- Process and input data.
- Label available apheresis products and quarantine or discard products as necessary.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off (PTO) plan.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance available to full-time employees beginning the first of the month after 60 days.
- Access to mental wellness resources and counseling through telehealth.
- Free basic life insurance for full-time employees.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match each pay period.
- Employer-funded retirement plan for vested employees and a 403(b) plan.
- Access to wages before payday.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
