Components Lab Technician
About The Position
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is currently seeking Components Lab Technicians in Birmingham, AL. A Components Lab Technician is responsible for the safe handling and processing of blood and blood components with consistency and precision. The selected candidate will be working in a highly regulated environment to prepare components intended for transfusion. LifeSouth is a non-profit community blood bank serving more than 150 hospitals in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. We are committed to meeting the blood supply needs of hospitals and their patients by providing the highest quality blood components and services. With more than 45 donor centers, 55 bloodmobiles and 2,000 blood drives a month, our LifeSouth team is dedicated to making sure the blood is there when you or your family is in need. Our Mission To provide a safe blood supply that meets or exceed the needs in each community we serve and to provide a variety of services in support of ongoing and emerging blood and transfusion related activities.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- Valid driver's license. Must also meet and maintain LifeSouth driver's eligibility requirements
- Must be able to work evenings, rotating weekends and holidays
- Ability to work consistently in a high-volume, fast-paced environment
- Must have good manual dexterity and the ability to operate equipment
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
- Ability to do basic math including addition, subtraction, proportions, percentages, scientific notation, etc.
- Ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, walking, lifting, grasping and repetitive motion. Lifting up to 50 pounds. Occasional stooping, squatting, pushing, pulling, climbing, overhead lifting
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a laboratory setting
Responsibilities
- Prepare blood and blood products
- Perform the lab audit process which includes the quarantine, release and disposal of blood products based on disease testing results
- Filter blood using dockable filters to provide leuko-reduced products
- Perform general maintenance and cleaning of instruments and department
- Data processing and input
- Label all available apheresis products and quarantine/discard products, as necessary
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Medical, dental, and vision insurances available to full-time employees the first of the month after 60 days
- Medical premium discount based on rate of pay
- Supplemental insurances including life, cancer, accident, and disability
- Access to mental wellness resources and counseling through telehealth
- Free basic life insurance for full-time employees
- Holiday premium paid on certain holidays
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match each pay period
- Employer funded retirement plan for vested employees & 403b offered
- Access to wages prior to pay day
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
