Lab Technician I - Components - Evening Shift
About The Position
The SBC Laboratory Technician I receives, manufactures, prepares, labels, packs and ships blood components to SBC customers; performing a variety of clerical duties and participating in training and ad-hoc projects as directed. This is a Stanford Blood Center job. Locations Stanford Blood Center. What you will do: Receive, triage, centrifuge, separate, and leukoreduce (where applicable) whole blood, and apheresis products, entering all results in the relevant electronic software system. Manufacture transfusable blood by-products, including (but not limited to) cryoprecipitate, red blood cells, plasma, platelets, buffy coats, LRS chambers, tubes, etc. Prepare products for shipment, which includes irradiation, labeling, packing, boxing and shipping. Maintain and monitor temperature control on equipment/appliances. Monitor post donation information and transfusion reactions from donors for entry in the relevant electronic software system. Open, maintain, clean, and close the laboratory as directed by Supervisor. Perform on-call duty after hours or on holidays on a rotating schedule as directed by Supervisor. May be required to deliver blood products to local hospitals as required. Perform other tasks as directed by Supervisors, including document creation and control, review documents, training of co-workers, and other ad-hoc projects. Perform product and equipment Quality Control (QC) as directed.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.
- 1 year of relevant laboratory experience required.
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Ability to follow procedures and learn clinical support technology
- Ability to foster effective working relationships with others
- Ability to perform standard business math (ratios, percent)
- Ability to plan, organize, multi-task and adapt to priority changes
- Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English effectively at a level appropriate for the job
- Ability to use standard computers and basic office software
- Knowledge of Business English, spelling, grammar and punctuation
- Knowledge of Windows-based operating systems and applications
- Skill in aliquoting
- Skill in calculating dilutions for reagents
- Skill in pipetting
- Skill in weighing reagents
Responsibilities
- Receive, triage, centrifuge, separate, and leukoreduce (where applicable) whole blood, and apheresis products, entering all results in the relevant electronic software system.
- Manufacture transfusable blood by-products, including (but not limited to) cryoprecipitate, red blood cells, plasma, platelets, buffy coats, LRS chambers, tubes, etc.
- Prepare products for shipment, which includes irradiation, labeling, packing, boxing and shipping.
- Maintain and monitor temperature control on equipment/appliances.
- Monitor post donation information and transfusion reactions from donors for entry in the relevant electronic software system.
- Open, maintain, clean, and close the laboratory as directed by Supervisor.
- Perform on-call duty after hours or on holidays on a rotating schedule as directed by Supervisor.
- May be required to deliver blood products to local hospitals as required.
- Perform other tasks as directed by Supervisors, including document creation and control, review documents, training of co-workers, and other ad-hoc projects.
- Perform product and equipment Quality Control (QC) as directed
Benefits
- Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery. You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective: Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
