Phlebotomist

Planned Systems International•Honolulu, HI

15h•Onsite

About The Position

QuarterLine (QL), a Planned Systems International (PSI) company, is seeking a skilled and compassionate Phlebotomy Technician to join our dynamic healthcare team at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The ideal candidate will provide screening and registering blood donors, conducting health histories, vital signs, and eligibility assessments in compliance with FDA, AABB, GMP, and military blood program standards. Performs whole blood collection, apheresis, and therapeutic phlebotomy; monitors donors for adverse reactions and provides first aid/CPR as needed. Ensures accurate documentation, specimen handling, component processing, equipment operation, quality control, and proper storage of blood products to maintain safety and regulatory compliance. This is more than just a job, it’s an opportunity to provide meaningful, hands-on care for the service members and families who serve our nation. If you are passionate about patient care, thrive in a collaborative, team-oriented environment, and want to make a real difference, we want to hear from you.

Requirements

High School equivalent and completion of an accredited donor phlebotomy program.
The contract worker performing under this contract must be a U.S. Citizen.
Certification/registration as determined by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or AMT.
Must be able to lift 50 lbs., which is the equivalent weight of one full human blood box.
Be able to stand for prolonged periods of time.

Nice To Haves

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Responsibilities

Performs donor registration and personal interviews to obtain medical histories and visual inspections of blood donors, ensuring donors meet all Food and Drug Administration criteria, current Good Manufacturing Practices, AABB (American Association of Blood Banks), and the Armed Services Blood Program.
Documents all medication, medical conditions, and travel to determine eligibility of potential donors based on judgment and in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures and regulatory guidelines.
Screens subjects (volunteer blood donors, autologous, and therapeutic patients) donating blood and exercises care to ensure that their blood is safe for use prior to donation.
Takes vital signs (i.e. temperature, pulse, and blood pressure), and checks hemoglobin and/or hematocrit level ensuring that prospective donors are eligible to donate blood with no more than one collection of blood on unacceptable donors per month.
Draws blood samples on adults; reviews collection kit to ensure all required information is present; determines types of specimens to be collected and if proper patient preparation has been accomplished; selects appropriate venipuncture site and cleans to ensure contamination-free field, taking into account for any adverse reaction to cleaning solutions if indicated by Soldier/civilian or medical personnel.
Performs apheresis procedures by processing human volunteer apheresis donors to include taking donor history, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and hemoglobin.
Conducts second overall assessment of donors.
Performs allogeneic, autologous whole blood collection, and therapeutic phlebotomy procedures with 95% or greater rate of success and schedules whole blood, plasmapheresis, and plateletpheresis procedures.
Monitors donor during donation process and observes for possible donor adverse reaction (i.e. light headache, passing out, convulsing, etc.) and responds to donor reactions appropriately.
Operates and performs daily preventive maintenance, repair and quality control on blood bank equipment such as, but not limited to, centrifuges, hemoglobin instruments, blood mixer scales, hematology analyzer, and segging machine, etc.
Strips segments, weighs, and stores whole blood units with less than two instances of unit loss due to error in a calendar year.
Records information such as start and stop times of blood draws.
Process whole blood units into components.
Strips, segments, weighs, and stores whole blood units.
Records information, such as the time of started and stopped drawing blood.
Responsible for preparation of whole blood collection kits and mobile drive collections to include mobile drive prep, set-up and teardown.
Operates various computers and computer systems to include the blood bank computer system to enter or recall data of donor registration and history, blood and component preparation, maintain test result tables, label, and inventory control.
Prepare collected samples for shipment and submission for infectious disease testing.