Phlebotomist

Planned Systems International, Inc.•Honolulu, HI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

QuarterLine (QL), a Planned Systems International (PSI) company, is seeking a skilled and compassionate Phlebotomy Technician to join their dynamic healthcare team at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The ideal candidate will be responsible for screening and registering blood donors, conducting health histories, vital signs, and eligibility assessments in compliance with FDA, AABB, GMP, and military blood program standards. The role involves performing whole blood collection, apheresis, and therapeutic phlebotomy, as well as monitoring donors for adverse reactions and providing first aid/CPR as needed. Additionally, the technician will ensure accurate documentation, specimen handling, component processing, equipment operation, quality control, and proper storage of blood products to maintain safety and regulatory compliance. This position offers an opportunity to provide meaningful, hands-on care for service members and their families. The duty location is Tripler Army Medical Center, HI and surrounding area, with no telework allowed. Duty hours consist of eight to twelve workday hours between 0600 and 1800, not exceeding a total of forty hours per work week from Sunday through Saturday.

Requirements

High School equivalent and completion of an accredited donor phlebotomy program.
U.S. Citizen.
Certification/registration as determined by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) or AMT.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Required physical testing or a report of a physical examination.
Tuberculosis (TB) screening.
Documentation certifying health requirements such as immunizations, annual vaccinations, and physical examination.
Ability to lift 50 lbs.
Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time.

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.
Administer first aid, to include CPR, to ensure the donor is taken care of and/or calls for medical help as needed.
Operates and performs daily preventive maintenance, repair and quality control on blood bank equipment such as, but not limited to, centrifuges, hemoglobininstruments, 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.
Must be able to lift 50 lbs., which is the equivalent weight of one full human blood box.

Benefits

Paid leave
Employer sponsored group medical insurance options
Employer sponsored group dental insurance options
Employer sponsored group vision insurance options
Employer sponsored short-term disability insurance options
Employer sponsored long-term disability insurance options
Employer sponsored life insurance options
Employer sponsored AD&D coverage options
Legal services
Identity theft insurance
Accident insurance
Flexible spending account options for pre-tax savings for qualified medical, dental, and vision expenses.
Health saving account options for pre-tax savings for qualified medical, dental, and vision expenses.
Company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan with an employer contribution match that is immediately vested.
Professional courses
Certifications
Tuition reimbursement programs.