30-hour Plasma Center RN - Weekends Required

Takeda•Sacramento, CA

18d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plasma Center RN performs as a Medical Support Specialist to support plasma center operations. The role determines donor eligibility to donate plasma, manages donor adverse events, reviews laboratory test results, and notifies donors of unsuitable test results. The specialist works under the operational guidance of the Center Manager or Assistant Manager and under the Center Physician’s management for medical issues. The role follows BioLife Medical Affairs guidance and provides center-level environmental, health, and safety support. Responsibilities include conducting donor eligibility assessments and interviews, reviewing required testing and examination results, managing donor reactions and medical emergencies according to standard operating procedures, and referring medical or technical concerns to the Center Physician or Medical Affairs. The role also supports employee vaccination programs, manages employee incidents, and may support pandemic-related coordination and investigations when authorized. This is a part-time, 30-hour-per-week position requiring weekend work at BioLife Plasma Services in Sacramento, California. The listed hourly wage range is $38.70–$53.24. BioLife is a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent, including graduation from a recognized educational nursing program that meets state requirements.
Current license or certification in the state where responsibilities are assigned as an EMT-B, EMT-A, EMT-I, EMT-P, LPN/LVN, or RN.
Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and AED certification.
Meet state requirements in the state of licensure for basic IV therapy.
Satisfactorily complete FDA-approved training requirements for BioLife Medical Support Specialists.
Two years of experience in a clinical or hospital setting.

Responsibilities

Determine donor eligibility, including informed consent, AIDS education and confidential self-exclusion, medical history interviews, acceptance requirements, physical examinations, blood testing, and review of Serological Protein Electrophoresis (SPE).
Evaluate donor reactions occurring at the facility in accordance with standard operating procedures.
Follow applicable standard operating procedures for medical emergencies, including the Center Physician’s standing orders and transport of donors to emergency care facilities.
Refer unacceptable findings to donors, and medical or technical questions concerning donor safety or eligibility, to the Center Physician or Medical Affairs as applicable.
Support employee Hepatitis B and seasonal flu vaccination programs as applicable.
Manage employee incidents and determine whether further evaluation by occupational health or an emergency room is required, following Environmental, Health and Safety guidance.
Serve as a Pandemic Coordinator when authorized by EHS and support investigations associated with pandemic threats in the local community as directed by EHS or Medical Affairs.
Follow BioLife Medical Affairs guidance and provide center-level environmental, health, and safety support.