Part Time Senior Plasma Center Technician
About The Position
This role is a part-time position, with most shifts lasting between 4 to 6 hours a day, 3+ days per week. The position involves greeting donors, performing venipuncture, programming plasmapheresis machines, monitoring donors during donation, and managing donor reactions. It also includes installing and disconnecting disposable sets, stocking supplies, taking and recording donor vital signs, performing finger sticks and testing samples, entering donor information into the Donor Information System (DIS), coordinating donors, and compensating donors. The role also supports the center management team in identifying operational opportunities for continuous improvement.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Ability to walk and/or stand for the entire work shift
- Will work evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Ability to lean, bend, stoop, crouch, and reach above shoulders and below knees
- Ability to lift to 5 lbs., and occasional lifting of materials up to 32 lbs. and rarely 50 lbs.
- Fine motor coordination, depth perception, and ability to hear equipment from a distance
- Because of potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (risk level 1), 90% of work tasks require prolonged glove wear
- 1 or more years minimum experience working in a customer or patient facing role is helpful
Responsibilities
- Greet donors as they enter and exit the donor floor.
- Perform venipuncture of donors and programming of plasmapheresis machine.
- Monitor donors during the donation process and manage donor reactions.
- Perform all tasks required for the setup, verification, operation, and troubleshooting of plasmapheresis equipment within scope of training.
- Install, prime, and disconnect disposable sets on the plasmapheresis machines.
- Stock supplies, break down empty cartons and assist with proper disposal.
- Take and record donor pulse, blood pressure, and temperature measures and monitor electronic donor questionnaire system.
- Perform finger sticks, test sample, and record other donor measures to include hematocrit, total protein, and weight.
- Enter donor information into the Donor Information System (DIS).
- Coordinate donors to donor floor and compensate donors using the Debit Card system.
- Support the center management team in identifying operational opportunities for continuous improvement, initiating changes to center processes through use of company approved procedures including 5S, Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen.
Benefits
- retirement benefits
- medical/dental
- family leave
- disability insurance
- medical, dental, vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan and company match
- short-term and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- a tuition reimbursement program
- paid volunteer time off
- company holidays
- well-being benefits
- up to 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- up to 120 hours of paid vacation for new hires
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
