Quality Control Lab Technologist (Overnights)

American Red Cross • Nashville, TN

12d • Onsite

About The Position

As a QC Lab Technologist, you will perform basic through advanced manufacturing, processing, and test procedures on blood products, and will interpret test results before releasing blood to area hospitals. You will manufacture and prepare pathogen-reduced platelet products for hospital patient use, in a highly regulated environment. Successful QC Lab Technologists will have a strong attention to detail, a customer-service focus and the ability to treat both internal and external customers with compassion at all times. The American Red Cross is the world's largest humanitarian network, and joining this team means becoming a vital part of a movement that matters. You will grow your career within this movement, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better. Mentors will empower your growth along a purposeful career path, aligning your life's work with an ongoing mission that's bigger than all of us. You will be cared for with competitive compensation and benefits, and join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Requirements

• Associate degree in science, or Bachelor’s degree in an applied science
• Minimum 4 years of related experience in a regulatory, laboratory, or manufacturing environment or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Must meet state and CLIA requirements where applicable.
• Ability to use a wide variety of lab or medical equipment, personal computer and applicable software for sustained periods.
• Ability to work with a team.
• Requires standing, stretching, stooping and bending for extended time periods.
• Lift, pull, push and move objects of up to 50 pounds.
• May work in walk-in refrigerator/freezers for periods of time.
• Required to wear protective clothing such as lab coats, gloves, face shields, etc. when there is exposure to blood and blood products and/or where work location requires.

Nice To Haves

• MLT (ASCP) or MT(ASCP) certification is a plus
• No additional experience is required for MLT or MT degreed staff.

Responsibilities

• Perform moderate to high complexity laboratory testing procedures and interpret various testing procedures on donor specimens, and blood products.
• Identify and quarantine products/samples that don’t meet quality requirements.
• Meet the quality and quantity production and testing goals established by the department.
• Ensure products are suitable for release for distribution.
• Meet the quality and quantity production and testing goals established by the department, and appropriately manage any exceptions.
• Prioritize workload to meet production and customer requirements.
• Perform quality control on products, reagents, equipment, and various test kits; maintain accurate electronic and physical inventory locations for products/samples.
• Participate in troubleshooting and problem-solving activities with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree