Blood Bank Specialist

Number of Positions In Requisition
1


Job Details
Perform routine and specialized testing for the hospital transfusion service and hospital-based blood donor center in the Blood Bank Laboratory, and assist the Blood Bank Laboratory Manager and Supervisor with day-to-day operations. Act in a supervisory capacity in the absence of the Blood Bank Laboratory Manager and Supervisor as needed.

Duties include: monitor patient specimens to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of test results for clinical diagnoses and treatment therapies, including donor processing, outside source processing, antigen typing, CAP surveys, and annual competencies; ensure compliance with established regulations, procedures and protocols to maintain a safe laboratory environment and meet accreditation standards; provide supervisory/technical review of antibody workups, ABO discrepancies, and other reference work (including review of reference lab send-out testing) as well as donor collections results and processing steps prior to placing blood products into the available inventory; review and investigate Exception Reports; investigate instances of procedural deviation, participating in root cause analysis and corrective actions. Validate new equipment and processes; lead and instruct other medical technologists and train medical laboratory science students, medical students, pathology residents, and blood bank fellows during rotations; process patient specimens using established protocols for patient identification and labeling; evaluate specimen acceptability using visual inspections; document test results in the Laboratory Information System (LIS); maintain clinical competency and participate in proficiency testing programs and hospital/laboratory in-services; and provide technical education and training to technicians and students if requested by the supervisor or manager.

Job Description

Requires a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Medical Laboratory Technology or a related field and 2 years of experience as a Medical Technologist or Medical Laboratory Technician including transfusion service or in a blood bank laboratory. ASCP Specialist in Blood Banking certification required. Must be willing to work a second shift. Apply online at jeffersonhealth.org/about-us/careers.

Work Shift
Workday Evening (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type
Regular

Employee Entity
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.
Primary Location Address
111 S 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem  colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps ), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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