Blood Bank Medical Technologist / Clinical Laboratory Scientist

American Red Cross • Pomona, CA • 7h ago

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By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network?

Join us-Where your Career is a Force for Good!

Job Description:

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else - it's as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world's largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you'll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life's work with an ongoing mission that's bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you're cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

As an IRL Medical Technologist at the American Red Cross, you will perform basic and advanced donor and patient tests and interpret results to determine donor-recipient compatibility. You will resolve compatibility problems; provide intermediate reference and consultation services to hospitals and transfusion services. Perform automated and manual test procedures on blood samples.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE GOOD

Key Responsibilities:

Perform and interpret basic to complex donor/patient testing; complete quality control and resolve or escalate testing irregularities.

Performing automated and manual test procedures on blood samples.

Communicate with staff at other hospitals and transfusion services to resolve serologic problems and provide special transfusion units.

Coordinate receipt, shipment, and transport of patient and donor blood samples; manage reagents and maintain rare donor product inventory.

Maintain and review computer and manual records; perform equipment and software maintenance, repair, and validation.

Conduct internal training, competency reviews, and provide education to external customers.

Standard Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday 11p-7:30a. There are minimal on-call duties for this role.

Pay:? The salary for this position is (California): $51.50/ hr ?

Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. ?

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

Bachelor's degree inBiological Science or Chemistry required.

Medical Laboratory Scientist/ MLS (ASCP) or Technologist in Blood Banking / BB ( ASCP ) or equivalent certification required.

Minimum 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.

California StateClinical Laboratory Scientist ( CLS ) or Clinical Immunohematologist Scientist Licenserequired.

Skills & Abilities: Good written and verbal skills to communicate effectively with internal and external customers.

Must be able to work on a team.

WHAT WILL GIVE YOU THE COMPETITIVE EDGE (Preferred Qualifications):

Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB) and/or experience in a Reference Laboratory

Physical Requirements: ?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.

BENEFITS FOR YOU: ?As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:

Medical, Dental Vision plans

Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts

PTO: Starting at15 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

Apply now! Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to

make your career a force for good!

The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.

AmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners - the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance - launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the workforce. American Red Cross is proud to be an EONS (https://www.americorps.gov/partner/partnerships/employers-national-service) partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.

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