BioLife Medical Support Specialist EMT-B - Full Time

About the role

Bring your EMT skills to a role where every donor interaction helps save lives. At BioLife Plasma Services, you'll use your clinical assessment and patient care expertise to ensure donor safety and support the plasma donation process that makes life changing therapies possible for patients with rare and chronic conditions. If you're looking for meaningful healthcare work with predictable scheduling, career growth, and outstanding benefits, BioLife offers an alternative career path for EMTs.

Responsibilities

• Determine donor eligibility: proper management of informed consent, AIDS education and confidential self-exclusion, medical history interview and acceptance requirements, physical examination, blood testing, and reviewing Serological Protein Electrophoresis (SPE).
• Evaluate donor reactions that occur at the facility as outlined in the SOPs.
• Follow applicable SOPs for medical emergencies including the development of Center Physician's standing orders and donor transport to emergency care facilities.
• Refer to the Center Physician or Medical Affairs (as applicable) when providing unacceptable findings to donors, or guidance concerning medical or technical issues, including donor safety and eligibility.
• Support the Hepatitis B and Seasonal Flu vaccination programs for employees as applicable.
• Manage employee incidents and determine whether further evaluation is required by occupational health/ER.
• Act as a Pandemic Coordinator when authorized by EHS and support investigations associated with pandemic threats within the local community as indicated by EHS or Medical Affairs.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent to including graduate equivalent of a recognized educational nursing program with state requirements.
• Currently licensed or certified in the state where responsibilities will be assigned:
  • Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-B), Advanced (EMT-A), Intermediate (EMT-I), and Paramedic (EMT-P)
  • Licensed Practical Nurse / Licensed Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN)
  • Registered Nurse (RN)
• Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and AED certification.
• Fulfill state requirements (in state of licensure) for basic IV therapy.
• Satisfactorily complete the FDA approved training requirements for BioLife Medical Support Specialist.
• Two years in a clinical or hospital setting.

Benefits

• A purpose you can believe in and a team you can count on.
• Opportunities for career growth.
• Comprehensive benefits program including medical/dental, paid time off and retirement benefits.
• Daily Pay (access earned wages in real time).
• Up to $10,000 annually in tuition reimbursement and ElevateU education benefits.

Pay

U.S. Hourly Wage Range: $20.00 – $29.26

The actual hourly wage offered may depend on qualifications, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The actual hourly wage offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.