Experienced Blood Bank Specialist (M-F, Days)

General Description

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Shift

SHIFT: M-F, Days (no weekends)

Essential Responsibilities

• Participates in performance improvement activities and supports the hospital in meeting regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Affords assistance to supervisor with laboratory quality activities including quality monitoring and auditing, occurrence/deviation documentation.
• Performs laboratory patient testing in a prompt and reliable manner according to established hospital and departmental policies.
• Teaches others how to manage patient testing, QC and maintenance.
• Serves as subject matter expert on blood banking and transfusion medicine.
• Primary preceptor for all new hires staff and program students.
• Principal trainer for transfusion service and collaborates with nursing educators and TSO.
• Competent to perform all testing and assess competency of others.
• Affords assistance with troubleshooting, area management and specimen issues.
• Plans and schedules work area assignments.
• Complies with all hospital and laboratory safety policies and procedures including the appropriate use of PPE.
• Participates in performance improvement activities and supports the quality assurance officer in meeting regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Participates in laboratory quality activities including quality monitoring and auditing, occurrence/deviation documentation and performance improvement.
• Documents deviations in RL solutions.
• Performs immunohematology testing.
• Processes and labels blood components and special blood components and pediatric aliquots.
• Performs quality control procedures following authorized laboratory policy. Submits QC for review.
• May assume principal trainer for transfusion service or principal operator for blood bank instrumentation and interfaces.
• Conducts team huddles and in-services.
• Operates, calibrates and maintains instrumentation within scope of training and established protocols. Documents completion of instrument maintenance and function checks.
• Assumes responsibility of own professional development and acts as a mentor for others.
• Calls critical notification values to appropriate clinical staff and documents those notifications in the electronic medical record.
• Performs proficiency testing according to laboratory and regulatory requirements. May submit PT results to regulatory agency.
• Participates in inventory management.
• Completes annual competency assessment and is a qualified evaluator.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of MT/MLS/CLS/BB/SBB program or Associate Degree of Medical Lab Technology (MLT) required.
• Experience: 5 or more years of experience in blood bank required.
• Licenses/Certifications/Registrations: Nationally recognized certification through one of the following governing accreditations: ASCP, AMT, AABB, NASKL, ASCLS, HHS, ASHI, AAB, ABB, AMS, CRP, EBPH, Military or NILA.