QC Laboratory Technologist Full-time Night shift

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Perform basic through advanced manufacturing, processing, and test procedures on blood products, and interpret test results before releasing blood to area hospitals.
• Manufacture and prepare pathogen-reduced platelet products for hospital patient use, in a highly regulated environment.
• Identify and quarantine products/samples that don’t meet quality requirements.
• Meet the quality and quantity production and testing goals established by the department.
• Achieve and appropriately manage any exceptions to production and testing goals.
• 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.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in science, or bachelor’s degree in an applied science.
• 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 in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• 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. when there is exposure to blood and blood products and/or where work location requires.

Skills

• Strong attention to detail.
• A customer-service focus.
• The ability to treat both internal and external customers with compassion at all times.

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.

Pay

$28.56 per hour, plus shift differential of an additional $3.00 for hours worked after 11:00 pm; Weekend hours worked after 11pm increases to $5/hour.

Schedule

Full-time, night shift. 40 hours per week. Schedule will be Th, F, Sa, Su, M, 11pm to 730am.

Training

Paid Training will take place on our day shift, Monday through Friday. The first week will be 8 to 4:30 pm; the following 4 weeks will be 6 am to 2:30 pm.