Donor Care LPN - Plasma Center Specialist

CSL Plasma; Fort Smith (AR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Plasma is seeking qualified medical staff to evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis procedures and to provide limited emergency medical care to donors and staff. You will interview donors, review medical histories, and collaborate with the Center Medical Director on donor questions.

Responsibilities include reviewing test results, counseling donors on reactive findings, and escalating serious situations per SOPs.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a paramedic, nursing, physician assistant, chiropractic, medical school or naturopathic medical training program.
• If graduation is from a foreign allopathic or osteopathic medical school, must also currently be licensed as a physician or state certification as an emergency medical technician.
• For NY: current state licensure or certification as an RN, MD or DO in the state you are applying for work or in a reciprocal state.
• Minimum of one (1) year relevant experience in a health care environment.
• Experience in a plasma or whole blood collection center or other regulated environment preferred.
• Ability to make and analyze a physical assessment of heart, lung sounds, signs of drug use, etc.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis procedures.
• Provide limited emergency medical care to donors and staff including administering medication or treatments per licensure.
• Interview donors and perform medical history reviews to determine donation suitability.
• Coordinate with Center Medical Director to address donor questions on suitability.
• Review test results to determine continued donor suitability; assess donor symptoms that may impede donation.
• Notify and counsel donors regarding reactive test results; refer to facilities for follow-up.
• Provide routine care following SOPs and escalate critical medical situations as required.

Skills

Donor assessment

Emergency medical care

Medical history interviewing

Staff communication

Clinical decision making

Education

Paramedic/Nursing/Medical School training

Job description

CSL Plasma is seeking qualified medical staff to evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis procedures and to provide limited emergency medical care to donors and staff. You will interview donors, review medical histories, and collaborate with the Center Medical Director on donor questions.

Responsibilities include reviewing test results, counseling donors on reactive findings, and escalating serious situations per SOPs.