Donor Health Specialist (RN/LPN/Paramedic)

CSL; Largo (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL in Largo, FL is seeking a qualified healthcare professional to evaluate donor suitability and provide limited emergency medical care during automated pheresis procedures. You will interview donors, perform medical history reviews, and determine eligibility to donate plasma.

Working with the Center Medical Director, you will respond to medically related questions, review test results, counsel donors on reactive findings, follow SOPs, and escalate critical cases to physicians or local

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

• Under general supervision, responsible for evaluating donor suitability for automated pheresis procedures
• Provides limited emergency medical care to donors and staff including administering medication or treatments in accordance with licensure or certification
• Interviews donors and performs medical history reviews to obtain necessary information to determine suitability to donate plasma
• In conjunction with the Center Medical Director, responds to medically related questions and provides information to staff on donor suitability
• Reviews test results and determines continued donor suitability; assesses donor symptoms that may result in the inability to continue donating
• Notifies and counsels donors regarding reactive test results; refers donors to community facilities for follow-up and counseling
• Provides routine care following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); escalates critical medical situations to Center Physician or local medical service providers as required

Skills

Medical history review

Physical assessment

Education

Paramedic, nursing, PA, chiropractic, medical school or naturopathic training

Foreign medical school graduate licensure or state certification as EMT

RN/MD/DO licensure in applicable state

Job description

CSL in Largo, FL is seeking a qualified healthcare professional to evaluate donor suitability and provide limited emergency medical care during automated pheresis procedures. You will interview donors, perform medical history reviews, and determine eligibility to donate plasma.

Working with the Center Medical Director, you will respond to medically related questions, review test results, counsel donors on reactive findings, follow SOPs, and escalate critical cases to physicians or local