EMT-Basic (EMT-B) – Plasma Center

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

BioLife Plasma Services is seeking a Medical Support Specialist to determine donor eligibility, review test results and support plasma center operations. You will work under the Center Manager and Center Physician guidance to ensure donor safety and compliance with industry regulations.

The role involves handling donor reactions, assisting with vaccines and occupational health issues, and contributing to a safe, quality-focused center environment.

Qualifications

• EMT background and clinical assessment experience.
• Familiar with donor eligibility requirements and informed consent.
• Ability to evaluate donor reactions and manage safety in a donation setting.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements for plasma collection and testing.

Responsibilities

• Determine donor eligibility including consent, AIDS education and self-exclusion.
• Evaluate donor reactions and manage medical emergencies per SOPs.
• Refer to Center Physician or Medical Affairs for guidance on medical/technical issues.
• Support vaccination programs for employees as applicable.
• Assist with occupational health/ER incident assessment and EHS guidance.

Skills

EMT skills

Donor eligibility

Patient care

Regulatory knowledge

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Job Description

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.

About BioLife Plasma Services

Every day, the donors you meet will motivate you. The high-quality plasma you collect will become life-changing medicines. Here, a commitment to customer service and quality is expected. You will report to the Plasma Center Manager and will perform as a Medical Support Specialist to support plasma center operations.

BioLife Plasma Services is a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

About the role:

Every day, the donors you meet will motivate you. The high-quality plasma you collect will become life-changing medicines. Here, a commitment to customer service and quality is expected. You will determine donor eligibility to donate plasma, management of donor adverse events, review of laboratory test results, and donor notification of unsuitable test results. The Medical Support Specialist works under the guidance of the Center Manager (or Assistant Manager as applicable) for operational guidance and under the management of the Center Physician for medical issues. The Medical Support Specialist will be familiar with regulations of the plasma collection industry or a manufacturing environment. The Medical Support Specialist follows guidance provided by BioLife Medical Affairs and provides center level support of environmental, health and safety (EHS).

How you will contribute

• You will determine donor eligibility; to include, 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).

• You will evaluate donor reaction(s), which occurs 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.

• You will refer to the Center Physician or Medical Affairs (as applicable) when in need of providing unacceptable findings to donors, or guidance concerning medical or technical issues, including donor safety and eligibility.

• You will support the Hepatitis B and Seasonal Flu vaccination programs for employees as applicable.

• You will manage employee incidents and determine whether further evaluation is required by occupational health/ER. Refer to EHS guidance regarding employee incidents.

• You can be 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.

What you bring to Takeda:

• 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: