Medical Staff Associate - RN or LPN

CSL Plasma; Pensacola (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Plasma in Pensacola, FL seeks qualified medical professionals to evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis procedures and to provide limited emergency care to donors and staff. You will interview donors, review medical histories, and determine eligibility to donate plasma.

In collaboration with the Center Medical Director, you will answer medically related questions about donor suitability, review test results, assess donor symptoms, and counsel or refer donors as needed.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a paramedic, nursing, physician assistant, chiropractic, medical school or naturopathic medical training program.
• If graduation is from a foreign medical school, must be licensed as a physician or certified as an EMT.
• Minimum of one year relevant experience in a health care environment.
• Experience in plasma/whole blood collection or regulated environments preferred.
• Ability to perform physical assessment including heart and lung sounds.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis procedures under supervision.
• Provide limited emergency medical care to donors and staff with licensed protocols.
• Interview donors and review medical history to determine donation eligibility.
• Respond with Center Medical Director to medical questions about donor suitability.
• Review test results and determine continued donor suitability; assess donor symptoms.
• Counsel donors on reactive test results and refer for follow-up care as needed.
• Provide routine care per SOPs and escalate critical situations to the Center Physician.

Education

Paramedic program

Nursing program

Physician assistant program

Chiropractic program

Medical school training

Naturopathic medical training

Job description

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

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.

Different qualifications or responsibilities may apply based on local legal and/or educational requirements. Refer to local job documentation where applicable.