Night Shift Senior Blood Product QC Specialist

Versiti Blood Research Institute; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Plans

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Disability insurance and Life insuranc

401(k) with 7% match

Employee discounts

Job summary

Versiti Blood Research Institute seeks a quality control technician to execute regulatory-compliant testing on the blood supply and manufacture platelet products according to operational standards.

Responsibilities include performing QC testing with hematology analyzers, maintaining equipment, and supporting training and procedures. Schedule rotates Wednesday to Saturday, 8 PM–6:30 AM. Full benefits provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in biology or related science preferred.
• Associate's Degree in a chemical, physical or biological science or medical laboratory technology or other experience may be accepted by management.

Responsibilities

• Understands and performs laboratory activities to all applicable regulatory and compliance requirements
• Performs and evaluates quality control testing on blood products using hematology analyzers, pH meters, and WBC counting technologies
• Performs blood product manufacturing on RBCs and PLTs
• Maintains equipment by performing daily quality control and preventative maintenance
• Performs testing on proficiency testing for CAP surveys
• Labels blood products according to regulatory requirements
• Accessions and packs blood donor sample tubes for infectious disease testing where applicable
• Performs reconciliations, lot release and client sample release of infectious disease testing
• Performs pathogen reduction production process on blood products, as applicable
• Performs donor antigen testing and antibody titrations, as applicable
• Conducts validation procedures to qualify new production processes
• Assists in annual revisions of procedures
• Supports trainers by coordinating and maintaining staff training and competencies
• Maintains competencies in required tasks in Core Production and/or Hospital Services
• Maintains equipment reagent inventory levels for daily laboratory operations
• Delegates, monitors and motivates team members
• Works in partnership with Leads and Supervisor to improve communication between management and employees
• Works weekend, holiday rotations and on-call, as needed
• Other duties, as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Education

Bachelor's Degree in biology or related science

Associate's Degree in chemistry, physics or biological science

Tools

Hematology analyzers

pH meters

WBC counting technologies

Job description

Versiti Blood Research Institute seeks a quality control technician to execute regulatory-compliant testing on the blood supply and manufacture platelet products according to operational standards.

Responsibilities include performing QC testing with hematology analyzers, maintaining equipment, and supporting training and procedures. Schedule rotates Wednesday to Saturday, 8 PM–6:30 AM. Full benefits provided.