Paramedic

CSL; Brownsville (TX); Sur place; USD 30 000 - 41 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

CSL is seeking a qualified healthcare professional to evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis procedures and to provide limited emergency medical care to donors and staff. The role includes interviewing donors, reviewing medical histories, and ensuring proper donor safety per SOPs.

The position requires healthcare licensure, one year of healthcare experience, and familiarity with plasma collection environments. Candidates with plasma center experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a paramedic, nursing, physician assistant, chiropractic, medical school or naturopathic training program.
• Foreign medical graduates must be licensed as a physician or certified as an EMT in NY.
• Minimum of one year of healthcare experience.
• Experience in plasma or whole blood collection centers preferred.
• Ability to perform physical assessments (heart, lungs, signs of drug use).

Responsabilités

• Evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis procedures.
• Provide limited emergency medical care to donors and staff per licensure.
• Interview donors and perform medical history reviews.
• Respond to medically related questions with Center Medical Director.
• Review test results and determine continued donor suitability.
• Notify and counsel donors regarding reactive test results.
• Provide routine care following SOPs; escalate critical situations to physicians.
• Refer donors to community facilities for follow-up when needed.

Connaissances

Medical history reviews

Donor suitability assessment

Emergency medical care

Test result review

Communication with staff

Physical assessment skills

Formation

Paramedic training

Nursing training

Physician assistant program

Chiropractic program

Medical school training

Naturopathic medical training

Licensed physician or EMT certification (NY)

Description du poste

• 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

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.