Plasma Center Nurse - Donor Health Specialist

CSL Vifor; Wichita (KS); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Vifor 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. You will interview donors, review medical histories, and determine eligibility for plasma donation, working with the Center Medical Director on medical questions.

Responsibilities include reviewing test results, counseling donors on reactive results, and ensuring ongoing donor safety per SOPs.

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
• Minimum of one (1) year relevant experience in a health care environment

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

Donor assessment

Medical history interview

Emergency medical care

Record keeping

Education

Paramedic/Nursing/PA/MD/DO or equivalent

Job description

CSL Vifor 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. You will interview donors, review medical histories, and determine eligibility for plasma donation, working with the Center Medical Director on medical questions.

Responsibilities include reviewing test results, counseling donors on reactive results, and ensuring ongoing donor safety per SOPs.