Plasma Center Technician

BioLife Plasma Services; Waterloo (IA); On-site; USD 16,531 - 24,796; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

BioLife Plasma Services in Waterloo, IA, is seeking a part-time plasma donor screener with phlebotomy responsibilities to support center operations. The role emphasizes donor safety, accurate data entry in the Donor Information System, and compassionate customer service.

Responsibilities include donor screening, vital signs, chart preparation, and coordinating donor compensation. You will work evenings, weekends, and holidays, and be part of a fast-paced team focused on quality and patient care.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to walk and stand for the shift.
• Evenings, weekends, and holidays work.
• Ability to lift up to 32 lbs. occasionally and up to 50 lbs. rarely.
• Glove use due to potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (risk level 1).
• 1+ years in a customer or patient-facing role is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Answer phones, greet donors, and focus on donor safety.
• Screen new and repeat donors; record vital signs and finger-stick results.
• Use Donor Information System; prepare donor charts and maintain records; coordinate donor compensation.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and implement center changes.
• Work varied shifts, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

Skills

Customer service

Phlebotomy

Vital signs

Recordkeeping

Donor information system

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Donor Information System

Job description

BioLife Compensation And Benefits Summary

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 report to the Plasma Center Manager and will perform as a plasma donor screener and perform phlebotomy to support plasma center operations.

How You Will Contribute

• You will answer phones, and greet and focus on our donors, while ensuring the safety of donors and our team.
• You will screen new and repeat donors and take and record donor vital signs and finger stick results.
• You will use our Donor Information System, prepare donor charts, maintain accurate records, and coordinate donor compensation.
• You will help identify operational opportunities for continuous improvement and initiate changes to center processes using company approved procedures.
• You will be there for our donors, which includes working a variety of shifts, Saturdays and Sundays, and holidays.

What You Bring To Takeda

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to walk and/or stand for the entire work shift
• Will work evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Ability to lean, bend, stoop, crouch, and reach above shoulders and below knees
• Ability to lift to 5 lbs., and occasional lifting of materials up to 32 lbs. and rarely 50 lbs.
• Fine motor coordination, depth perception, and ability to hear equipment from a distance
• Because of potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens (risk level 1), 90% of work tasks require prolonged glove wear
• 1 or more years minimum experience working in a customer or patient facing role is helpful

What Takeda Can Offer You

Every day at Takeda, we feel good knowing that what we do helps improve the lives of patients with rare diseases. At BioLife, while you focus on our donors, we will support you. We offer a purpose you can believe in, a team you can count on, opportunities for career growth, and a comprehensive benefits program to include retirement benefits, medical/dental, family leave, disability insurance and more, all in a fast-paced, friendly environment.

More About Us

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to provide Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

Locations

USA - IA - Waterloo

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Part time

Job Exempt

No