Plasma Donor Care Nurse (RN/LPN) – Clinical & Emergency

CSL; Hagerstown (MD); On-site; USD 30,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL is seeking a healthcare professional to evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis and provide essential emergency medical care to donors and staff. You will interview donors, review medical histories, and collaborate with the Center Medical Director on suitability decisions.

Responsibilities include interpreting test results, counseling donors on reactive findings, and escalating critical cases per SOPs. Prior experience in plasma or whole blood collection is preferred.

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.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis procedures.
• Provide 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

Emergency medical care

Medical history review

Interpersonal communication

Team collaboration

Education

Paramedic training

Nursing degree

Physician assistant training

Medical school graduate

Naturopathic training

Tools

Phlebotomy experience

Job description

CSL is seeking a healthcare professional to evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis and provide essential emergency medical care to donors and staff. You will interview donors, review medical histories, and collaborate with the Center Medical Director on suitability decisions.

Responsibilities include interpreting test results, counseling donors on reactive findings, and escalating critical cases per SOPs. Prior experience in plasma or whole blood collection is preferred.