Plasma Operations Medical Associate

CSL Vifor; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Vifor seeks a donor center clinician to evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis and to provide limited emergency medical care to donors and staff. You will interview donors, perform medical history reviews, and determine donation suitability in collaboration with the Center Medical Director.

You will review test results, counsel donors on reactive findings, follow SOPs, and escalate critical medical situations to the Center Physician when needed.

Qualifications

• Must graduate 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 be licensed as a physician or state certified EMT.
• For NY: current state licensure or certification as RN, MD or DO in the applying state or in a reciprocal state.
• Minimum of one year of relevant experience in a health care environment.
• Experience in a plasma or whole blood collection center or other regulated environment preferred.
• Ability to perform and analyze a physical assessment of heart and lung sounds, signs of drug use, etc.

Responsibilities

• Under general supervision, assess donor suitability for automated pheresis procedures.
• Provide limited emergency medical care to donors and staff including administering medications or treatments as licensed.
• Interview donors and perform medical history reviews to determine donation suitability.
• Collaborate with Center Medical Director to address donor suitability questions.
• Review test results and determine continued donor suitability; assess donor symptoms affecting donation.
• Notify and counsel donors regarding reactive test results; refer to community facilities for follow-up.
• Provide routine care following SOPs; escalate critical medical situations to Center Physician or local medical providers as required.

Skills

Physical assessment

Donor interviews

Emergency care

Education

Paramedic/nursing/physician assistant/medical school training

Job description

CSL Vifor seeks a donor center clinician to evaluate donor suitability for automated pheresis and to provide limited emergency medical care to donors and staff. You will interview donors, perform medical history reviews, and determine donation suitability in collaboration with the Center Medical Director.

You will review test results, counsel donors on reactive findings, follow SOPs, and escalate critical medical situations to the Center Physician when needed.