QC Laboratory Technologist Full-time Night shift - Pomona, CA

MSCCN; Pomona (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The American Red Cross in Pomona, CA is seeking a QC Lab Technologist to perform lab testing on blood products, interpret results, and release products to hospitals. This on-site, full-time night-shift position emphasizes precision, safety, and compliance with regulatory standards.

You will work with a team to ensure quality, manage equipment, and support training. The role requires relevant education and regulatory experience, with training provided during day shift.

Qualifications

• Requires an associate's degree in science or a bachelor’s in an applied science.
• Experience in regulatory, laboratory, or manufacturing environments.
• Ability to use lab equipment and software for extended periods.

Responsibilities

• Perform moderate to advanced laboratory testing on donor specimens and blood products.
• Meet quality and production goals as established by the department.
• Ensure products are suitable for release for distribution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

Skills

Laboratory testing

Team collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Quality control

Education

Associate's degree in science

Bachelor's degree in applied science

Tools

Lab equipment

CLIA knowledge

Job description

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS- Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.

Job Description

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Where Your Career Is a Force for Good

What You Need to Know

As a QC Lab Technologist, you will perform basic through advanced manufacturing, processing, and test procedures on blood products, and will interpret test results before releasing blood to area hospitals. You will manufacture and prepare pathogen-reduced platelet products for hospital patient use, in a highly regulated environment. Successful QC Lab Technologists will have a strong attention to detail, a customer-service focus and the ability to treat both internal and external customers with compassion at all times.

Standard Schedule: Full-time, night shift. 40 hours per week. Schedule will be Th, F, Sa, Su, M , 11pm to 730am

Paid Training will take place on our day shift, Monday through Friday. the first week will be 8 to 4:30 pm; the following 4 weeks will be 6 am to 2:30 pm.

Pay Information

Pay Information: $28.56 per hour, plus shift differential of an additional $3.00 for hours worked after 11:00 pm; Weekend hours worked after 11pm increases to $5/hour.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE GOOD

Key Responsibilities

• Perform moderate complexity laboratory testing procedures and interpret various testing procedures on donor specimens, and blood products; Identify and quarantine products/samples that don’t meet quality requirements.
• Meet the quality and quantity production and testing goals established by the department.
• Ensure products are suitable for release for distribution.
• Meet the quality and quantity production and testing goals established by the department, and appropriately manage any exceptions.
• Prioritize workload to meet production and customer requirements.
• Perform quality control on products, reagents, equipment, and various test kits; maintain accurate electronic and physical inventory locations for products/samples.
• Participate in troubleshooting and problem-solving activities with cross-functional teams.

The aforementioned responsibilities of the position describe the general nature and level of work and are not an exhaustive list.

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

What You Need to Succeed

• Associate's degree in science, or bachelor’s degree in an applied science.
• Related experience in a regulatory, laboratory, or manufacturing environment or equivalent combination of education and related experience. Must meet state and CLIA requirements where applicable.
• Ability to use a wide variety of lab or medical equipment, personal computer and applicable software for sustained periods.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.

Physical Requirements

• Requires standing, stretching, stooping and bending for extended time periods.
• Lift, pull, push and move objects of up to 50 pounds.
• May work in walk-in refrigerator/freezers for periods of time.
• Required to wear protective clothing such as lab coats, gloves, face shields, etc. when there is exposure to blood and blood products and/or where work location requires