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Davita Inc.

Saint Paul (MN)

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USD 60,000 - 80,000

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Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Quality Control Laboratory Technologist to perform essential testing on blood products and ensure compliance with safety standards. This role involves working in a regulated lab environment, contributing to patient safety, and offers competitive pay along with robust benefits. Candidates with strong attention to detail and customer service skills will thrive in this vital position.

Benefits

Medical, Dental Vision plans
401K with up to 6% match
Paid Family Leave
PTO starting at 15 days a year
11 paid holidays

Qualifications

  • Minimum 4 years of related experience in a regulatory, laboratory, or manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to use a variety of medical equipment and applicable software.
  • MLT (ASCP) or MT(ASCP) certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Perform moderate to high complexity laboratory testing procedures.
  • Prioritize workload to meet production and customer requirements.
  • Ensure products meet quality standards before distribution.

Skills

Attention to detail
Customer-service focus
Compassion
Teamwork

Education

Associate degree in science
Bachelor's degree in an applied science

Tools

Laboratory equipment
Personal computer

Job description

Please use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox when accessing Candidate Home.By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network?Join us-Where your Career is a Force for Good!

Job Description:

Quality Control Laboratory Technologist

(Union)

WHY CHOOSE US?
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.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE GOOD

Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform moderate to high 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; maintainaccurate 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.

Standard Schedule: Friday - Monday; 4:00 am- 2:30 pm.

Pay Information: Pay rate is $24.28 per hour (plus shift differential pay for hours worked after 3:00 pm AND all hours on the weekends. Shift differential pay ranges from $2.00- $3.50 more per hour depending on hours worked.)

Required Training: Monday- Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm for the first 4-6 weeks of employment.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

  • Associate degree in science, or Bachelor's degree in an applied science

  • Minimum 4 years of 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 with a team.

WHAT WILL GIVE YOU THE COMPETITIVE EDGE:(Any information you and the hiring manager discuss that is preferred for this role)

  • MLT (ASCP) or MT(ASCP) certification is a plus

  • No additional experience is required for MLT or MT degreed staff.

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

BENEFITS FOR YOU:
As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:

  • Medical, Dental Vision plans

  • Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts

  • PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure

  • Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays

  • 401K with up to 6% match

  • Paid Family Leave

  • Employee Assistance

  • Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term

  • Service Awards and recognition

Apply now! Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to make your career a force for good!

The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.

AmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners - the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance - launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the workforce.American Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.

Interested in Volunteering? Visit redcross.org/volunteertoday to learn more, including our most-needed volunteer positions.

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