Quality Control Technologist

American Red Cross; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental Vision plans

PTO 15 days/year

11 paid holidays

401K with up to 6% match

Paid Family Leave

Employee Assistance

Disability and Insurance

Service Awards

Job summary

The American Red Cross is seeking a QC Lab Technologist to perform basic through advanced testing on blood products and interpret results before releasing blood to area hospitals. You will help manufacture pathogen-reduced platelet products in a highly regulated environment.

Successful candidates will have strong attention to detail, customer-service focus, and the ability to work with internal and external customers with compassion while meeting quality and production goals and maintaining

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail and customer-service focus are required.
• Ability to interpret test results and maintain quality control across procedures.
• Provide compliance with regulatory and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform moderate to high complexity laboratory testing procedures and interpret donor specimens and blood products.
• Meet quality and quantity production and testing goals established by the department.
• Ensure products are suitable for release and manage exceptions as needed.
• Prioritize workload to meet production and customer requirements.
• Perform quality control on products, reagents, equipment, and test kits; maintain inventory.

Skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Education

MLT (ASCP) or MT(ASCP) certification

Job description

_ 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:

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; 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._

_ Standard Schedule: 2nd Shift working Sunday - Thursday 6:00PM - 2:30AM _

_ Pay Information: $27.00 + per hour, depending on experience, plus applicable shift differentials. _

*****MUST BE ABLE TO TRAIN ON DAY SHIFT FOR APPROXINATELY 4-6 WEEKS****

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

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

Physical Requirements:

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

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. _

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