Transfusion Lab Tech II - Critical Blood Component Care

FHLB Des Moines; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 39,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation time

Transit pass

Healthcare benefits

Tuition exemption

Job summary

UW Medicine - Harborview Medical Center in Seattle seeks a Clinical Laboratory Technician 2 for the Transfusion Services Lab. The CLT 2 will assist with issuing blood components, inventory management, and component preparation while supporting trauma care. Work 32 hours weekly Thu-Sun, with rotating holidays.

Responsibilities include thawing, pooling, and pooling blood components, operating equipment, and performing QC. Two years of lab experience and a high school diploma required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and two years of chemical, clinical, or public health laboratory experience.
• Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Respond to Emergency, Operating Room, and other clinical areas that require transfusion support with blood components.
• Provide customer service and communication with patient care areas and blood center.
• Call product orders to floor.
• Take verbal orders for blood products as needed.
• Thaw frozen blood components to maintain inventory and support for transfusion patients.
• Combine/pool/aliquot blood components if necessary.
• Operate and maintain laboratory equipment such as centrifuges, portable refrigerators, plasma thawers, sterile docker, refrigerator, platelet rotator and freezers.
• Review and sign off on new and revised documents within specified time period.
• Complete all training modules and documentation within specified time period.
• Assist with training and competencies as needed.
• Follow hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Participate in quality improvement process.
• Perform the work of a CLT 1.
• Perform related duties as required.

Skills

Transfusion services

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma + 2 years lab experience

Tools

Centrifuges

Refrigerators

Plasma thawers

Freezers

QC instruments

Job description

UW Medicine - Harborview Medical Center in Seattle seeks a Clinical Laboratory Technician 2 for the Transfusion Services Lab. The CLT 2 will assist with issuing blood components, inventory management, and component preparation while supporting trauma care. Work 32 hours weekly Thu-Sun, with rotating holidays.

Responsibilities include thawing, pooling, and pooling blood components, operating equipment, and performing QC. Two years of lab experience and a high school diploma required.