Lead Technologist, Immunohematology Reference Laboratory

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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:

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 Lead Technologist in IRL, you will provide daily lead functions, perform basic and advanced donor and patient tests and interpret results to determine donor-recipient compatibility. Resolve compatibility problems; provide complex reference and consultation services to hospitals and transfusion services. Perform automated and manual test procedures on blood samples. Adhere to explicit standard operating procedures and interpret test results in accordance with the applicable regulatory requirements.

Provide support, development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.  WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE GOOD

Key Responsibilities:

Consult and communicate with staff at other medical facilities, to resolve serologic problems and provide special units to transfusion recipients. Manage receipt, coordination, shipment and transport of patient and donor blood samples, to include ordering, receiving, inspecting, and preparing reagents associated with donor product inventory. Maintenance of the exceptional and rare donor products.  Perform and interpret independent basic and complex donor and/or patient testing procedures and complete required quality control, as appropriate to state and federal regulations.

Recognize testing irregularities, identify the cause, determine the solution, and resolve the problem or refers it to the appropriate level. May assume lead responsibilities to maintain, edit and review computer and manual records to assure accurate record keeping. Maintain accurate, legible, and complete records. Also perform maintenance repair and validation of laboratory equipment and software maintenance. May perform internal staff training, competency reviews, and external customer education.

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Schedule:

Tue-Fri 4pm-6:30am  Pay Information:
The salary range for this position is $This job will be posted for a minimum of five business days and extended if the applicant pool needs to be expanded.

Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:
Bachelor's degree in Biological Science or Chemistry required. MT(ASCP)  Licensure if required by state. Minimum 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and…