Blood Component Mfg Tech

Overview

Formerly Puget Sound Blood Center and Lane Blood Center, Bloodworks is backed by more than 70 years of Northwest history and 250,000 donors. A national leader in transfusion medicine, Bloodworks has been chosen to serve more than 90 hospitals in Washington, Oregon and Alaska – partnering closely with local hospitals to deliver the highest level of patient care. Patients with traumatic injuries, undergoing surgeries or organ transplantation, or receiving treatment for cancer and blood disorders all depend on our services, expertise, laboratories and research.

We are local, nonprofit, independent, volunteer-supported and community-based.

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Blood Component Manufacturing Technician I to join our team in Renton. We are seeking a detail-oriented individual to perform a wide variety of tasks in a detailed, sequential manner, according to standard operating procedures, resulting in the production and final labeling of blood components. Working in a highly-regulated, and team-oriented environment, the incumbent will prepare, document, evaluate, quarantine/segregate, perform routine labeling of, and package and create transfer records for blood and blood components according to standard operating procedures, as well as operate and maintain equipment used in the processing and labeling of blood components.

Responsibilities and Job duties include
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• Produce and label blood components according to standard operating procedures.
• Prepare, document, evaluate, quarantine/segregate, and package blood components.
• Create transfer records for blood components and operate/maintain equipment used in processing and labeling.

Education and Experience:

• Meet CLIA requirements for moderate complexity testing.
• Minimum requirements include a high school diploma or equivalent and training in testing performance.
• Two years of post-secondary education, or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.
• Relevant work experience is considered in any of the following:
  One year of experience in a regulated or high-volume production environment, OR one year of blood-banking or pharmaceutical experience, OR one year of work experience in an environment requiring significant multitasking.

Job-specific skills include, but are not limited to:

• The ability to adhere to a series of complex process steps involving interaction with multiple computer systems and physical handling of inventory.
• The ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment and with staff from other departments. The ability to lift and carry up to 35 pounds.

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• Work schedule:
  
  Second or Third shift.
• Work a flexible schedule including weekends, holidays, and overtime, as well as the ability to take on-call responsibility as assigned.
• This position also involves occasional intermittent refrigeration work.

Employees regularly scheduled for 24+ hours per week are covered by medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, with family coverage also available. Also able to participate in retirement plans (401a & 401b), consolidated paid leave program (4.8 – 6.8 weeks of time off accrued per year, based on length of service), subsidized transit program, and educational reimbursement. Candidates hired from outside of our service area may be eligible for a relocation assistance bonus*

* Conditions apply

Bloodworks Northwest is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.