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Job Description:

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else its as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the worlds 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 youll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your lifes work with an ongoing mission thats bigger than all of us. As you care for others youre 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

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform all phases of therapeutic apheresis procedures (plasma exchanges red cell exchanges platelet and white cell reductions photopheresis and hematopoietic progenitor cell collections) to ensure safe and appropriate care of the patient.
• Report patient status relative to therapeutic apheresis before and during procedures including blood test results and other clinically significant procedures.
• Explain as needed clinical apheresis procedures to patients and their families and other attending healthcare professionals.
• Coordinate closely with hospital staff at various hospitals to arrange therapeutic apheresis treatments and coordinate apheresis with other procedures as necessary. Evaluate patient medication for the safety of the apheresis procedure.
• Assemble restock perform quality control and maintain supplies and equipment in a state of readiness to maintain a clean safe and efficient work environment.
• May operate American Red Cross vehicles.

Qualifications:

• Current Medical Technologist (MT) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) depending on the requirements of state legislation.
• 1 year of apheresis or dialysis experience preferred or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Good vein selection and venipuncture skills are essential. Good verbal communication and customer service skills and the ability to effectively discuss procedures and medical issues with patients families and physicians.
• A current valid drivers license and good driving record are required. Must work independently with attention to detail.
• Ability to work on a team.
• Travel: Some travel may be required.

What is Leukopaks:

Leukapheresis is the collection of leukocytes also known as white blood cells or immune cells. A donor reclines in a chair and blood is drawn through a vein in one arm. An apheresis machine removes white blood cells from the superfluous biofluids separates them based on density and collects them in a collection bag known as a leukopak. The remaining red blood cells and platelets are then returned to the same donor through a vein in their other arm. (The white blood cells that have been removed will be replaced quickly. The white blood cells collected are frequently referred to as peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and contain B cells T cells stem/progenitor cells and dendritic cells. Leukapheresis allows for a concentrated pure method to obtain PBMCs from a single individual donor.

Leukopaks are used when many PBMCs are needed from an individual donor such as drug screening (immunooncology and nononcology) cell therapy (research and development) and gene therapy. Sourcing healthy donor PBMCs allows for the use of single donor cell populations with greater viability and less inter and intraassay variability as well as to development of wellcharacterized methods of production for autologous therapies (cell therapies where a patients cells are modified for treatment). For these cell therapy developments large numbers of PBMCs sourced from a single donor are important for creating relevant biological assays as well as for quality control testing. In these cases healthy donors are matched to patients in terms of demographic criteria such as age and gender and physiological criteria like HLA type which can provide valuable insights into the progress of the patients autologous cell therapy.

Physical Requirements

The duties are representative of the essential functions of the position. Operational flexibility is required to meet sudden and unpredictable needs. 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. Ability to use a wide variety of lab or medical equipment. Ability to use a personal computer and applicable software for sustained periods of time.

BENEFITS FOR YOU:

As a missionbased 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 a difference every day.

The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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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