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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:

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: Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday 11:00pm-5:00am with rotating holidays

Pay Information: $24.00 per hour plus shift differential of $2.25 per hour from 3pm-11pm and $3.00 per hour from 11pm-7am. An extra $1.25- $2.00 per hour for any weekend hours depending on the shift.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED: 

• Associate degree in science, or