What are the responsibilities and job description for the Component Distribution Technician position at West Tennessee Regional Blood Center, Inc.?
LIFELINE Blood Services
183 Sterling Farms Drive
Jackson, Tennessee 38305
Job Title | Component/Distribution Technician |
Department: | Technical Services |
Reports to: | Distribution and Component Processing Manager and Director of Technical Services |
Supervises: | N/A |
Hours: |
Full-Time Monday – Friday 2:00 pm to 11 pm On Call Occasional nights or weekends * Due to the possibility of business needs changing, LIFELINE reserves the right to change an employee’s primary schedule.
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Job Description
Prepares components from whole blood collection and can perform computer aided labeling. Support distribution operations. This position rotates in the Distribution On-Call schedule.
Duties and Responsibilities
The list of essential functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the duties and responsibilities performed within this classification. It is not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position. All employees are required to perform all assigned duties in compliance with internal SOPs, external regulations, and internal policies, bring compliance issues to the attention of management and assure quality customer service to all customers.
Technical Services General Duties
- Maintenance and storage of blood components including temperature monitoring
- Labeling of blood
- Biohazard disposal
- Quality Control and Preventative Maintenance
- bexWise Affirm and bexWise Process Operation
Component Duties
- Component preparation
- Packing recovered plasma
- Whole Blood Preparation
- Red Blood Cell Preparation
- Whole Blood Plasma Preparation
- ALYX Plasma Preparation
- Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Quality Control and Preventative Maintenance
- Packing and Shipping Recovered Plasma
- Biohazard Disposal
- Maintenance and Storage of Blood Components, including Temperature Monitoring System
- Labeling of blood and blood products
- bexWISE operations
Distribution Duties
- Daily orders
- Blood shipments and returns
- Shipping recovered plasma
- Inventory control
- Resource management
- FedEx
- Importing and Exporting
- Irradiation of Blood Products
Training
IWELCOME, ILEAD, Annual cGMP, Annual Safety, Annual Human Resources (Sexual Harassment, Workplace Bullying, Diversity/Unconscious Bias), Medical Ethics, Customer Service, Blood Establishment Computer Systems, and all required departmental and interdepartmental training.
CPR (recommended) and First Aid
Qualifications
EDUCATION: High School Diploma or equivalent
EXPERIENCE: N/A
SKILLS:
- Demonstrated AIDET skills daily with donors, guests, customers, employees, and vendors
- Language skills must include reading, writing, and speaking English effectively and following oral and written instructions consistent with policies and procedures, SOPs, or other requirements
- Ability to make sound decisions under pressure
- Demonstrate the ability to multi-tasks
- Ability to function as a key team member in a high-level production environment coupled with strong organizational skills
- Ability to work independently and to meet deadlines and show initiative daily
- Demonstrate ability to work without direct supervision
- Must be able to make simple decisions based on well-defined choices
- Ability to communicate effectively with the staff and the public to enhance Lifeline’s relationship with the community
- Contributes to a positive work environment and demonstrates an overall team effort
- Basic computer skills in Microsoft Office to include Word, Excel, and Outlook
Working Conditions
Functions are regularly performed inside and/or outside with potential for exposure to adverse conditions, such as inclement weather, atmospheric elements and pathogenic substances. Performance of this job could expose the employee to blood-borne pathogens. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
Physical Requirements
Employee is required to stand, walk, sit, and have the ability to lift a minimum of 50 pounds.