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Technologist I – IRL

Technologist I – IRL

CompanyAmerican Red Cross
LocationSalt Lake City, UT, USA
Salary$34 – $34
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelMid Level

Requirements

  • MT(ASCP)
  • Bachelor’s degree with major in biological science or chemistry
  • Minimum 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required
  • MLT (ASCP) certification with 5 years of blood banking experience can be substituted
  • State license may be required where applicable
  • Good written and verbal skills to communicate effectively with internal and external customers
  • Must be able to work on a team

Responsibilities

  • Resolving compatibility problems and providing complex reference and consultation services to hospitals and transfusion services
  • Performing automated and manual test procedures on blood samples
  • Managing receipt, coordination, shipment, and transport of patient and donor blood samples and documenting supply and equipment problems
  • Managing reagent inventory (ordering, receiving, inspection and preparation)
  • Recognizing/resolving testing irregularities and assisting other Medical Technologists in problem resolution
  • Consulting with staff at other medical facilities, to resolve complex serologic problems and providing special units to transfusion recipients
  • Performing manufacturing duties associated with special blood products, if applicable

Preferred Qualifications

  • BB(ASCP) or SBB and/or experience in a Reference Laboratory