HLA Technologist II

American Red Cross

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

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Please use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox when accessing Candidate Home. 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: 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 (Job Overview): Perform high-complexity testing on donor and patient samples. Resolve compatibility problems; provide complex reference and consultation services to hospitals and transfusion services. Perform automated and manual HLA testing procedures on donor and/or patient samples. Adhere to explicit standard operating procedures and interpret test results in accordance with the applicable regulatory requirements. Provide support, development, and/or technical resource to internal or external customers. Perform on-call duties as required. Provides guidance and training to team members and applies subject-matter expertise to facilitate problem resolution. Must maintain state or board certification, if applicable, and attend continuing education programs. Perform work in compliance with accrediting agency standards. WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications):
Perform serologic, molecular, and immunologic procedures that may include, but are not limited to, DNA extraction, PCR amplification, sequence-based typing, STR analysis, probehybridization/detection,cytotoxic crossmatching, antibodyscreening/identificationby Luminex and/or ELISA assays and other procedures as defined.
Recognize testing irregularities, identify the cause, determine the solution and resolve the problem or refer it to the appropriate level.
May perform special testing.
Perform and review quality control as directed.
Review and interpret final results; prepare and may review final reports, written or electronic.
Maintain, edit and review computer and manual records to assure accurate record keeping.
Maintain accurate, legible, and complete records. Maintain an orderly workspace.
Evaluate, validate and implement new laboratory techniques and/or procedures. Assist in writing new procedures.
Train, retrain and contribute input into competency assessments of staff.
Participate in working on special projects assigned and be responsible to analyze and summarize testing data.
Communicate with hospital or transfusion facility personnel to report patient findings and/or receive orders.
May consult and communicate with personnel at other medical facilities to facilitate resolutions to problems and address the needs of customers both internal and external.
Perform duties associated with receipt, coordination, shipment and transport of donor and patient blood samples to include ordering, receiving, inspection and preparation of supplies and reagents.
Perform daily equipment maintenance checks as directed. Perform routine maintenance, troubleshooting, repair/vendor communication and validation of laboratory equipment and software maintenance.
Standard Schedule : Monday - Friday 7:30a - 4:30p. No on-call. WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications):
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a biological science or chemistry or Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS), Medical Technologist (MT), Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) or equivalent certification.
CHT(ABHI) or CHS(ABHI) certification or in the process of pursuing is preferred.
Licensure if required by state.
Minimum of 3 years of related experience.
Preferentially, this should include either at least 2 years of commercial/clinical laboratory, blood banking, HLA or molecular laboratory experience or 1 year of American Red Cross histocompatibility experience.
BENEFITS FOR YOU: As a mission-based 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 your career a force for good! The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity 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. AmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance — launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the workforce. American Red Cross is proud to be an EONS (https://www.americorps.gov/partner/partnerships/employers-national-service) partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations. Interested in Volunteering? Visit redcross.org/volunteertoday (https://www.redcross.org/volunteer/become-a-volunteer/urgent-need-for-volunteers.html) to learn more, including our most-needed volunteer positions. To view the EEOC Summary of Rights, click here: Summary of Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf)

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