Quality Assurance Associate

Description

FLSE Status: Non-exempt

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Reports To: Quality Assurance Director

Pay Range:  19.50-$22.50

Schedule: 40 hours (including weekends and holidays to meet operational needs)

Location: Jenny Eller Donor Center- Fresno, CA

Job Summary: 

Job Summary: 

The primary responsibility of the position is to support the Quality Assurance Department in maintaining organizational policies and procedures, and meeting federal regulatory and state timelines.Must be able to perform each major job duty satisfactorily and work independently with little to no supervision, have strong written and verbal communication skills, maintain confidentiality, computer background in word processing and spreadsheets and possess excellent time management skills. 

Essential Job Duties: 

· Review, assess, and monitor records, processes, and systems.Identify products/processes that are compromised and take appropriate action.

· Assists with gathering information for Post Donation Information (PDI) reports and QIR’s.

· Compiles files and information for timely reporting of all Blood Product Deviations to FDA, consignee notifications and fractionator notification within established timeframes.

· Serves as a QA reviewer of Laboratory Look Back notifications.

· Assists with and maintains current licenses for blood center and assures that they are renewed within established time frames.

· Responsible for daily organizing, reconciliation, review, routing and maintenance of all department documents, records, logs, spreadsheets and forms. 

· Responsible for maintaining CCBC off site storage including lists, records, filing, and coordinating retrieval/sending of department boxes.

· Participates in review of manufacturing data for compliance to internal procedures and provides audit reports for department.

· Participates in prepares letters for Component Quarterly Reports and mails documents to area hospitals. 

· Updates QA department historical calendar as needed.

· Maintains and meets quality and productivity per department standards(policies/procedures)

· Serves as a Back up to the Quality Assurance Specialist as needed.

· Correct, scan, verify, and delete non-required data and combine data from several different data sources into computer and software systems.

· Ensures data integrity by reviewing manufacturing data for the completeness and accuracy of data entered into the computer system.

· Be flexible in schedule of hours worked, including overtime, scheduled weekends and holidays, when necessary.

· Attendance and punctuality are essential.

Note: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

Requirements

Required Qualifications and Skills: 

· Some college education with biological or medical discipline. Successful work experience in related field may be substituted for educational requirements.

· Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (MS Word, Excel, Access and Powerpoint.

· Good written and communication skills, with solid grammar and proofreading experience.

· Maintain professional phone and customer service etiquette.

· Ability to type 50 words per minute

· Health Care knowledge or Medical Terminology preferred

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

· Exemplary history of being able to work independently on assigned tasks.

· Strong ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects including meeting tight deadlines.

· Working knowledge of standard operating procedures.

· Maintain current knowledge of organizational policies and procedures, federal regulatory and state requirements, and current accreditation standards.  

Physical Activity: 

· Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

· Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

· Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

· Crawling. Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

· Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

· Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.

· Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances

· Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

· Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

· Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.

· Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

· Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

· Feeling. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

· Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

· Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

· Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

 

Physical Requirements: 

Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
 

Visual Acuity Requirements: 

The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts.

Working conditions: 

The worker is subject to environmental conditions. Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.

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CCBC may require candidates to undertake a prescreen background check, MVR and drug test.

When the work you do can be directly linked to making a life-saving impact on our community. The Central California Blood Center (CCBC) is the leading source of blood products for the Valley’s providers. Serving a population base of over 1.5 million people, CCBC must collect vast amounts of units on a monthly basis. To accomplish this, we need qualified people like you. 

CCBC offers excellent benefits including health, vision, dental, 401k, basic and voluntary life insurance, and short- and long-term disability.

The Central California Blood Center is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, hair style, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. 

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact Human Resources at myhr@donateblood.org. 

Salary : $20 - $23