What are the responsibilities and job description for the LEAD TECHNOLOGIST-LONG ISLAND CITY position at New York Blood Center Inc?
Overview :
The New York Blood Center provides blood products for New York and surrounding states. The QC / Reference Lab plays an important role at the New York Blood Center and is responsible for testing and monitoring the quality of the blood products to ensure that regulatory requirements are met. The amount and type of testing is diversified from operating the Automated Hematology analyzer to performing manual testing. The QC / Reference Laboratory is also supportive in all validations that require testing for regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities :
This position is responsible for assisting in the supervision of and overseeing the day-to-day shift activities and workflow in the laboratory.
- Leads and provides feedback to assigned staff.
- Ensures laboratory SOPs, practices, policies, procedures, guidelines and regulations are followed and where appropriate under cGMP condition.
- Triages and performs patient testing.
- Assures optimal product inventory and is able to place product orders for internal and external requests during shifts.
- Performs platelet antibody screen and crossmatching.
- Performs or delegates quality control on automated hematology analyzer, currently Sysmex XE-2100D.
- Assigns work based on priority and shift conditions and reviews logs and recap reports on a daily basis.
- Ensures smooth transition from shift to shift.
- Makes recommendations to improve business unit operations.
- Works on-call as necessary.
- Works OT to cover shifts and holidays.
- Any related duties as assigned.
Qualifications : Education :
Experience :
Licenses / Certifications
NY State Clinical Laboratory Technologist License
For applicants who will perform this position in New York City or Westchester County, the proposed hiring rate is $61.03p / hr. to $64.10p / hr. For applicants who will perform this position outside of New York City or Westchester County, salary will reflect local market rates and be commensurate with the applicants skills, job-related knowledge, and experience
Unless otherwise specified, all posted opportunities are located in the New York or Greater Tri-State office locations
Salary : $61 - $64
