About this role
Description:
Could you be our next Blood Bank Technologist at Lankenau Medical Center? This role is eligible for a 7500 Sign On Bonus!
Why work as a Blood Bank Technologist at Main Line Health?
- Make an Impact! Be a part of a team that performs laboratory tests and procedures on blood and blood products as prescribed by physicians.
- Be on the Cutting Edge! Work with the latest technology and a top-notch interdisciplinary team to help support patients and the community. As a Blood Bank Technologist, you will perform crossmatches, processes and tests blood products, manage inventory and replace blood products from suppliers. The work you will be doing makes a tremendous impact!
- Develop and Grow your Career! Invest in furthering your education through seeking certifications or advanced degrees by taking advantage of our Tuition Reimbursement! This position is eligible for up to $6,000 per year based upon your Full or Part Time status.
- Join the Team! Like our patients, the Main Line Health Family encompasses a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Just as each of our patients requires a personalized care plan, each of our employees, physicians, and volunteers, bring distinctive talents to Main Line Health. Regardless of our unique design, we all share a purpose: providing superior service and care.
- Position-Specific Benefits include: You are eligible for up to 160 hours of paid time off per year. We also offer a number of employee discounts to various activities, services, and vendors... And employee parking is always free!
Position: Blood Bank Technologist – Evening Shift 3p-11:30p- one weekend per month, one summer/one winter holiday. Training period is 8 weeks. Must pass competency testing.
Experience:
1. Previous Clinical Laboratory Scientist experience is preferred
2. Skills necessary to perform procedures in the Laboratory Procedures manual include specimen processing, test performance, and reporting of test results.
3. Ability to distinguish color differences
4. Ability to troubleshoot instrument problems
5. Previous laboratory computer system experience preferred
Education:
Bachelor's Degree is required. Graduation from an approved Clinical Laboratory Scientist program or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience required. Associates Degree or equivalent education may be acceptable provided it meets the grandfather clause set forth by CLIA.
Licensures/Certifications: .
MT (ASCP) or equivalent certification preferred
Other facts
About Main Line Health
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Main Line Health (MLH) is a not-for-profit health system serving portions of Philadelphia and its western suburbs. At its core are four of the region’s respected acute care hospitals—Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital and Riddle Hospital—as well as one of the nation’s premier facilities for rehabilitative medicine, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital; Mirmont Treatment Center and Main Line Health HomeCare & Hospice. MLH also consists of multi-specialty physician networks, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research- non-profit biomedical research organization. It also comprises six outpatient health centers located in Broomall, Collegeville, Concordville, Exton, Newtown Square and King of Prussia.
Our employees speak highly of the work environment at Main Line Health. We offer great opportunities for advancement as well as flexible schedules that allow you to balance your personal and professional life.
It is the policy of Main Line Health: to provide Equal Employment Opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer/employee relations without discrimination because of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, political affiliation, military service, relationship status, or other non-merit based factors; to select, develop and promote employees based on the individual’s, qualifications, experience, and job performance; to maintain a working environment free of all forms of discrimination, harassment, and intimidation.
What you'll do
- As a Blood Bank Technologist, you will perform laboratory tests and procedures on blood and blood products as prescribed by physicians. You will also manage inventory and replace blood products from suppliers.
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