Component Laboratory Lead Technician

Responsibilities Component Laboratory Lead Technician Blood Bank of Delmarva Christiana Donor Center/Headquarters - Newark, DE Join our life saving mission! Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00am-3:00pm & Rotating Saturdays, 7:00am-3:00pm ***Weekend Shift Differential Pay & Full Benefits*** The Component Laboratory Lead Technician is responsible for manufacturing and providing training and support in the manufacturing of blood products according to cGMP compliant policies and procedures. Ensures that all products meet the safety, purity, and potency requirements of the FDA, AABB, and other regulatory agencies. This position is considered “essential” during severe weather or emergency operation events. Prepare and label products routinely according to Component Lab Standard Operating Procedures, including but not limited to red blood cell products, platelets, and plasma products. Performs visual inspection of blood products at each step of processing as the primary reviewer. Performs required equipment maintenance, trouble shooting and quality control on assigned instrumentation. Identify and report problems that may adversely affect products, perform corrections, if applicable, quarantine when required. Obtain samples for quality control or requested testing from various products as assigned. Perform testing on samples/products following departmental SOPs to meet standards of regulatory agencies. Performs general laboratory cleaning, QC, and maintenance. Monitor inventory of laboratory supplies. Quarantines products or supplies when required. Unpack, receive, and inspect shipments containing blood products and/or donor samples. Respond to environmental and storage alarms. Perform corrective action when necessary. Performs data entry into BECS and usage of applicable software. Generates various reports. Prepare specialty products as defined by department operating procedures. Execute qualification, validation, and verification protocols. Identify, investigate, troubleshoot, and perform corrections, if applicable, and quarantine when required for all non-conforming products. Communicate all problems that may adversely affect products to appropriate supervisor/designee.Manage holds on blood component products, as instructed. Maintain sufficient reagent stock and other necessary department supplies. Notify the appropriate supervisor/designee when levels are low. Recognizes and reports to superiors' problems encountered during performance of job tasks including equipment malfunction, deviation from standard operating procedure, unusual results, and discrepancy in test controls or controls outside established normal limits. Follows laboratory policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory’s established performance specifications. Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established performance specifications. Perform…