Medical Lab Assistant, Blood Bank - PD - Evening

Company: Cedars Sinai
Location: Fullerton
Posted on: May 13, 2022

Job Description:

Make a difference every single day At Cedars-Sinai, we're motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America---s Best Hospitals---and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work --- excellence and innovation in patient care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you---ll have great resources to do something incredible---for yourself, and for others. What will you be doing in this role? The Medical Laboratory Assistant functions with the general supervision of senior technical/clinical personnel. Responsibilities may include receiving, processing, and distributing laboratory specimens or blood and communicating information about tests and test results. Sends blood components to the patient care areas via the pneumatic tube system and monitors delivery of by pneumatic tube. Makes blood components from whole blood, leukocyte reduce blood, irradiate blood components, split, and pool blood components, freeze, and wash red blood cells for transfusion. The MLA activities include operational and support functions and assisting in the orientation and training of new employees. Performs all job duties with sensitivity and attention to the age and developmental issues of the patient populations(s) being served.

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