Blood Inventory Specialist

Schedule: 7 days on 7 days off 5:00AM - 3:30PM
Training Schedule: Monday - Friday 6:30AM - 2:30PM at 40 hours per week

Department: Transfusion Services - 441

Primary Purpose:

Works in a highly regulated manufacturing environment to monitor and anticipate blood usage and coordinate blood product procurement.

About ARUP:

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development. Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month. We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient’s life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive.

We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence. Consider joining our dynamic team.

Essential Functions:

Monitors the daily inventory of all blood products. Coordinates with Blood Services and determines need to order supplemental inventory from outside suppliers to meet anticipated patient needs.

Monitor transfusion logs for usage during the previous day(s). Reviews all high or special usage, i.e. antigen negative, HLA, rare blood type, etc. Makes themselves aware of transfusion usage activity from midnight until their arrival through various means.

Calls blood suppliers with daily inventory needs as well as specialty needs such as HLA matched platelets, antigen negative red blood cells.

Maintains and utilizes current HLA database.

Monitors and coordinates rare frozen red blood cell inventory ensuring adequate units are available in each category.

Maintains effective communication with the Transfusion Coordinator, Community Relations Supervisor, Recruiting Team, as well as the Transfusion Services Administrative team and Medical Directors regarding inventory needs and/or inventory procurement difficulties.

Returns or ships blood and blood products to suppliers or other hospitals as required.

Takes proper action when blood or product storage refrigerators, freezer, or platelet incubator alarms sound.

Monitors the daily discard report to ensure products were disposed of properly in the LIS with the container ID.

Communicates charges for HLA matched platelets and other miscellaneous charges associated with obtaining special products, i.e. pooled products to the Transfusion Coordinator or designee.

Communicates to appropriate staff any significant inventory concerns.

Communicates with Transfusion Services administrative staff when excessive or unnecessary blood product wastage occurs.

Coordinates return of empty shipping containers to suppliers as needed.

Actively participates in the blood bank Quality Assurance program, including deviation reporting, cGMP training, and all other regulatory activities.

Monitor product expiration and ensures appropriate utilization of products in a way to minimize expiration.

Attends daily Transfusion Services huddle.

Attends laboratory meetings and in-services as required.

Participates in clinical trials using blood products.

Performs pneumatic tube validations as required.

Other duties as assigned.

Physical and Other Requirements:

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

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

Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

Communicate: Frequently communicate with others.

PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.

ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance.

Continuing Education: Continual assessment of current literature and best practices.

Required

Required

Preferred