About the Role
This position is responsible for packing blood and blood products, arranging transportation and distribution, and maintaining and controlling inventories of all products.
Responsibilities
- Receives orders and packs blood and blood products.
- Coordinates all products ensuring they reach their proper destination.
- Follows-up on any orders from the transportation department and hospital services.
- Places blood products in creates and cleaning up after blood spills.
- Maintains complete inventory of blood and blood products and supplies by taking physical inventory daily.
- Assists with maintaining staffing levels by staying on shift until relieved and performs assigned overtime as required.
- Monitors and follows protocols on alarm system and reads and follows all protocols, guidelines, practices, procedures and regulations.
- Perform a variety of clerical tasks including sorting the packing slips and organizing the paperwork.
Requirements
- Experience in inventory/distribution.
- Attention to detail in all work processes.
- Interpersonal skills to handle a variety of issues and situations.
- Demonstrated poise, tact and diplomacy in dealing with a variety of staff.
- Ability to communicate clearly, both in writing and verbally.
- Ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the organization and customers in a helpful, courteous and friendly manner while demonstrating sensitivity to and respect for diverse populations.
- Ability to plan and organize job tasks or resources in an efficient manner.
- Ability to be responsive and available to management in order to address issues and concerns as they arise.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.
- Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems within established policies and procedures.
- Ability to identify problems in a timely manner, decipher information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Ability to handle confidential information and maintain confidentiality.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Interpersonal skills
- Clear communication (written and verbal)
- Customer interaction
- Planning and organization
- Responsiveness
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Problem-solving
- Confidentiality
Location
- New York
- Greater Tri-State
Work Type
- Full-time
Education Level
- High School Diploma or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $22.9753 Per Hour
About the Company
- Founded in 1964, New York Blood Center (NYBC) has served the tri-state area for more than 60 years, delivering 500,000 lifesaving blood products annually to 150+ hospitals, EMS and healthcare partners.
- NYBC is part of New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe), which spans 17+ states and delivers one million blood products to 400+ U.S. hospitals annually.
- NYBCe additionally delivers cellular therapies, specialty pharmacy, and medical services to 200+ research, academic and biopharmaceutical organizations.
- NYBCe’s Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute is a leader in hematology and transfusion medicine research, dedicated to the study, prevention, treatment and cure of bloodborne and blood-related diseases.
- NYBC serves as a vital community lifeline dedicated to helping patients and advancing global public health.
- To learn more, visit nybc.org.
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