Job Description

Our client proudly serves as our state\'s federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organization. They steward the gift of life through recovery and placement of donated organs and tissue for those in need of a life-saving transplant. Their fully accredited, state-of-the-art Transplant Laboratory is nationally recognized for its excellence in performing histocompatibility testing for deceased and living organ donors and recipients as well as cutting edge research that is continually \'transforming transplantology\' to save more lives. They are currently looking for a Medical Technologist to join their team!

Description:

• HLA transplant laboratory, work on immunology (white cells) samples
• ABO typing for patient and donor
• HLA typing or DNA typing for patient and local donors on live or deceased patients
• HLA antibody testing, screening (test for positive screen or not) and identification (what antibodies or antigens the donor has). Antibody information is what you then use to do cross matches and do testing on how transplant can be viable and check if this organ can be or can not be suitable for completion and how much of a risk it poses to patient
• ABO, HLA typing, flow cross match will be main responsibility of this new hire (not doing CDC cross match)
• Samples worked with - blood or tissue (red or yellow tubes and spleen or nodes)
• FACSLyric (Flow cytometry area for Flow crossmatch and Ab screening)
• LABScan 3D (antibody area: to identify Ab)
• LABScan 10 (antibody area: to ID Ab)
• Linkseq and Vii7 Real-time PCR (DNA area: for HLA typing)
• Gel card and tube method for ABO typing.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

ASCP certified (any discipline)

BS in Medical Laboratory Science or life science

1+ year of clinical laboratory experience

Blood banking experience preferred

About Actalent:

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