Laboratory Services Supervisor Blood Bank at Vitalant in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

Description

Vitalant is seeking a Laboratory Services Supervisor dedicated to making a positive difference. If you are results-driven and impact-inspired to helping others, and making a difference is vital for you, you'll experience a career built on purpose, an organization created to care, and a team committed to lead - together.

Your impact as a Laboratory Service Supervisor, is vital. Contribute to Vitalant's life-saving mission by efficiently overseeing and coordinating daily technical operations, providing skilled technical support in our blood bank laboratory.

What to Expect

Schedule: Evenings 3:00 PM -11:30PM (start time may be earlier depending on lab need).

Occasional weekends. Training: Days

Our comprehensive total rewards support you, your family, and your future with:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance


• 401K + 5% company match


• Tuition assistance up to $5k per year


• Free basic life and AD&D insurance


• Free short-and-long-term disability insurance


• Paid time off


• Employee Resource Groups


• Recognition and perks

As a Laboratory Supervisor, you'll get to:

• Lead your team with a positive, mentoring skill set.


• Oversee all aspects of the blood bank laboratory.


• Conduct required competency observations and complete documentation.


• Provide effective leadership to achieve high levels of service and product quality, financial results to meet company goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a chemical, physical, biological, medical technology or medical laboratory science required.


• Certification as a Medical Technologist by a recognized certifying agency required or CLIA equivalent for moderate or high complexity testing required.


• Certification as a Technologist in blood banking (BB) or Specialist in blood banking (SBB) preferred.


• One year of laboratory experience required.


• Two years of supervisory experience preferred.

Summary

About Us

Vitalant is one of the nation's largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies healthcare organizations, providing hospitals and patients across the U.S. a safe blood supply, specialized laboratory services, transfusion medicine expertise and world-renowned research. We have a network of 115 donation centers across the U.S. and host approximately 60,000 blood drives annually. Vitalant provides blood and special services to patients in more than 900 hospitals across the U.S. where millions of people depend on blood donations from our generous donors.

Vitalant is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace built on a foundation of respect, integrity, teamwork, and excellence. Through our DEI strategic plan, we create opportunities for employees of all backgrounds to feel valued, seen and heard. We believe this mission drives creativity and innovation, as employees experience an environment conducive to personal growth and career development.

COVID-19 POLICY

As an essential operation to the nation's healthcare infrastructure and a science-based organization, Vitalant believes that being vaccinated helps provide protection and care for our employees, our donors, their families, and the broader community.

Vitalant requires employee's to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment. Individuals applying for this position should be prepared to comply with Vitalant's Covid-19 vaccination policy unless an approved exemption exists prior to the start of employment. Compliance with Vitalant's COVID-19 policy will require individuals to complete one of the following:

• Receive the first shot of a two-dose vaccination series to start employment, and the second shot of the series within 8 weeks of the first


• Receive the first and final shot of a single-dose vaccination prior to the start of employment.

EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

Our organization is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an e-mail to Careers@vitalant.org to let us know the nature of your request.

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