Summary of Duties:

The Technical Assistant will have responsibilities in the Transfusion Medicine and Tissue Bank. This will include processing donor skin allografts. Other responsibilities are: Answering phone calls; receiving, sorting, labelling, and distribution of specimens to work stations; updating patients’ information; filing and retrieving records and specimens; verifying and registering patient demographics; specimen packaging and referrals; loading and unloading specimens from instruments; specimen test setup; equipment monitoring and maintenance; Tissue product, blood and blood product inventory receipt and preparation; reagent receipt and preparation; and other duties as required.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Requires successful completion of Community College program for Medical Laboratory Technician
• OSMT certification required or CSMLS certification
• Minimum 3 years recent experience in Blood Bank and/or Tissue Bank
• Customer service focus required
• Detail oriented with quality assurance focus required
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to adjust to shifting priorities with minimal direction
• Previous experience with WellSky an asset
• Proficient computer skills required including MS OFFICE - Excel, Word and Power Point