American Red Cross - Volunteer Medical Screener (West Los Angeles)

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Volunteer Position Summary
The Volunteer Medical Screeners will use their education, professional skills, training, and/or experience to support blood collection screening and consequently, patients who need blood and blood products by screening and examining blood donor candidates to approve or defer for health concerns.

Job Duties

Red Cross Volunteer Medical Screeners will support Blood Service activities, by competently and professionally working with blood donors to assure that they are in good health and meet eligibility guidelines. The Medical Screener will augment collections employee activities by performing donor registration, taking vital signs, and recording health histories. Medical Screeners will use their education, professional skills and experience to assist blood donors through the collections process. Active, retired and new health professionals will have the opportunity to practice and maintain their skills while learning regulated procedures.

Volunteer Medical Screeners will perform all duties and responsibilities in compliance with standard operating procedures, Safety Quality Identity Potency Purity (SQuIPP), regulations outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other applicable Federal, state and local regulations.