Blood Drive Staging Clerk

At The Blood Connection, every role plays a part in saving lives. Join our team and help make an impact in your community today!

• 24 Days PTO! - Use it, Cash it, Roll it
• Potential Company Bonuses
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Health Insurance (Medical, Vision, and Dental)
• Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Basic Life Insurance

Shift Differentials:

• Extra $1.50/hr. after 7:00pm; extra $2.00/hr. on the weekend

Position Overview

The Warehouse and Staging Clerk supports the efficient operation of The Blood Connection by receiving, organizing, maintaining, staging, and distributing supplies and minor equipment necessary for daily operations and scheduled blood drives. This position is responsible for maintaining appropriate inventory levels, processing incoming and outgoing materials, and ensuring supplies and equipment are accurately prepared and available for distribution to departments, donor centers, mobile collection vehicles, and blood drives.

Essential Functions

General

• Maintains adequate inventory of supplies and minor equipment required to support warehouse operations, departments, centers, and multiple daily blood drives.
• Identifies stock replenishment needs and orders required supplies and equipment through established purchasing processes and the Warehouse Management System (WMS).
• Stocks and organizes warehouse and mobile staging shelves, ensuring locations are appropriately labeled, clean, orderly, and adequately supplied.
• Rotates supplies using first-in, first-out (FIFO) practices or other required methods to reduce the risk of supplies exceeding expiration dates.

Warehouse Operations

• Organizes and maintains materials management documentation, including critical goods information, vendor qualification information, purchase order support, and other required records.
• Receives incoming supplies in the WMS using applicable scanning devices, verifies packing slips and quantities, and inspects materials for damage or other unacceptable conditions.
• Identifies and reports damaged, incorrect, or unacceptable materials and assists with vendor credits, returns, or replacements in accordance with established procedures.
• Identifies and labels materials requiring Quality Assurance (QA) quarantine, transfers materials to designated quarantine locations, and notifies QA personnel as required.
• Processes and fulfills internal supply requisitions through the WMS, accurately selects requested inventory, and scans materials for distribution or delivery.
• Prepares par carts and other supply requests for interdepartmental use. Prepares and replenishes par carts and other supply requests for departmental use.
• Maintains accurate inventory records and assists with routine inventory counts and reconciliation activities.

Staging Operations

• Accurately stages required supplies and minor equipment for scheduled daily blood collections, ensuring materials are prepared and available within established timeframes.
• Maintains established minimum quantities of ancillary supplies within portable operating devices (PODs) and replenishes inventory as needed.
• Restocks bloodmobiles according to Mobile Supply Sheet requests and established inventory requirements.
• Organizes, packs, and distributes promotional t-shirts according to trip sheets and donor center requests and assists with periodic inventory counts.
• Performs established quality control checks on designated supplies and materials before distribution or use, following applicable standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Monitors and rotates designated cleaning solutions in accordance with established procedures and expiration requirements.
• Identifies and reports equipment malfunctions or maintenance concerns to Facilities and assists with minor equipment-related responsibilities within the scope of the position.

Safety and Compliance

• Adheres to applicable organizational policies, safety procedures, SOPs, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintains clean, organized, and safe warehouse and staging areas.
• Promptly reports unsafe conditions, damaged materials, equipment concerns, and other potential safety hazards.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Job related experience preferred
• Valid Driver’s License with no major infractions and dependable transportation
• Understands and follows written and verbal instructions
• Able to follow SOP in a heavily FDA regulated environment
• Ability to communicate effectively, tactfully, and courteously to patrons, donors, sponsors and co-workers
• Ability to work with all levels and in a diverse work environment
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, management, and peers

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lifting and/or pulling/pushing up to 50 pounds
• Standing or walking for an extended period of time
• Bending and twisting

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled