Founded in 1979, Rhode Island Blood Center (RIBC) has served Rhode Island and the New England area for more than 45 years, delivering more than 90,000 lifesaving blood products annually to 50+ hospitals, EMS and healthcare partners. RIBC is part of New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe), which spans 17+ states and delivers one million blood products to 400+ U.S. hospitals annually. NYBCe additionally delivers cellular therapies, specialty pharmacy, and medical services to 200+ research, academic and biopharmaceutical organizations. NYBCe’s Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute is a leader in hematology and transfusion medicine research, dedicated to the study, prevention, treatment and cure of bloodborne and blood-related diseases. RIBC serves as a vital community lifeline dedicated to helping patients and advancing global public health. To learn more, visit ribc.org. Connect with us on Facebook, X, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

The Hospital Services Representative position is responsible for receiving, selecting, packaging, and arranging delivery for blood components.

Resposibilities:

• Maintains a high level of customer service, ensuring that every effort is made to meet the needs of both internal and external customers, including friendliness, understanding and empathy, fairness, providing options and alternatives, and sharing information.
• Accurately receive, record, and verify customer orders; when possible, suggest customers substitute short-dated components.
• Accurately receive, fill, and pack orders.
• Conduct daily deliveries and hospital pick-ups to customers .
• Adhere to established procedures for accurately processing component returns.
• Maintain proper inventory control methods following current Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Updates each component product into systems during delivery returns.
• Organizes blood products by expiration dates, and follows SOP to discard expired Product.
• Maintains set ranges for outdated RBCs/Apheresis components and contract/Adhoc units.
• Report questionable blood products or anomalies to a laboratory supervisor or designee.
• Contact hospitals and other centers to maximize utilization of available inventory.
• Appropriately responds to all alarms.
• Perform irradiate blood components.
• Manage nonconforming product/unsuitable product for example, recalls, quarantine, unsuitable returns, according to applicable procedures.
• Pack research customer orders as required.
• Recovered plasma processing, packing, and shipment.
• Coordinate hospital sample retrieval as needed across all shifts.
• Accept, select, pack, and ship units for antigen negative orders in the absence of IRL staff.
• Answer phones and accept customer orders, make adjustments, and notify customers of any changes.
• Performs vehicle maintenance tasks, including but not limited to oil changes and car washes.
• Coordinate shipments and product receipt via Fed-Ex and other freight transport.

Education:
High School Diploma or Equivalent

Related Experience:
Any combination of education, training and experience that has supplied the necessary knowledge,
skills, and experience to perform the essential functions of the job.

Experience quality management, inventory management, customer service.

Attention to detail and organizational skills

Detail oriented

Communicate effectively

Ability to problem solve customer issues.

Ability to work with a team in a fast paced, ever-changing environments

Required Licenses
Valid Driver’s License with no moving traffic violations within the last 3 years

The pproposed hourly rate for this position is $20.00