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Job Description Are you ready to bring yourexpertclinical competenciestoa world-classfacility recognized as one of the top ten in the country? Do you have apassionfor the highest quality andpatienthappiness? Then please respond to this dynamic opportunity available with one of the bestplacesto work in Southern California! We would behappyto hear from you. The Therapeutic Apheresis Unit is a patient care unit embedded in the Transfusion Medicine Division. The unit provides excellent patient care by providing the following procedures such as therapeutic plasma exchange, red cell exchange, photopheresis, stem cell collections, and more. The gift of blood helps save lives, and the demand for blood and blood products is great.Every2 seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood, and more than 50,000 units of blood are needed each year at Cedars-Sinai alone. Our Blood Donor Services team knows how to make the donors’ experience as comfortable as possible and respects their time and compassion. We take that extra step to make sure blood donors get the highest-quality experience possible. Summary of Duties: The Therapeutic Apheresis RN functions under supervision by charge nurse or senior licensedtechnical/clinicalpersonnel in the Therapeutic Apheresis Unit and Blood Donor area. Responsible for performing and monitoring therapeutic apheresis procedures, which involve separating and removing blood components to treat patients with various medical conditions. This includes managing apheresis machines, monitoring patient vital signs, educating patients, and ensuring proper documentation Collectingwhole blood from voluntary blood donors and performingblood componentcollectionin house and onmobile blood drive sites Serves as a problem-solving resource Performs routine and specialized operational and support functions, such as assessment of health histories of blood and apheresis donors, stocking up supplies and assisting with setting up and breaking down ofmobile blood drive siteswith equipment and supplies Performsblood componentcollectionby apheresis for red cells, platelets and plasma Participates in specialprojectsand assignments as specified Qualifications Qualifications: Education: Graduate of an accredited nursing program required License/Certification Requirements: Current, unrestricted California RN License required Current BLS from AHA or ARC Experience: A minimum of 1 year of nursing experience required Prior blood donor experience preferred, but not required Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring. At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees are up to date on their flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through March each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment.