About City of Hope
City of Hope, an innovative biomedical research, treatment and educational institution with over 6000 employees, is dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases and guided by a compassionate, patient-centered philosophy.
Founded in 1913 and headquartered in Duarte, California, City of Hope is a remarkable non-profit institution, where compassion and advanced care go hand-in-hand with excellence in clinical and scientific research. City of Hope is a National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation's leading cancer centers that develops and institutes standards of care for cancer treatment.
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Position Summary
Applies Medical Technology training and knowledge to plan, coordinate, and evaluate unrelated donor searches for transplant patients in collaboration with medical staff and nursing personnel, HLA Lab staff, and the Marrow Donor Financial Specialist.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Coordinates NMDP search for potential donors and maintains thorough documentation of the search process.
- Through NMDP, or other registries as appropriate, accesses the databases to search for best matches.
- Identifies matches and categorizes based on in-depth understanding of the HLA typing process: the histocompatibility system.
- Follows the unrelated donor match review process including reviewing the recipient's outside typing to ensure it was keyed correctly by the registry, and the initial identification of potential donors so confirmatory typing samples can be ordered
- Requests potential donor samples found on search match list and coordinates receipt of appropriate blood samples with laboratories (e.g., cord blood samples).
- Interacts effectively with appropriate staff members including related NMDP affiliates to ensure continuity of patient care.
- Interacts with Nurse coordinators and Hematologists, attend donor selection committee meetings and prepares patient cases.
- Bachelor's Degree
- One year related experience as a Medical Technologist, or from a clinical hematopoietic transplant environment.
Required Certification/Licensure:
- State of California license for any of the following:
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist (generalist)
- California Clinical Histocompatibility Scientist (limited)
- Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist (limited)
Additional Information:
- To protect the health of patients and staff and to comply with new State of California mandates, City of Hope staff are required to show proof of full vaccination by September 30, 2021. Compliance is a condition of employment.
City of Hope is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
- Posting Date: Oct 27, 2021
- Job Field: Allied Health
- Employee Status: Regular
- Shift: Day Job