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Benefits
Our core benefits include medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, an employee assistance program, savings and spending accounts, disability, life and accident insurance, and COBRA. For medical insurance, you have the choice of three generous health plans through Stanford Health Care Alliance, Aetna, or Kaiser Permanente. Each plan includes 100% coverage for preventive care, telemedicine through Teledoc, prescription drug coverage, and behavioral health coverage. Additional incentives exist for healthy choices.

Fiscal Fitness
We help employees save for retirement by offering a plan that includes both employer and employee contributions for eligible employees. Our employer contribution includes a basic contribution of 5% of salary that you receive no matter what you contribute. We also provide an employer match contribution of 5-8% of salary, based on your years of service. You can choose from a variety of investment options through Fidelity Investments to make your hard-earned dollars go even further.

In addition to our retirement programs, employees are eligible to join the Stanford Credit Union, our financial collective that offers competitively priced loans, credit cards, checking accounts, and investment options.

Education Assistance
We offer tuition assistance and scholarship program to help you pursue professional development offered by other institutions. Employees also have access to Stanford University's Continuing Studies program. Full-time employees are eligible for $2,000 per fiscal year for tuition assistance, pro-rated for part-time employees.

Transformational Scholarship Program – We offer a separate award program of $15,000 over 3 years for tuition, fees and books.

Wellness
When it comes to our day-to-day lives, there are many factors that affect our health and wellness. That's why we have put together Healthy Steps, a multi-faceted program that encourages our professionals to make sustainable, healthy life style choices and changes. We offer several programs to support the wellbeing of our employees, which all focus on the common goal of helping our employees balance the priorities of their personal and professional lives:

• Group fitness classes
• Healthy living classes
• Health improvement programs
• Wellness on Wheels
• Online health education materials
• Behavior change programs
• Counseling and support services
• Health assessments
• Stanford Health Promotion Resource Center
• Weekly webinars on special topics

Leave and Time Off
Our generous time off ensures our employees get the rest and relaxation they need. In addition to legally-mandated leaves through the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the state of California, employees are awarded paid time off based on their years of service and hours work, ranging from 26-30 days annually. Your paid time off accrues into a single pool that can be used for vacation, holidays, illness, family emergencies, religious observances, and other absences.

Additional Benefits and Special Programs
Passion is feeling excited to do all of the things you love to do. Stanford Health Care believes in the importance of maintaining good mental and emotional health. Because feeling good is about more than just physical health, it's about having energy both in and out of work to focus on what drives you.

We offer numerous other benefits and perks for employees to pick and choose based on the support they need in their lives. Some of our other programs include:

• Commuting and parking subsidies and pre-tax payroll deduction for parking permits, transit passes, and vanpool expenses
• Stanford Rental Housing Programs
• Landed - Helping Stanford employees buy homes
• Back up care options 24 hours a day, 365 days per year for loved ones of any age
• Employee discounts to local attractions, fitness centers, and theme parks
• Maternity services and on-site child care
• Adoption services and subsidy
• Group Legal Plans
• Auto and Home Insurance
• Pet Insurance

Department
Responsible for daily operations within the Stanford BMT-Cellular Therapy Facility operated by the Blood & Marrow Transplant Program. Duties include coordination and performance of graft, tissue, bone or organ processing for transplant and other medium complexity cell-based therapies under GTP or GMP as required. Coordinates product characterization and release assays, maintains product processing files, assists clinical staff with infusions, and preparation of investigational products. Participates in assessment and implementation of compliant cell-based therapies and methodologies consistent with the facility's role.

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A Brief Overview
Responsible for daily operations within the Stanford BMT-Cellular Therapy Facility operated by the Blood & Marrow Transplant Program. Duties include coordination and performance of graft, tissue, bone or organ processing for transplant and other medium complexity cell-based therapies under GTP or GMP as required. Coordinates product characterization and release assays, maintains product processing files, assists clinical staff with infusions, and preparation of investigational products. Participates in assessment and implementation of compliant cell-based therapies and methodologies consistent with the facility's role.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Employees must abide by all Joint Commission requirements including, but not limited to, sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patients’ rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with applicable regulations.

• Processes human cellular products, including bone marrow, hematopoietic progenitor cells pancreatic islets, and other cells of interest derived from human tissue, organs and bone and medium complexity investigational product processes, for infusion according to approved SOPs consistently demonstrating a high adherence to aseptic technique.

• Prepares clinical samples, performs and documents quality control procedures as per approved SOPs e.g. Cell counts, Viability, Endotoxin assays.

• Completes and compiles all required documentation for inclusion in paper and electronic processing records and reviews data for compliance and product release.

• Ensures completion of all testing required to assess product safety and quality.

• Reviews and documents adherence to procedures of medium complexity (verifier)

• Coordinates scheduling and assists clinical staff with cellular product infusions.

• Reports deviations and variances to facility management and BMT physicians in accordance with approved policies and procedures, leads low complexity investigations and participates in audits.

• Manages material and patient product inventory

• Coordinates operational readiness of the cell processing facility in accordance with approved policies and procedures.

• Coordinates and performs QC assessments of equipment and routine maintenance of equipment as per approved SOPs.

• Coordinates proficiency testing, validation and implementation and update of cell processing procedures and test methods, as directed.

• Communicates both verbally and in writing with hospital and university staff, and internal and external technical support services as necessary, to assure operational readiness of the cell processing facility and completion of assigned duties.

• Maintains technical and regulatory proficiency in all areas of laboratory operation applicable to cell processing and ensures ongoing compliance e.g. FACT, AABB, CFR 1271 etc.

• Assist with auditing of cell processing and QC records to verify compliance with approved policies and procedures

• Assists in new SOP, process and assay development. Oversees document and process updates of existing procedures.

• Trains junior staff on low/medium complexity procedures

• Scheduled on-call and weekend work is required with flexibility to extend working hours as needed

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a clinical or life science-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university.

Experience Qualifications

• Two (2) to five (5) years of experience in Hematology, Immunology, Blood Banking with at least one year of Cell tissue, bone or organ Processing and/or Cryopreservation experience or Fluorescense Activated Cell Sorting (FACS).

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to follow written and oral instructions/procedures of moderate complexity in English.

• Willingness to participate in and complete continuing education and demonstrate proficiencies related to cell processing and commensurate with assigned duties.

• Ability to speak and write and revise documents of moderate complexity in English.

• Ability to contribute to process development and regulatory compliance.

• Ability to independently troubleshoot and solve problems of moderate complexity

• Ability to function independently and within a team environment

• Ability to perform mathematical calculations

• Attention to detail and documentation

• Proficient in computer systems and software used in functional area (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, databases).

• Working knowledge of Medical Terminology, scientific concepts and practices.

• Knowledge of Good Tissue Practices (GTP) and/or Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) as applied to cell therapies

• Willingness to cross-train in other areas within the facility.

• Demonstrated proficiency in aseptic technique, cell processing of moderate complexity and cryopreservation.

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care

• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health

• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

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Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $57.10 - $64.31 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.