BTS Production Supervisor

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

1. Operational Supervision

• Supervise the reception of whole blood units from collection sites to ensure proper identification.
• Supervise daily operations of whole blood processing, including separation into components (RBCs, plasma, platelets).
• Ensure accurate and timely labeling, storage, quarantine, and release of blood components as per SOPs.
• Verify that all materials, reagents, and equipment used are within their validity and appropriately calibrated or qualified.

2. Compliance and Quality Assurance

• Ensure all preparation activities comply with GMP, AABB, EU Guidelines, Lebanese MOPH regulations, and internal QMS.
• Monitor component quality indicators (e.g., volume, hematocrit, plasma clarity).
• Conduct and document deviation reports, CAPA investigations, and change controls related to component preparation.
• Review and approve batch records, blood component worksheets, and equipment logs.
• Participate in internal audits and regulatory inspections. Support implementation of corrective/preventive actions.

3. Training and Competency

• Train, mentor, and assess staff involved in blood preparation to ensure competency and compliance with SOPs.
• Develop and update training plans in collaboration with the Quality and Training Units.
• Ensure that only trained and authorized personnel handle component preparation activities.

4.  Documentation and Traceability

• Maintain complete, legible, and traceable records for every blood unit processed.
• Ensure component traceability from donation through distribution, including labeling and linkage with donation numbers/barcodes.
• Oversee document control related to the preparation area (SOPs, batch records, forms).

5. Equipment and Environmental Monitoring

• Supervise the operation and maintenance of centrifuges, plasma expressers, sealers, scales, and refrigerators/freezers.
• Ensure periodic calibration, qualification, and preventive maintenance are carried out and documented.
• Oversee environmental monitoring (temperature, humidity, cleanliness) of the preparation and storage areas.
•  Coordination with Other Units
• Liaise with the Collection, Quality Control, and Distribution Units to ensure proper workflow and timely availability of blood components.
• Coordinate with the IT and Data Management Unit to ensure electronic records (if applicable) are complete, secure, and compliant with data integrity requirements.
• Monitor daily stock levels of prepared RBCs and FFPs and report to distribution and stock management.
•  Inventory and Supply Management
• Ensure availability of critical consumables and reagents (e.g., bags, filters, additive solutions).
• Monitor usage trends and communicate with inventory personnel to prevent stock-outs or overstocking.

• 10. Safety and Waste Management

• Enforce biosafety and infection prevention protocols during blood handling and processing.

• Supervise the safe disposal of discarded or reactive units following biohazard procedures.