About this Role: As a Phlebotomist, you’ll use your compassion and customer service skill to collect lifesaving blood donations from volunteer donors and ensure they have the best experience possible. The Red Cross offers paid phlebotomy training with the ability to grow your skills and career within the nation’s top humanitarian organization.
To learn more about being a phlebotomist, watch this short video: rdcrss.org/lifesavingrole.
Responsibilities:
- Take the time to personally connect with donors – listen to their stories and help them understand the value of their donation.
- Contribute to a friendly and fun environment. Team up with your co-workers to keep our donors coming back again and again.
- Be detailed oriented all day, every day, to ensure that the blood you collect meets goals, regulatory requirements and can be safely transfused.
- To best meet the needs of our donors and community, Phlebotomist work a variable schedule including early mornings, late nights, weekends and holidays.
- The aforementioned responsibilities of the Phlebotomist describe the general nature and level of work and are not an exhaustive list.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Customer service experience and effective verbal communication skills are required
- Ability to work a variable schedule including early mornings, late nights, weekends and holidays
- A current, valid driver's license and good driving record is required
- Ability to load and unload vehicles with or without reasonable accommodations
- Physical requirements may include the ability to lift up to 50 lbs., occasionally physically assisting donors experiencing an adverse reaction, as well as pushing or pulling heavy weights up and down ramps and stairs (potentially up to 250 lbs. in weight and with up to 75-degree angles). Physical requirements may be performed in adverse weather conditions
- Basic computer skills are required.