Apheresis Specialist (Phlebotomist)
Apheresis Specialist (Phlebotomist)
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By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the worlds largest humanitarian network
Join usWhere your Career is a Force for Good!
Job Description:
Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else its as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the worlds largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional yet unassuming. Diverse yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters where success is measured in people helped communities made whole and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.
When you choose to be a force for good youll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your lifes work with an ongoing mission thats bigger than all of us. As you care for others youre cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.
Where Your Career is a Force for Good!
Job Summary:
Qualify donors and perform any blood collection procedures. Lead day-of-drive teams and perform charge tasks when assigned. Responsible for identifying and addressing site-specific issues (including site maintenance utility issues and safety concerns). Provide support development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform any or all blood collection procedures including allogeneic autologous directed therapeutic automated red cell and mini-mobile and platelet apheresis.
- Ensure the team successfully performs collections that meet patient needs such as maintaining split rate and right-type mix.
- Perform standard collection tasks such as drive set up/function checks donor reaction care collection set labeling discontinuing (disengagement) post-collection donor care and post-collection blood processing.
- Lead day-of-drive teams and perform charge tasks when assigned. May perform competency assessments as necessary or directed.
- In some locations may require driving to alternate work locations/sites.
Qualifications:
- Associates Degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience required. Bachelors degree preferred.
- Minimum one year of healthcare experience (RN/LPN EMT or Medical Assistant.
- Minimum one year of experience as a Phlebotomist Medical Technologist LPN or RN.
- Experience with Apheresis and Whole Blood collections preferred.
- Ability to work on a team.
- Customer service skills including effective verbal communication and public relations required.
- Basic computer skills preferred. Applicable local licensure if required by state directives.
- A current valid drivers license.
- Travel is limited but may be required.
Physical Requirements
Operational flexibility is required to meet sudden and unpredictable needs. Physical requirements may include the ability to lift up to 50 lbs. squatting push or pull heavy weights up and down ramps and stairs good manual dexterity the ability to sit or stand for long periods of time and adapt to long irregular hours and frequent schedule changes is required. At the American Red Cross we conduct many mobile blood drives at businesses schools and other locations. All staff work as a team to set up and tear down the equipment required to conduct a mobile blood drive. This involves pushing carts up to 250 lbs. setting up beds and handling many totes containing equipment and snacks for the donors.
BENEFITS FOR YOU:
As a mission-based organization we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:
- Medical Dental Vision plans
- Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
- PTO: Starting at 15 days a year based on the type of job and tenure
- Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprise of six core holidays and five floating holidays
- 401K with up to 6% match
- Paid Family Leave
- Employee Assistance
- Disability and Insurance: Short Long Term
- Service Awards and recognition
Apply now! Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to
make your career a force for good!
The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.
AmeriCorps the federal agency that brings people together through service and its partners the Peace Corps AmeriCorps Alums National Peace Corps Association and the Service Year Alliance launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.
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Employment Type
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