Donor Center Phlebotomist

American Red Cross; Gahanna (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a mission-driven organization as a Donor Center Phlebotomist, where you’ll play a crucial role in the blood donation process. This position offers paid training and the opportunity to grow your healthcare skills while making a significant impact in your community. You’ll collaborate with a dedicated team to create a welcoming atmosphere for donors, ensuring their comfort and safety throughout the donation process. With a competitive starting rate and comprehensive benefits, this role is perfect for those looking to align their career with a cause that truly matters.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

401K with up to 6% company match

Paid Family Leave

Employee Assistance

Disability and Insurance

PTO: Starting 15 days a year

11 paid holidays

Service Awards and recognition

Qualifications

• One year of customer service experience in a public setting is required.
• Physical requirements include lifting and good manual dexterity.

Responsibilities

• Connect with donors and help them understand the impact of their donations.
• Ensure a welcoming environment for volunteer donors.

Skills

Customer Service

Healthcare Skills

Basic Computer Skills

Manual Dexterity

Education

Associates Degree or Equivalent Experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

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Job Description

We provide Paid-Training – no prior medical experience required! Phlebotomy experience preferred.

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s 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, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re 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.

What You Need to Know (Job Overview)

When you join our team you will be utilizing your healthcare and/or customer service skills to assist with every step of the blood collection process at our fixed site locations. This includes collaborating with your team to create a welcoming and comfortable environment for volunteer donors, and following all safety procedures while collecting lifesaving blood donations that are delivered to hospitals.

The Red Cross offers paid phlebotomy training with the ability to grow your healthcare skills and career within the nation’s top humanitarian organization. To learn more about being a phlebotomist and the impact you can make in this position, watch this short video: rdcrss.org/lifesavingrole

Key Responsibilities

• Take the time to personally connect with donors – listen to their stories and help them understand how impactful their donation is.
• Collaborate with your teammates to create a welcoming and friendly environment so our volunteer donors feel comfortable coming back again and again.
• Be detailed oriented all day, every day. This ensures that the blood you collect meets goals, regulatory requirements and can be safely transfused.

Standard Schedule

(Columbus, Gahanna, Lewis Center Ohio)

• To best meet the needs of our donors and community, staff work a variable schedule which may include early mornings, late nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Schedule is provided two to three weeks in advance
• Shifts will be 4, 10 hour shifts per week

Pay Information

Starting rate $19.89/hour. Pay may increase depending on experience

Minimum Qualifications

• Associates degree OR a combination of education and work experience is required.
• Minimum of one year customer service experience in public setting is required.
• A current, valid driver's license with a good driving record is required.
• Physical requirements may include the ability to lift, 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 are required.
• Basic computer skills are required. Must be proficient with Microsoft office applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior healthcare or phlebotomy experience (CNA, MA, EMT, etc.)
• Prior leadership experience

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, and Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% company match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition

Interested in Volunteering? Visit redcross.org/volunteertoday to learn more, including our most-needed volunteer positions.

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