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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 world's largest humanitarian network?

Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!

Job Description:

Position supports our Fixed Site operations. We provide Paid-Training – no prior medical experience required. Prior 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.  

Where Your Career is a Force for Good! 

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview): 

When you join our team you will be utilizing your leadership & healthcare/customer service skills to support our fixed site operation teams. As a team lead/charge, you will coach, mentor, instruct, and be a point of resource for our blood collection staff while performing blood collection duties at our donor center.  

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   
 

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities): 

• Lead the team and drive for results through excellent customer service  

• Model professionalism and compassion while serving as an ambassador to the public for the nation’s largest not-for-profit blood banking organization  

• Work as a lead/charge at donor center when instructed and conduct phlebotomy  

• Able to work independently with attention to detail along with the knowledge of daily operations to ensure the blood the team collects and meets regulatory requirements  

Standard Schedule (Huntsville, Alabama):  

• Variable schedule with rotating weekends

• 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 

Pay Information:

• Starting rate $23.93/hour

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications): 

• Associates Degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience (18 months to four years of work experience in a related field) is required 

• Minimum of 1 year leadership experience in environments with public interaction is required.  

• Phlebotomy experience is preferred.   

• Customer service experience, effective verbal communication and public relations skills are required.   

• A current valid driver's license and a  good driving record may be required.  

• LPN or equivalent experience required.  Equivalent experience may encompass needlesticks, phlebotomy, and other relevant medical responsibilities.    

• 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 re