Phlebotomist

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is looking for enthusiastic and team-oriented individuals who want to build a career supporting blood donation and donor care. Join our team as a Phlebotomist in Gainesville, FL , where you’ll help save lives, build relationships with donors, and develop your skills through LifeSouth’s training and career development opportunities.

This full-time position requires open availability for a varied schedule, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

You’ll help provide a safe, positive donation experience by screening donors, collecting blood, and supporting collection operations at donor centers and on bloodmobiles.

What You’ll Do

• Provide the highest level of customer service to donors, accurately verify their identity throughout the donation process, and protect their confidential information.
• Conduct donor interviews and the donor physical process, obtain consent, and determine eligibility according to LifeSouth procedures.
• Perform phlebotomies, handle collected blood units and sample tubes, and monitor donors for safety, responding to donor reactions according to procedures. Perform automated collections once trained.
• Support collection goals by recruiting donors in person and by phone, scheduling return appointments, and encouraging appropriate automated donations.
• Set up and take down blood drive equipment and support safe bloodmobile operations, including spotting during backing maneuvers and driving when qualified.
• Clean and stock collection stations, report equipment or supply concerns, and perform quality control and recordkeeping under a Team Leader’s supervision.

What You'll Need

• High school diploma or GED and a valid driver’s license; must meet and maintain LifeSouth driver’s eligibility requirements.
• Consistent, reliable transportation and dependable attendance.
• Availability to work a varied schedule, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays, at donor centers and on bloodmobiles.
• Basic computer skills, familiarity with Microsoft Office, and the ability to learn LifeSouth’s blood bank software.
• Strong teamwork, customer service, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to read and follow safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous customer service experience.
• Commercial Driver’s License (CDL); additional compensation available.

Our Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurances available to full-time employees the first of the month after 60 days
• Supplemental insurances including life, cancer, accident, and disability
• Access to mental wellness resources and counseling through telehealth
• Free basic life insurance for full-time employees
• Holiday premium paid on certain holidays
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer match each pay period
• Employer funded retirement plan for vested employees & 403b offered
• Access to wages prior to pay day
• CDL bonus program
• Bonus program for collections

Who We Are

LifeSouth is a non-profit community blood bank serving more than 150 hospitals in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. We are committed to meeting the blood supply needs of hospitals and their patients by providing the highest quality blood components and services. With more than 45 donor centers, 55 bloodmobiles and 2,000 blood drives a month, our LifeSouth team is dedicated to making sure the blood is there when you or your family is in need.

Our Mission

To provide a safe blood supply that meets or exceeds the needs in each community we serve, and to provide a variety of services in support of ongoing and emerging blood and transfusion related activities.

This is a full-time position. Starting salary range is $16.75 - $18.42 an hour. Criminal background check and drug screen required upon conditional offer of hire. Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer/Drug-Free/Tobacco Free Workplace.

The position description may not include all the duties and responsibilities of the job. Duties and responsibilities that are not listed, but which the employee may be expected to perform, will fall within the scope of the skills, knowledge, and training for the position.

LifeSouth is a Drug-Free and Tobacco-Free Workplace. LifeSouth is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor as well as an affirmative action employer and provides equal opportunity to all persons, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, disability, status as a protected veteran, national origin, color, or any other classification in accordance with federal, state, and local statutes, regulations, and ordinances. Veterans are encouraged to self-identify as LifeSouth desires to provide protected veterans priority referrals for open positions. LifeSouth complies with all laws and regulations associated with the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). LifeSouth is an E-Verify employer.

If you require any assistance to complete the application process or during the interview due to a disability, please contact the LifeSouth region where you are applying or call View phone number on carejobs.now to request an accommodation. Applications may be completed at a LifeSouth facility or mailed to corporate headquarters in lieu of the on-line application process.