Phlebotomist

Grifols • Little Rock, AR

3h • Onsite

About The Position

Grifols is a global healthcare company focused on improving health and well-being through plasma-derived medicines, transfusion medicine, and related solutions and services. The Phlebotomist works in a plasma center and helps ensure donors are comfortable while supporting donor safety and product quality. Grifols provides training for the role. The position requires obtaining applicable state licensures or certifications.

The work involves exposure to biological fluids and potential infectious organisms, electrical office and laboratory equipment, and extreme cold below 32°F when working in a plasma freezer. Required personal protective equipment may include protective eyewear, garments, gloves, and cold-weather gear. The role involves extended periods of standing or walking, frequent hand and foot movement, and occasional lifting, bending, twisting, reaching, squatting, or crouching. Hearing acuity and specified correctable vision and color-perception abilities are also required.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Superior customer service standards.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule.
• Interest in making a difference in the world.
• Obtain required state licensures or certifications where applicable.
• Patient and reliable, with a commitment to keeping donors comfortable and happy.
• Ability to comprehend and follow instructions and complete assigned tasks.
• Ability to listen to and understand spoken information and ideas, and to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to diverse groups.
• Hearing acuity essential.
• Color perception and discrimination, and near and far vision correctable to 20/30 in one eye and 20/100 in the other eye.
• Ability to stand for 6 to 8 hours per day and potentially walk for up to 6 to 8 hours per day.
• Ability to bend and twist the neck and waist for 1 to 2 hours per day; frequent hand and foot movement; and occasional squatting, crouching, or sitting on one's heels.
• Ability to lift 15 pounds regularly and a maximum of 50 pounds, and to reach below shoulder height.

Responsibilities

• Assist in determining donor suitability.
• Build rapport with donors to support customer satisfaction while maintaining donor confidentiality.
• Respond to and assist with handling donor reactions.
• Monitor donors and equipment to support donor health and product quality.
• Set up, disconnect, and operate automated plasmapheresis machines.
• Disconnect and dispose of contaminated disposable equipment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED