Job Description

Locations: Gainesville, Florida

Categories: Technicians - Clinical

Req ID: 58977

Overview

Advance your career at University of Florida Health as a Lab PAA/Phlebotomist Lead in beautiful Gainesville, Florida where Nature and Culture meet. Our thriving community is known for its unique blend of natural beauty, innovation, cultural energy, and recreation. UF Health is consistently ranked among the nation’s best hospitals and we are committed to excellence in healthcare. We value the impact our clinical laboratory staff make in patient outcomes every day. Our patients and our people are at the center of everything we do. Make UF Health your next career destination.

UF Health Experience & Rewards:

• Level 1 trauma center and teaching hospital
• FACT accredited NCI-designated cancer institute
• Bone Marrow and Solid Organ Transplant Center
• Accrued PTO including holidays
• Annual salary reviews
• Tuition reimbursement
• Competitive healthcare/retirement plans
• Wellness programs

Responsibilities

In this role the Lab PAA/Phlebotomist Lead will perform the following job duties:

• Oversee clerical/LPAA operations, including clerical support of laboratory operations, problem resolution, technical development and procedure implementation, etc.
• Evaluate and train phlebotomy staff

Laboratory duties and responsibilities (as applicable):

• Perform routine Laboratory clerical procedures
• Collect patient specimens; accessions and distributes specimens and/or blood products
• Prepare specimens for analysis
• Prepare blood products for patient and of blood products

Schedule

FTE: .50

Hours: Days

Days: Variable

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

• High school graduate
• 6 months previous laboratory experience clinical or hospital based is required
• Completion of phlebotomy training program (240 hours) preferred
• Experience in a Leadership position, preferred

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

Must possess or be eligible for national certification in phlebotomy

Certification in CPR is required

Motor Vehicle Operator Designation: Employees in this position: Will operate vehicles for an assigned business purpose as a 'non-frequent driver' NOTE: A frequent driver is defined as one who uses his/her personal or Shands automobile a) at least once daily, b) at least five individual trips per week or c) drives, on average, over 150 miles per week in the performance of his/her job.