In this position you will use your phlebotomy skills to collect blood samples in community settings for cancer screening tests or other medical procedures. You'll also serve as a CDL-licensed driver for the Dietz and Watson Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Mobile Cancer Screening Unit.

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Performs venipunctures on patients who meet cancer screening or other medical guidelines.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
• Follows proper infection control procedures before, during and after drawing blood.
• Verifies patient identification and explains sampling procedures to patients.
• Tracks collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection, as well as other required documentation.
• Processes samples in the centrifuge in preparation for shipping or laboratory analysis.
• Safely drive the Dietz and Watson SKCC Mobile Cancer Screening Unit to and from community screening events.
• Comply with all safe driving practices, policies, and processes at all times.

Qualifications

• Valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) required, Minimum Interstate CLASS B CDL with Air Brake Endorsement. DOT Physical.
• Phlebotomy technician certification in Pennsylvania and New Jersey required.
• HS Diploma or equivalent preferred; 3+ years of related experience required.

Conditions of Employment

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson's clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Closing Statement

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson's mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.