Job Type Full-time Description

Are you looking to make a difference in your community?

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is looking for an enthusiastic, team-oriented, and goal-driven, individual to join the team as a

Laboratory Shipping Specialist in Gainesville, FL . This position is responsible for providing logistics and communication support to LifeSouth laboratories.

This position will help with the acquisition and processing of rare blood products, transportation of lab specimens and packing and labeling blood products.

Our Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) plan with opportunity to earn up to 200 hours per year
• Medical, dental, and vision insurances available to full-time employees the first of the month after 60 days
• Medical premium discount based on rate of pay
• 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
• Wellness program with incentives and HSA rewards
• Access to wages prior to pay day
• CDL bonus program

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to

• Facilitate the transport of blood products and lab specimens to hospitals and regions
• Take regular inventory of the lab’s blood supply
• Maintain organization of blood products
• Provide excellent customer service to hospitals and handle inquiries carefully and skillfully
• Execute regular searches within LifeSouth inventories for rare blood products
• Receive blood products into LifeSouth inventory
• Label blood and blood components; quarantine / discard components as necessary
• Perform troubleshooting of blood products that have error messages at labeling
• Process blood component orders
• Organize and pack blood products for shipment to hospitals, including counting, weighing, measuring and examining packaging and contents to ensure requirements are met
• Obtain and file paperwork

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Valid driver's license. Must also meet and maintain LifeSouth driver's eligibility requirements
• Must be able to work nights, weekends and holidays. Some on-call hours required
• Basic computer skills and experience with computer programs such as MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to handle and complete multiple projects and assignments with precision and accuracy
• Strong analytic and critical thinking skills
• Ability to anticipate what needs to be done to reach goals and work to achieve those goals
• Ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, walking, lifting up to 25 pounds, grasping and repetitive motion.

Occasional stooping, squatting, pushing, pulling, climbing, overhead lifting

The ideal candidate will possess

Previous laboratory, hospital services, components or blood banking experience

Who We Are

LifeSouth is a non-profit community blood bank serving more than 125 hospitals in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. 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 30 donor centers, 50 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 $14.00-15.40 an an hour. Criminal background check, pre-employment physical 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).

Last updated : 2024-05-10