Phlebotomist

Job Category Staff & Executive
- Allied Health
- Health Clinic

Department CINJ - EPI & Health Outcome

Through our science, our evidence-based actions, our openness, and our respect for those we serve, we will advance cancer-focused research worldwide and reduce the burden of cancer in our catchment area. By engaging with and empowering our exceptionally diverse populations, and addressing their questions and fears, we will engender hope for cancer patients and their families and play a critical role in strengthening the fabric of our communities by gaining and protecting their trust and providing access to the outstanding oncology care each person deserves.

Our mission is to accelerate scientific discovery focused on understanding cancer, innovating cancer treatment, and improving cancer prevention; to provide outstanding, novel, and compassionate patient care; to provide evidence-based and culturally informed education to physicians, nurses, researchers, staff, and the community; and to achieve cancer health equity in our state through outreach to and engagement of our extraordinarily diverse communities.

Curiosity and Discovery: encouraging an environment of continuous inquiry, creativity, and innovation to generate new knowledge

Integrity: earning the trust of those we serve and each other through honesty, transparency, accountability, and continuous reflection

Collaboration:

approaching all opportunities with an understanding that together we are better and can achieve more; promoting and maintaining an environment of teamwork and shared knowledge

Respect and Caring: consistently demonstrating caring, compassion, and respect through our words and actions

Perseverance: maintaining an unwavering commitment to our mission; embracing change, overcoming obstacles, and creating and recreating the path to achieve our goals

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Phlebotomist I within Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes at the Rutgers Cancer Institute.

The primary purpose of the Phlebotomist I, position is to perform phlebotomy through in-person home interviews, collecting and processing biospecimens, and support other aspects of research efforts in a study of breast cancer survivors in New Jersey. This role requires working some evenings and weekends and extensive travel within the Gateway Region in New Jersey to conduct home or site visits for blood collection and processing.

• Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, responsible for scheduling and conducting in-person study visits at participants’ homes for data/biospecimen collection, organizing telephone schedule and call records to participants, attending study meetings and performing related duties as needed.
• Collects, handles, processes (e.g., centrifuges and aliquots blood samples), transfers, and ships biospecimens (e.g., blood) from participants following study protocols and IATA and OSHA safety requirements.
• Maintains participants’ records in electronic database and ensures their confidentiality.
• Participates in study meetings.
• Participates in all phases of the study and ensures compliance with the study protocol.

FLSA

FLSA Nonexempt

Grade 99H

Salary Details $24.95/hour is budgeted for this position.

Minimum Salary 15.92

Mid Range Salary 50.00

Maximum Salary 150.00

The final salary offer may be determined by several factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and expertise, and availability of department or grant funds to support the position. We…