Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana’s leading cancer care organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the region. And with strategic hospital and physician partnerships, we are delivering on our mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer.

Mary Bird Perkins and its partners work together to provide state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer services. This culture of innovation helps attract the best cancer minds in the country, from expert physicians and highly specialized scientists to forward-thinking leaders in supportive care and other disciplines.

Together, with our hospital and physician partners, we are one-hundred percent focused on cancer care.

Why Join Us? We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals who demonstrate a natural desire to support the meaningful work of community oncologists and the patients we serve.

Job Description:

SCOPE: Collect specimens for laboratory analysis, and prepare for processing by the laboratory.  Greet and receive all patients in a professional, warm, and efficient manner.  Utilizing the laboratory software; register patients into the system for proper specimen processing.  Make sure to maximize in-house lab processing.

FUNCTIONS:

1.  Perform venipuncture on patients in both a timely and professional manner.
2.  Verify lab orders are available and patients are registered.         
3.  Process specimens for internal and external processing.         
4.  Management of Lab area

QUALIFICATIONS:

High school diploma or equivalent required

Graduate of a phlebotomy training program

Phlebotomy Certification highly preferred

2 years’ experience in a lab required; oncology experience preferred.