Phlebotomist I

SSM Health

1d • $16 • Onsite

About The Position

It's more than a career, it's a calling. MO-SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital 1201 Grand Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: SSM Health – St. Louis University Hospital is hiring a Full‑Time Day‑Shift Phlebotomist to join our care team. This position works five 8‑hour shifts per week with flexi rotating start times between 5:00 AM and 9:00 AM. Start times change weekly (for example, Week 1: 5:00 AM–1:30 PM; Week 2: 7:00 AM–3:30 PM), and schedules are provided in advance to allow for planning. The role also includes a rotating weekend and holiday schedule. Starting pay is $15.96 per hour, and qualified external candidates are eligible for a $2,000 sign‑on bonus. Preferred candidates will have at least one year of phlebotomy experience. Sign‑on bonuses are for qualified external candidates. Internal candidates should check with their recruiter to discuss available options. Job Summary: All the duties and standards of this position will be performed according to established policies, procedures and guidelines within the department and the health system. These examples of work are not all-encompassing or restrictive and are expected to vary with changing needs and priorities. The duties for a specific position with this title will be defined and assigned by the immediate department director/manager. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Performs duties in Phlebotomy, Processing, Transporting, Posting and/or Billing, Ancillary testing, Anatomical Pathology, Blood Bank, Special Testing and Microbiology, or other departments with the Pathology laboratory following prescribed procedures. The assistant laboratory I processes patients, specimens, orders, reports, requests; assists pathologists and residents in the performance of autopsies, collects and transports specimens in a courteous, timely and accurate manner. Refers unusual problems to appropriate superior. Sets priorities with changing workload to insure the final reporting of test results are within prescribed time limits.

Requirements

• High School Diploma, GED, or grandfathered through experience.
• Good oral, written and electronic data communication skills enabling the translation of facts to/from a variety of sources both within and outside of the laboratory.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with and interpret numbers and figures.
• Ability to manage time, organize daily schedule to meet productivity standards and cope with professional stress.
• Work requires the knowledge and skills necessary to provide direct patient care appropriate to patient population of specialty: Adult (15 - 65 years) Geriatric (>65 years)
• Manual dexterity, coordination and skillful use of hands when working with equipment.
• Ability to tolerate exposure to hazardous chemicals.
• Sufficiently sighted, including color discrimination, to perform analyses.
• Physical limitations must not impede working with instrumentation and moving easily between multiple workstations.
• Ability to physically perform necessary documentation in writing or using tape recorder.
• Physical and mental abilities to meet expected turnaround times in the lab environment and customer service.
• Exposure to blood and body fluids.
• Exposure to blood borne pathogens and other biological hazards.
• Subject to electrical hazards.
• Exposure to tuberculosis that requires the use of protective equipment
• Ability to input and retrieve information from instrumentation and laboratory information systems.
• Ability to manipulate safely biological hazards.
• Occasional prolonged standing/walking and sitting.
• Occasionally lifts, position push, and /or transfers supplies.
• Occasional reaching stooping, bending, kneeling, crouch, lifting, pushes pulling 30+ pounds
• Occasional, pulling 100+ pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred candidates will have at least one year of phlebotomy experience.
• Medical Assisting or Phlebotomy Certificates preferred

Responsibilities

• Accurately and precisely performs duties following clinical procedures and standards.
• Ensures that patient identification information matches test request information consistently.
• Performs routine, timed, and STAT venipuncture or capillary sticks from any patient.
• Correctly labels tubes and requisitions consistently.
• Processes patients, specimens, orders, reports, requests; collects and transports specimens in a courteous, timely and accurate manner.
• Provides good customer service with an accurate, prompt, and courteous response for inquiries from patients, physicians and other hospital staff, answering telephones calls by the third ring and identifying oneself ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTED MESSAGE ON THE TELEPHONE.
• Utilizes problem-solving skills in a variety of situations, which require corrective actions, consistently.
• Handles general lab issues as indicated, always exercising sound and professional judgment in determining items that require referral.
• Informs immediate supervisor in a timely and accurate manner of all decisions made.
• Apply high-quality management and leadership principles to foster continued employee development.
• Treat each other and our patients with respect and dignity.
• Hold integrity and honesty as our most important principle and perform at the highest ethical standard at all times.
• Maintains professional growth, development, competency and education through reading, seminars, workshops, conferences, and professional affiliations, always selecting activities which are relative to current/upcoming issues and concerns in area of responsibility and which will maximize benefits to the department and health system.
• Accepts, follows up, and completes all additional duties that will need to be performed to maintain quality work and provide excellent service to our customers.
• Achieve standards of excellence that become the benchmark of industry practices.
• Strive for daily improvement in everything we do.
• Use innovation and creativity to identify and solve problems.
• Demonstrates ongoing fiscal accountability, using both time and supplies efficiently and effectively to minimize waste or overtime and maximize productivity.
• Practices according to safety and infection control policies.
• Demonstrates Target 100 service always to department customers; patients, physicians, each other, visitors, other departments, and University employees.
• Meet the needs of each patient, whose care is our primary purpose and mission.
• Incorporates Quality Assessment into one’s daily work.

Benefits

• SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.
• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.
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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED