Phlebotomist

Franklin County Medical Center • Preston, ID

just now • Onsite

About The Position

Franklin County Medical Center (FCMC) is a non-profit critical access hospital with 20 acute care beds and 35 nursing facility beds. It has been recognized as one of the “Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals” in the nation for four consecutive years (2017-2020) and aims to be in the top 20. FCMC is currently constructing a new 24,000 square foot medical office to enhance community access and services. As the largest employer in Franklin County, FCMC values its team members, including Phlebotomists, offering competitive wages, flexible scheduling, work/life balance, and opportunities for education and growth through tuition assistance and promotions. The Phlebotomist collects and processes blood samples for analysis and performs relevant clerical duties.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Phlebotomy training certification or six months of previous phlebotomy experience
• Knowledge of medical terminology, basic physiology, proper use and care of laboratory equipment, and protocol for aseptic procedures
• Basic typing and computer skills
• Ability to keep accurate records
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Ability to accurately remember and apply oral and written procedures
• Regular and predictable attendance is required
• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• Regularly required to type on a keyboard
• Regularly required to reach
• Required to talk and hear
• Occasionally required to sit, stand, and walk
• Continuously performs complex manipulative skills
• Must be able to move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and peripheral vision
• Must wear PPE when situations require
• Must submit to COVID-19 testing as required by CMS and other regulatory agencies according to FCMC policy
• Have full COVID-19 vaccination (some exemptions allowed)

Responsibilities

• Performing phlebotomy on infants, children, and adults
• Instructing patients regarding sample collection and routing
• Processing biological specimens in preparation for analysis, including proper labeling, centrifugation, separation, storing, and appropriate packaging and shipping
• Inputting patient demographics and doctor’s orders into the lab computer and retrieving results
• Performing basic, non-interpretive analytic procedures under the direct supervision of the Laboratory Manager
• Answering phone calls
• Making copies, filing, and faxing reports and requisitions
• Ensuring correct patient orders and billing information

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Flexible scheduling
• Encouraging a healthy work/life balance
• Opportunity for education and growth through tuition assistance and promotions
• Medical (for full-time employees)
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Retirement Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Illness Bank (for full-time employees)
• Paid Holidays (for full-time employees)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees