Phlebotomist- Uniontown

Preferred Primary Care Physicians, Inc.•South Union Township, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Preferred Primary Care Physicians is currently recruiting for a full-time Phlebotomist at a busy PPCP Office located in the Uniontown area. The successful candidate MUST have at least 6 months experience as a clinical Phlebotomist. The candidate must be comfortable working with all aspects of a Phlebotomy position, including essentials such as working with computers and having the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced working environment. Great Monday through Friday day schedule! Come join the PPCP team and family and enjoy a great starting hourly rate with incredible yet inexpensive benefits such as medical, dental, vision, PTO, holiday pay, bonus potential, and one of the BEST 401k retirement programs. PPCP promotes a positive, healthy work environment.

Requirements

At least 6 months experience as a clinical Phlebotomist.
Comfortable working with all aspects of a Phlebotomy position.
Ability to work with computers.
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced working environment.
A high school diploma or GED is required.
Graduate from an accredited school of medical assistant.
Six (6) months of medical assistant experience in a medical practice setting preferred, however open to new graduate applicants.

Responsibilities

Serves patients by preparing specimens for laboratory testing; performing screening procedures.
Verifies test requisitions by comparing information with nursing station log; bringing discrepancies to the attention of unit personnel.
Verifies patient by reading patient identification.
Obtains blood specimens by performing venipunctures and fingersticks.
Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following department procedures; observing isolation procedures.
Tracks collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection; maintaining daily tallies of collections performed.
Performs bleeding-times tests by entering results to the computer; notifying pathologist of results falling outside normal ranges.
Maintains quality results by following department procedures and testing schedule; recording results in the quality-control log; identifying and reporting needed changes.
Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.