Phlebotomy Technician I

CooperCompanies•Portland, OR

17h•$24

About The Position

CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women’s healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most in life. As a division of CooperCompanies, we're driven by a unified purpose to enable patients to experience life's beautiful moments. Guided by our shared values – dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing – our offerings support patients throughout their lifetimes, from contraception to fertility and birth solutions, to women’s and family care, and beyond. We currently offer over 600 clinically relevant medical devices to healthcare providers, including testing and treatment options, as well as an innovative suite of assisted reproductive technology and genomic testing solutions. Learn more at www.coopersurgical.com.

Requirements

Ability to speak and write English; communicate effectively and professionally with clients and external contacts; read and interpret documents, such as procedure manuals; effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to clients and employees.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals and to compute rate, ratio, and percentage.
Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form and deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Knowledge of MS Word and Excel
Excellent customer service skills; strong attention to detail; ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously; high level of interpersonal skills to interact with peers and management; excellent organizational skills; ability to maintain confidentiality; and ability to travel as needed.
Familiarity with laboratory and medical terminology.
0-2 Years of experience performing phlebotomy.
Phlebotomy Certificate, where applicable, and GED or High School Diploma required

Nice To Haves

bachelor’s degree in science, preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Performs phlebotomy duties. Those duties include tracking blood draw and urine specimen testing intervals and ensuring specimens are collected and submitted in a timely manner.
Prepares blood and urine specimens for transport to reference laboratories, prints finalized results as well as keep track of overdue results.
Maintains phlebotomy supplies.
Performs donor desk duties. Donor desk duties include checking in donors by ensuring donors are properly identified, verifying specimen cups are accurately labeled.
Coordinates with the Laboratory Manager or Laboratory Supervisor the additional needs of the laboratory which may include but are not limited to scanning and filing donor worksheets and manifests
Performs laboratory duties including media aliquoting, quality control checks, routine cleaning of laboratory equipment
Complies with all regulatory, quality assurance, quality control, standard operating, and safety procedures.
Participate in proficiency and competency assessments.
Maintains demonstrated proficiency with all applicable Standard Operating Procedures.
Cleans and disinfects various areas of the operation as assigned
Maintains donor supplies, refreshments/snacks.
Provides administrative support by answering phones, taking messages as necessary, scheduling donor appointments
Files and enters data into applicable company databases, updates assessment table.
Follows up on outstanding/overdue results.
Conducts quality control checks on canes/vials.
As business needs dictate, work extended hours to complete daily department goals or tasks to include mandatory overtime.
Other duties and projects as needed and required.
May be necessary for job training. 0-5% of travel is required after training has been completed.