Phlebotomist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Phlebotomy Training (Diploma or Certificate) and/or successful completion of an accredited Medical Assistant Program or equivalent training and experience
• 1 Year of phlebotomy experience
• Capable of performing the procedures required providing proper patients care.

Nice To Haves

• Certification in Phlebotomy is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates the ability to accurately and precisely follow established office and laboratory procedures.
• Organizes work so that patient specimen is drawn with a minimum of patient waiting time.
• Performs blood collection duties in a timely manner to ensure availability of test results.
• Give appropriate instructions to the patients and performs other specimen collection as requested by physician
• Appropriately labels all patient specimens with patient name, chart number, requesting physician’s name, date and time specimen collected, and the name of test required.
• Delivers and/or processes specimens in a timely manner (i.e. centrifuges, prepares specimen and paperwork for reference laboratory courier, aliquots and refrigerates for later batch testing, or immediately notifies appropriate testing personnel of STAT requests, etc)
• Collects blood samples in appropriate tubes.
• Assists nursing personnel in the collection of specimens if needed.
• Receives phone calls from nurses, doctors, and reference laboratories.
• Inventories and orders supplies.
• Demonstrates, at all times, in dealing with the public a positive image of the clinic as a caring and concerned organization.
• Respects the confidentiality of patient records and uses discretion with discussing patient results/matters.
• Demonstrates the ability to deal with priorities in an appropriate manner.
• Performs work within the established laboratory safety and infection control policies and procedures, practices, infection control and chemical hazard procedures for protection of self, patients, and clinic personnel.
• Must have predictable and consistent attendance