Phlebotomist

Essential Functions

• Accurately collect patient specimens for diagnostic testing
• Work in a professional medical environment
• Perform specimen collection using techniques such as venipuncture, capillary puncture, PIVO, and throat swab collections
• Collect specimens from various acuities including Outpatient, Emergency Department, and Inpatient – including newborns, patients in intensive care, and all other areas of the hospital
• Adhere to and enforce laboratory compliance and safety regulations
• Navigate multiple computer systems
• Communicate procedures and instructions with patients and family members
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment

Qualifications

• BLS Required
• High School Diploma or equivalent, Preferred
• Six months of phlebotomy experience, phlebotomy training or national certification as approved by manager/supervisor, Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require verbal communication, hearing, and understanding spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations
• Manual dexterity to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients, bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment, push/pull gurneys and portable equipment, navigate crowded and busy rooms, and drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles

Skills

• Communication
• Phlebotomy
• Laboratory Operations
• Regulatory Requirements
• Computer Literacy
• Teamwork
• Working Independently

Benefits

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.