Phlebotomist

About the role

Join our team and advance your career within a leading primary care and specialty medical practice that prides itself on family-focused, patient-centric care. With over 25 years of experience, offices across Sumter, Columbia, Camden, and Manning, SC, and a commitment to reducing wait times and integrating cutting-edge medical advancements, we offer a supportive environment where you can grow professionally.

Primary Responsibilities

• Experience doing blood draws, labeling specimens, centrifuging specimens, recording maintenance data and decontamination, updating patient information, etc.
• Greet customers appropriately. Treat all customers in a courteous manner.
• Collections specimens according to established procedures. Properly explains in a clear but courteous manner the process of the venipuncture (blood drawing) and or other specimen collection (ex. urine or fecal) as required.
• Reduce patient anxiety by providing a calm environment for patients before, during and after the collection process.
• Demonstrate technique/s using straight needles and/or butterfly needles.
• Fully understand all of the physicians' orders.
• Matches laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes. Label, centrifuge, split, and freeze specimens as required by test order.
• Check all test requisitions or computer label against script to ensure 100% correct.
• Package specimens for transport.
• Stores specimen sample according to required temperature, places samples in appropriate collection container/ tube, accurate labels, follows different procedures as outlined by specific to protocol deemed necessary for transport to maintain integrity of the specimen.
• Demonstrates proficiency of proper collection methods and proper processing of all specimens.
• Understand and comply with OSHA and DEP regulations.
• Attends annual department training.
• Answers telephone calls, reads laboratory results to satisfy inquiries.
• Ability to float to office locations outside of your home location to help fulfill critical staffing needs.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• 1+ years of experience performing phlebotomy procedures
• 1+ years of experience processing patient specimens for testing in the lab

Preferred Qualifications

• Medical Assistant or Phlebotomy certification

Pay

The hourly pay for this role will range from $16 - $29 per hour based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Schedule

A 40-hour work week. Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00am to 6:00 pm

Location

325 Broad St, Sumter, SC 29150

Benefits

• Competitive base pay
• A full and comprehensive benefit program
• Performance rewards
• A management team who demonstrates their commitment to your success
• Some of our offerings include:
• Paid time off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays
• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account
• Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Education Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.)