Phlebotomist

About the role

Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health! As a Phlebotomist, you will obtain and prepare specimens for analysis and perform various screening tests.

Responsibilities

• Performs order entry and medical necessity screening for Medicare patients.
• Performs specimen collection, including venipuncture, capillary draws, urine collection, and culture receipt.
• Accessions specimens.
• Demonstrates proper infection control.
• Demonstrates proper patient identification.
• Performs proper and prompt specimen transport.
• Performs proper drug screen collection and processing.
• Answers lab phones and responds to questions.
• Participates in lab process improvement projects.

Requirements

• High School Diploma, GED, or relevant experience/education needed to obtain certification.
• Phlebotomy Technician Certification from American Medical Certification Association, American Society for Clinical Pathology, National Center for Competency Testing, or American Medical Technologist.
• Basic Life Support Certified from American Heart Association within 30 days of hire.
• Basic Life Support Certified from American Heart Association recertification every two years.

Qualifications

• Experience working in the clinical setting preferred.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Familiarity with electronic medical records (EMR).
• Interpersonal skills and compassion.
• Analyzing information, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of infection control procedures.
• Bedside manner.
• Attention to detail.
• Procedural and organizational skills.
• Quality focus.
• Basic computer skills.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Procedural and organizational skills.
• Quality focus.
• Basic computer skills.

Physical Demand

Light physical demand.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Night - 8 hour shift

Benefits

N/A

Skills

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Night - 8 hour shift

Equal Opportunity Employer

Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.