Phlebotomist, PRN

About the role

Harrison County Hospital is seeking a Phlebotomist to join our team! This position is PRN (as needed), variable shifts and hours, includes rotating weekends. Harrison County Hospital has continuously served the people of Harrison County since 1950. Today our acute care community hospital serves the healthcare needs of a much broader and growing population in Harrison and Crawford counties, Indiana and Meade County, Kentucky. As our community grows, we grow, serving more patients than ever before, and recruiting highly qualified hospital and medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Perform skin punctures to obtain blood specimens for laboratory testing.
• Process test requisitions promptly and accurately.
• Handle accurate charging, registering, and ordering of tests for outpatients.
• Inform laboratory techs of stat and other timed or urgent testing.
• Distribute and file test results and physician orders.
• Telephone patients, physicians, and nursing units as required.
• Process and handle specimens according to lab protocol.
• Perform capillary testing.
• Perform EKGs for outpatients.
• Answer all telephone calls to the lab and transfer calls as needed.
• Maintain neat and organized collection trays, collection areas, and work areas.
• Demonstrate logical/professional behaviors under demanding and stressful conditions.
• Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and behaviors appropriate to the population served, including ability to perform phlebotomy and capillary puncture procedures for neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
• Communicate patient preparation and procedure information to parents of neonates and infants, and at the appropriate level for children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
• Obtain and interpret information from parents of neonates and infants, and directly from children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients necessary for appropriate patient care.

Requirements

• High school graduate with on‑the‑job training in a clinical laboratory.
• One year of experience preferred.

Skills

• Phlebotomy and capillary puncture proficiency across all age groups.
• Effective communication with patients and families tailored to age and understanding level.
• Ability to obtain and interpret patient information from parents and patients.
• Proficiency in performing EKGs and processing specimens per lab protocol.
• Strong organizational skills for maintaining collection trays and work areas.
• Ability to remain professional under stressful conditions.

Schedule

PRN (as needed) position with variable shifts and hours, including rotating weekends.