Phlebotomy Technician- Inpatient (Full Time/Night Shift)

Location: Lancaster, PA (Lancaster General Hospital)

Responsibilities

• In a hospital inpatient setting, performs venipuncture and capillary puncture blood collection according to laboratory policies, procedures, and regulatory standards (Intensive Care Units, Medical Nursing Units, Emergency Department, Trauma Bay).
• Optimizes patient care by providing timely and accurate collection of blood specimens on both pediatric and adult patients.
• Maintains patient safety by accurately identifying patients and associating the collected sample with the patient.
• Follows all proper organizational Infection Control procedures and isolation protocols, including Airborne, Droplet, and Contact Isolation.
• Uses technology such as computer applications to organize and facilitate efficient patient care.
• Works continually within multidisciplinary teams, including response to code situations requiring resuscitative efforts (Trauma, Stroke, Hemodynamic Stability, Cardiac events).
• Performs blood collection in environments of extreme stress and difficult emotional situations with proficiency.
• Navigates and mitigates work within a hazardous environment utilizing critical thinking and situational awareness.
• Carries out lab testing at the bedside with point‑of‑care testing devices, including performance, evaluation, and troubleshooting of quality control on bedside analyzers.
• Provides compassionate care in a professional manner.
• Facilitates on‑boarding of new staff.
• Participates in activities for maintenance of CAP.
• Serves as point person by assuming departmental roles pertaining to Safety, Charge, Materials Management.
• For positions at WBH: identifies specimens and accurately matches identification parameters; correctly labels all specimen types; takes action to reconcile identification concerns; competently processes specimens within specified lab area; performs clerical functions (answering phone, checking physician orders on requisitions, document filing); enters specimen information and related data into laboratory information system (LIS); identifies and resolves problems within area of expertise; ability to operate instrumentation appropriate to specified lab area; other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum: High School diploma or equivalent
• Preferred: Certification as a Phlebotomist
• Preferred: Experience in a health care setting
• Preferred: Customer care experience
• Preferred: Basic Cardiac Life Support

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region, plus employee benefits programs designed to help employees get healthy and stay healthy.

Schedule

Full Time (40 hours/week) Night Shift. Hours between 11:00 pm and 7:30 am Monday‑Friday. Every other weekend (both Saturday & Sunday), every other holiday, and on‑call rotation. Includes 8 weeks of full‑time training on the night shift.