Clerk - Phlebotomist
UPMC
- Location
- Onsite (Altoona, Pennsylvania)
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Entry Level
Posted 2 weeks ago
About the role
UPMC is a world-renowned nonprofit health care provider and insurer committed to delivering exceptional, people-centered care. This role supports laboratory services by performing phlebotomy and administrative duties to ensure patient safety and accurate specimen processing.
Skills
Phlebotomy
Venipuncture
Specimen collection
Patient identification
Laboratory terminology
Data entry
Receptionist duties
Medical billing
Communication
Safety protocols
Full job details
Clerk Phlebotomist
Fulltime 40 hours day shift with schedule hours between the following: 6:30 am-3:00 pm / 7:00 am-3:30 pm / 7:30 am-4:00 pm / 8:00 am-4:30 pm / 8:30 am-5:00 pm - with rotation as needed. Weekend/Holiday rotation
AFSCME union
Posted: September 30, 2026
Responsibilities:
- Appearance is professional and in accordance with the Department of Laboratory Services dress code and hospital policy.
- Communicates with patients, explaining procedures prior to venipuncture. Serves patient in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort.
- Processes outpatients, to include interpreting physician orders, venipuncture and billing.
- Collects routine, fasting, timed and stat blood samples as indicated on label ordered by a physician and entered into the computer.
- Properly labels specimens with patient's name, hospital and room number, name of test, date and time collected and phlebotomist's initials.
- Performs receptionist duties.
- Prior to collecting blood samples, identifies patient by identification armband, checking it with label using two unique identifiers.
Education and Formal Training Required:
- High school graduate or equivalent; completion of an acceptable phlebotomy training program.
- If no previous phlebotomy training program, successful completion of UPMC phlebotomy training program.
Experience Required:
- Prefer one year experience, however a clinical rotation during phlebotomy training program is acceptable.
- Must be able to learn: The practices and procedures required in the work place. The types of tests performed and laboratory terminology. The performance of phlebotomies. The courtesies of dealing with patients, physicians, and other hospital employees. The use of the telephone effectively and giving or receiving reports and messages clearly and accurately.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
- Act 33 with renewal
- Act 34 with renewal
- Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran