About the Role

Baptist Memorial Health Care is seeking a Phlebotomist to collect blood samples for diagnostic testing and perform routine CLIA waived tests. The role involves transporting specimens, maintaining laboratory equipment, and ensuring accurate patient identification and data entry within a clinical laboratory setting.

Skills

Phlebotomy Venipuncture Specimen collection Laboratory equipment maintenance Patient identification Data entry Communication Computer proficiency Clinical laboratory procedures CLIA waived testing

Full job details

Summary

The Phlebotomist draws blood samples to be used for diagnostic testing and transports samples to the appropriate laboratory. Provides updates to the patient areas on results of the tests. Performs appropriate CLIA waived routine tests or procedures in a clinical laboratory.

Responsibilities

Gathers specimens, samples, or supplies and makes basic preparations in a clinical lab environment.
Uses various venipuncture methods to collect patient blood samples and transports samples to the lab.
Evaluates positive patient identification reducing pre-analytical error and/or adverse patient outcome.
Tracks progress on samples and work orders and provides updates on results to patient areas.
Cleans and performs routine maintenance on work areas and equipment and documents equipment performance accurately.

Requirements, Preferences and Experience

Education

Minimum: Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties.

Experience

Preferred: Hospital phlebotomy/doctor office experience at least one year.

Special Skills

Minimum: Basic technology proficiency with computers.

Training

Preferred: Training is acquired in an approved phlebotomy training program with certification.