Job Title: Certified Phlebotomy Technician

Job Summary:

The Certified Phlebotomy Technician is responsible to perform phlebotomy, specimen processing, micro plating, and assisting the CLS in the laboratory. Professional application of the laboratory’s principles, theories, techniques of phlebotomy and specimen processing will be required. This position reports to the lead laboratory assistant, laboratory manager/supervisor, and/or the administrative director of Laboratory services.

Essential Job Duties:

• Follows the hospital’s policies and procedures and documents their review.
• Demonstrates ability to draw blood on all age groups, following each step of the laboratory procedure.
• Troubleshoots problems, documents specimen rejection, prepares send-out specimens and performs billing procedures.
• Orients and trains new staff.
• Keeps work area supplied, orderly and clean.
• Assists the CLS in the lab by centrifuging, organizing the specimens, placing specimens on the instruments to initiate a test run, making smears, plating micro, maintaining the instruments, and doing inventory.
• Performs other duties assigned by the lab manager/supervisor/lab administrative director.

Behavioral Standards:

• Exhibits customer and service-oriented behaviors in everyday work interactions.
• Demonstrates a courteous and respectful attitude to internal workforce and external customers.

Communication/Knowledge:

• Provides accurate and timely written and verbal communication of clinical information in a manner that is understood by all involved in the delivery of patient care.
• Able to listen, understand, problem-solve, and carry-out duties to ensure the optimal patient care outcomes.
• Able to use IT systems in an accurate and proficient manner.

Collaboration/Teamwork:

• Contributes toward effective, positive working relationships with internal and external colleagues.
• Demonstrates cooperation, flexibility, reliability, and dependability in all daily work activities and a willingness to collaborate with others for the good of the customer and the organization.

Education/Experience:

• Possesses a high school diploma and has a minimum of 1-year phlebotomy experience in an accredited hospital clinical laboratory. Experience working with laboratory instrumentation is preferred.

Licensure/Certifications:

• Current California Certified Phlebotomy Technician License
• BLS (Basic Life Support) Certificate

ADA/Physical Demands:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Such accommodations must be requested by the employee/applicant in order to be considered.

• Required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear; and may taste and smell. The employee is regularly required to lift, push and/or pull weights in excess of 10 pounds, with assistance. Visual abilities, auditory abilities, must be intact to perform duties.