Clinical Lab Assistant Phlebotomist - Second Shift Main Campus - Full Time

Elliot Health System; New Hampshire; On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Continuing Education Reimbursement

Onsite gym access

Disability & life insurance

Job summary

Elliot Health System’s Elliot Hospital Laboratory seeks a Clinical Lab Assistant – Phlebotomist for the Main Campus. This role involves patient contact, specimen collection, labeling, and ensuring specimen integrity from collection through processing.

The position performs venipuncture, blood culture collection, and EPIC entry, with duties rotating weekends/holidays. Requires a High School diploma and phlebotomy training; ASCP certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Phlebotomy course or phlebotomy experience.
• ASCP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine venipuncture and capillary collection across age groups.
• Accurately identify patients and label specimens in the presence of patients.
• Enter laboratory orders into EPIC and document collections.

Skills

Venipuncture

Customer service

Data entry

Lab safety

Education

High School diploma

Phlebotomy certification preferred

Tools

EPIC

Centrifuge operation

Specimen labeling

Job description

Clinical Lab Assistant – Phlebotomist - Main Campus

32 Hours on Second Shift - 1:30p-10:00p, rotating weekends and holidays

All lab staff are required to work holidays and weekends on a rotating basis.

About The Elliot Lab

The Elliot Hospital Laboratory is a full-service laboratory offering both Clinical and Anatomical Pathology testing. The Clinical Laboratory operates 24 hours/day,7 days/week offering both stat and routine testing. The Anatomical Pathology department operates Monday- Friday 7 am to 4 pm.

We conveniently provide services to patients and the community with 5 walk-in labs located in Manchester, Bedford, Hooksett and Londonderry. We also service 60 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the area.

About The Job

Elliot Health System strives to inspire wellness, heal our patients, and serve with compassion in every interaction. The Clinical Lab Assistant acts as the primary point of contact for patients, physicians, client, and other health care providers. They will perform a variety of customer service-related tasks as well as various non-technical functions in the laboratory which allows the timely flow of all specimens through the lab departments. The Clinical Lab Assistant maintains the integrity of samples from collection to receipt to storage and performs specific departmental tasks as assigned by the department supervisor.

What You’ll Do

• Perform routine and advanced venipuncture and capillary collection using proper technique in a variety of locations and on all age groups.
• Perform proper blood culture collection on all age groups.
• Accurately identifies patient at time of collection and label all specimens in the presence of the patient in all settings.

Additional Tasks

• Verify patient requisitions are complete and accurate ensuring patient name and date of birth is documented and orders are clearly marked off.
• Accurately perform computerized clerical duties, verify and/or place orders and complete documentation of all collections.
• Receive specimens into the laboratory verifying patient demographics and verifying specimen types.
• Prepare specimens for processing to include operating centrifuge, aliquot specimens and labeling specimens.
• Prepare specimens for transportation to the main laboratory when applicable.
• Performs final disposition of specimen to storage via standard tube tracking procedures.
• Answers incoming phone calls, provides patient testing results and/or test requirements as appropriate and refers technical questions to technical staff.
• Responsible for answering incoming calls on multiline phones. Must be familiar with the collection process for special tests i.e., glucose tolerance, urine, and other body fluid collections.
• Responsible for calling and documenting STAT and critical results.
• Responsible for entering laboratory orders into EPIC that have been received via fax or phone call.

Education And Experience Needs

High School diploma or equivalent required. Phlebotomy course or phlebotomy experience. ASCP certification preferred.

What Elliot Health System Has To Offer

• Health, dental, prescription, and vision coverage for full-time & part-time employees
• Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage
• Continuing Education Reimbursement Programs
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
• Multiple onsite gym locations with FREE access for employees (plus yoga, personal training and more)

Work Schedule:

32 Hours on Second Shift - 1:30p-10:00p, rotating weekends and holidays