Float Phlebotomist - Contract-to-Perm, Day Shifts

Soap Creek Resources; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Soap Creek Resources is seeking a Phlebotomist for a contract role spanning about 3 months with potential for permanency. The float position covers Castle ton, Delmar, Catskill, Schenectady, Cobleskill, Latham, Amsterdam, Valatie, Albany, Guilderland, with a typical Monday-Friday schedule and early start times.

Required are at least 6 months venipuncture experience, a valid phlebotomy certification for the employing state, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months' work experience performing venipunctures in a fast paced lab or hospital setting.
• Valid phlebotomy certification for the state where you will be employed as required in some states
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite

Responsibilities

• Experience doing blood draws, labeling specimens, centrifuging specimens, recording maintenance data and decontamination, updating patient information, etc.
• Collects and stores specimens according to established procedures.
• Properly explains in a clear but courteous manner the process of the venipuncture (blood drawing) and/or other specimen collection as required
• Demonstrate technique using straight needles and/or butterfly needles; understand physician orders; match laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes.
• Label, centrifuge, split, and freeze specimens as required by test order.
• Check all test requisitions or computer label against script to ensure 100% correct; package specimens for transport
• Stores specimen sample according to required temperature, places samples in appropriate collection container/tube, labels properly, and follows protocol for transport to maintain specimen integrity
• Understand and comply with OSHA and DEP regulations; attend annual department trainings
• Answer telephone calls, read laboratory results to satisfy inquiries.

Skills

Venipuncture technique

Patient communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Soap Creek Resources is seeking a Phlebotomist for a contract role spanning about 3 months with potential for permanency. The float position covers Castle ton, Delmar, Catskill, Schenectady, Cobleskill, Latham, Amsterdam, Valatie, Albany, Guilderland, with a typical Monday-Friday schedule and early start times.

Required are at least 6 months venipuncture experience, a valid phlebotomy certification for the employing state, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.