Laboratory Assistant

HCA Healthcare; Orange Park (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage reimbursement

On Call incentives

Job summary

HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital is seeking a Laboratory Assistant Outreach/Mobile Phlebotomist to support nursing homes in Miami-Dade/Broward counties. You will draw patient specimens and deliver them to rapid response labs for processing.

This travel role offers mileage reimbursement and occasional on-call incentives, with opportunities to join a nationally recognized healthcare system and advance your phlebotomy career.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Vocational/technical diploma preferred.
• Phlebotomy certificate is beneficial.
• Clinical laboratory experience required.
• Ability to work independently.
• Reliable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Perform venipunctures on adults and geriatric patients.
• Collect, test, and prepare specimens for referral labs.
• Centrifuge and aliquot specimens for courier pickup.
• Deliver specimens to rapid-response labs within facilities.

Skills

Independent work

Laboratory experience

Venipuncture experience

Education

High school diploma

Vocational/technical diploma

Phlebotomy certificate

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a Laboratory Assistant you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Laboratory Assistant Outreach/Mobile Phlebotomist will act as a travel phlebotomist supporting assigned nursing home(s) throughout the Miami-Dade/Broward counties. In this role you will draw patient specimens. You will deliver those specimens to our nearest rapid response labs within our facilities to centrifuge and package for courier delivery to our core laboratory. Mileage reimbursement is provided. Ask about “On Call” incentives.

Responsibilities:

• Perform venipunctures on adults and geriatric patients
• Perform specimen collection and testing
• Process, sort and prepare specimens for submission to referral laboratories for testing
• Centrifuge and aliquot specimens appropriately and prepare specimens for courier pick-up

What Qualifications you will Need:

• A completed high school diploma or GED
• A vocational/technical diploma
• A phlebotomy certificate is beneficial
• Experience in a clinical laboratory setting
• Ability to work independently
• Reliable transportation

Benefits

HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Healthcare Laboratory Services is a full service provider for clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology services, providing hospitals, physicians, and clients with timely diagnostic information for patient care. Our infrastructure includes a fully automated esoteric core laboratory in Fort Lauderdale, a histology and microbiology operation in Largo, Florida, and a network of hospital based rapid-response laboratories present in four HCA Healthcare divisions within the state of Florida. Our core laboratories support more than 250 acute and rehab hospitals, physician practices, surgery centers and commercial accounts.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do.”- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.