Phlebotomist

Baptist Health; Corbin (KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Short & Long-term Disability

Retirement with Company Match

Job summary

Baptist Health Corbin is seeking a Phlebotomist for full-time, 2nd shift in the Laboratory. You will collect blood specimens, label them accurately, and ensure proper handling to support timely testing.

You will accession and transport specimens in the LIS, communicate professionally with patients and staff, contribute to quality assurance, and assist with training of new employees and students.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• BLS certification is required.
• CPR training within first week of orientation.

Responsibilities

• Collects blood specimens from patients of all ages using proper collection techniques, safety practices, and infection control procedures.
• Accurately identifies patients and labels specimens according to established protocols.
• Processes, documents, and tracks specimens within the Laboratory Information System (LIS).
• Ensures timely specimen collection, handling, and delivery to support efficient laboratory operations.
• Communicates professionally and compassionately with patients, physicians, and coworkers while maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Supports quality assurance initiatives and follows all hospital safety, infection control, and regulatory guidelines.
• Assists with inventory monitoring, supply management, and training of new employees and students.

Skills

BLS certification

CPR training

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Summary Job Description

Phlebotomist Full Time – 2nd Shift BHCOR-Laboratory I Corbin, KY Clinical Laboratory Services provides an array of timely and accurate diagnostic testing and other services to Baptist Health Corbin's patients, and to other patients and organizations in support of the facilities mission, vision and strategic priorities. The phlebotomist is responsible for specimen collections, accessioning, labeling and transport of specimens; while optimizing patient safety with minimal medical/health care errors in any or all the sections of the Clinical Laboratory.

Description

Collects blood specimens from patients of all ages using proper collection techniques, safety practices, and infection control procedures. Accurately identifies patients and labels specimens according to established protocols. Processes, documents, and tracks specimens within the Laboratory Information System (LIS). Ensures timely specimen collection, handling, and delivery to support efficient laboratory operations. Communicates professionally and compassionately with patients, physicians, and coworkers while maintaining patient confidentiality. Supports quality assurance initiatives and follows all hospital safety, infection control, and regulatory guidelines. Assists with inventory monitoring, supply management, and training of new employees and students. Provides excellent customer service and responds promptly to patient and departmental needs.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
• New employees requiring CPR should have basic life support (CPR) training within the first week of orientation.

Benefits

• Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance Life Insurance Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance Identity Theft Protection Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire Bereavement Leave (includes pets) PTO Sell Back Program Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation) Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support Retirement with Company Match

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

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