Phlebotomist

Baptist Memorial Health Care; Southaven (MS); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Paid vacation/time off

Continuing education opportunities

Health insurance (including dental and

Retirement plan

Sick leave

Life insurance

Free parking

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care in Southaven, Mississippi is seeking a Phlebotomist to draw blood specimens, perform CLIA-waived routine tests, and transport samples to the laboratory for diagnostic testing.

The role requires clear English communication, basic computer literacy, and preferred hospital phlebotomy experience or training from an approved program; generous benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate clearly in English, both written and verbal.
• Preferred hospital phlebotomy experience.
• Preferred training from an approved phlebotomy program.

Responsibilities

• Gathers specimens and prepares basic materials in a clinical lab.
• Uses venipuncture methods to collect blood samples and transports to the lab.
• Tracks progress on samples and reports results to patient areas.
• Cleans and maintains work areas and equipment and documents performance.

Skills

Basic computer literacy

Education

English communication skills

Job description

Summary The Phlebotomist draws blood samples to be used for diagnostic testing and transports samples to the appropriate laboratory. Provides updates to the patient areas on results of the tests. Performs appropriate CLIA waived routine tests or procedures in a clinical laboratory.

Responsibilities

• Gathers specimens, samples, or supplies and makes basic preparations in a clinical lab environment.
• Uses various venipuncture methods to collect patient blood samples and transports samples to the lab.
• Evaluates positive patient identification reducing pre-analytical error and/or adverse patient outcome.
• Tracks progress on samples and work orders and provides updates on results to patient areas.
• Cleans and performs routine maintenance on work areas and equipment and documents equipment performance accurately.

Requirements, Preferences And Experience

Education

Minimum: Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties.

Experience

Preferred: Hospital phlebotomy experience.

Special Skills

Minimum: Basic computer literacy.

Training

Preferred: Training as acquired in an approved phlebotomy training program

About Baptist Memorial Health Care

At Baptist, we owe our success to our colleagues, who have both technical expertise and a compassionate attitude. Every day they carry out Christ's three-fold ministry—healing, preaching and teaching. And, we reward their efforts with compensation and benefits packages that are highly competitive in the Mid-South health care community. For two consecutive years, Baptist has won a Best in Benefits award for offering the best benefit plans compared with their peer groups. Winners are chosen based on plan designs, premiums and the results of a Benefits Benchmarking Survey.

At Baptist, We Offer

• Competitive salaries
• Paid vacation/time off
• Continuing education opportunities
• Generous retirement plan
• Health insurance, including dental and vision
• Sick leave
• Service awards
• Free parking
• Short-term disability
• Life insurance
• Health care and dependent care spending accounts
• Education assistance/continuing education
• Employee referral program