Phlebotomist - Contract, Float Across Labs (Growth)

Ridgemont Resources, Inc.; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Ridgemont Resources, Inc. is seeking a Phlebotomist for a contract role with potential to go permanent. The float position covers Castleton, Delmar, Catskill, Schenectady, Cobleskill, Latham, Amsterdam, Valatie, Albany and Guilderland.

Schedule: Monday–Friday, roughly 6:30am–5:30pm, eight-hour shifts. Responsibilities include performing blood draws, labeling specimens, centrifuging, and documenting data while maintaining specimen integrity and safety.

Qualifications

• Valid phlebotomy certification for the state where you will be employed as required in some states.
• Minimum of 6 months' work experience performing venipunctures in a fast paced lab or hospital setting
• 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 (ex. urine or fecal) as required
• Demonstrate technique/s using straight needles and/or butterfly needles.Fully understand all of the physicians' orders.Matches 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, accurately labels, follows different procedures as outlined by specific to protocol deemed necessary for transport to maintain integrity of the specimen.
• Understand and comply with OSHA and DEP regulations.Attend annual department trainings
• Answer telephone calls, read laboratory results to satisfy inquiries.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Venipuncture

Lab procedures

Microsoft Office

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Butterfly needles

Centrifuge

Labeling equipment

Job description

Ridgemont Resources, Inc. is seeking a Phlebotomist for a contract role with potential to go permanent. The float position covers Castleton, Delmar, Catskill, Schenectady, Cobleskill, Latham, Amsterdam, Valatie, Albany and Guilderland.

Schedule: Monday–Friday, roughly 6:30am–5:30pm, eight-hour shifts. Responsibilities include performing blood draws, labeling specimens, centrifuging, and documenting data while maintaining specimen integrity and safety.