Phlebotomist - Outpatient Lab

shm; Livingston (NJ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Health is seeking a skilled phlebotomist to join our satellite lab team in New Jersey. You will draw blood cultures, process specimens, and ensure proper labeling and transport to the main lab while maintaining aseptic technique.

You will work Monday through Friday 7:30 am–4 pm with rotating weekend shifts at regional locations, training new staff, and using the LIS to document results and communicate critical findings to physicians.

Qualifications

• Requires competency across adult, pediatric and infant phlebotomy.
• Ability to perform skin punctures and bleeding time testing.
• Adheres to aseptic technique and documentation standards.
• Willing to adapt work schedule for emergencies and coverage.
• Experience handling specimens and lab paperwork required.

Responsibilities

• Draw blood cultures using aseptic technique.
• Process Stat specimens per SOP and document results.
• Prepare containers and provide home collection instructions.
• Collect urine drug screens and H. pylori breath tests.
• Check in patients at satellite labs and coordinate with main lab.
• Train new staff on lab policies and procedures.
• Monitor inventory and restock supplies as needed.
• Enter results in LIS and notify physicians of critical results.

Skills

Phlebotomy expertise

Laboratory procedures

Patient care

LIS familiarity

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

2+ years phlebotomy experience

Tools

LIS (Laboratory Information System)

Job description

About Our Company

We're a physician-led, patient-centric network committed to simplifying health care and bringing a more connected kind of care.

Our primary, multispecialty, and urgent care providers serve millions of patients in traditional practices, patients' homes and virtually through VillageMD and our operating companies Village Medical , Village Medical at Home , Summit Health , CityMD , and Starling Physicians .

When you join our team, you become part of a compassionate community of people who work hard every day to make health care better for all. We are innovating value-based care and leveraging integrated applications, population insights and staffing expertise to ensure all patients have access to high-quality, connected care services that provide better outcomes at a reduced total cost of care.

Please Note: We will only contact candidates regarding your applications from one of the following domains: @summithealth.com, @citymd.net, @villagemd.com, @villagemedical.com, @westmedgroup.com, @starlingphysicians.com, or @bmctotalcare.com.

Job Description

Status: Full Time - Benefit Eligible

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4pm with rotating Saturday or Sunday shifts (7am - 3:30pm) at sister Lab locations within region

Essential Job functions :

• Uses appropriate aseptic technique to draw blood cultures.
• Processes Stat specimens according to Summit Health SOP.
• Prepares collection containers with appropriate preservatives for patients and gives instructions for proper collection of specimens at home (Urine & Stool). Properly measures and records a volume for a 24-hr collection.
• Properly collects a COC Urine Drug Screen.
• Properly administers and collects a H. pylori Breath test.
• Properly handles orders on minors.
• Uses the correct procedure for completing paperwork and labeling of specimen for OVH Blood Bank specimens.
• Processes satellite specimens and delivers them to the appropriate department.
• Monitors inventory levels and follows appropriate protocol for replenishing supplies in phlebotomy room and storage area.
• Deletes/cancels orders as necessary with full documentation of reason. Ensures proper patient charge deletion according to departmental policy.
• Recalls patients for follow-up procedures or error correction as required. Documents callbacks in the lab logbook.
• Utilizes LIS for all applicable functions to perform job duties, including downtime procedures.
• Adapts work schedule to meet emergency staffing needs.

Required Competencies:

• Demonstrates competency in all areas of adult phlebotomy*
• Demonstrates competency in all areas of pediatric phlebotomy*
• Demonstrates competency in all areas of infant phlebotomy*
• Demonstrates competency in performing skin punctures*
• Demonstrates competency in performing bleeding times including entering the result in the LIS and the logbook. *Includes: Correct Order of Draw for multiple tube collection, using good judgment in evaluating specimens using established protocol, and demonstrating application of an adequate bandage to puncture site with explanation of puncture site care to patient.

General Job functions:

• Properly check-in a patient in a satellite lab, including arriving the patient on the day-list.
• Properly process lab and office collected specimens for transport to the main lab by courier.
• Contact a courier for a Stat pickup in a satellite office.
• Properly perform, log, and enter a result for a Rapid Strep and or Hemoccult test in the LIS. Notifies physician of critical (positive) result.
• Trains new staff in proper lab policies and procedures.
• Other job duties as required.

Physical Job Requirements

• Endurance (e.g. continuous typing, prolonged standing/bending, walking lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling)
• Work requires sitting, standing, and / or walking for periods of up to eight hours.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers
• Physical strength to lift heavy objects, carts, or items, taking frequency and weight into consideration.
• The normal performance of duties may require lifting and carrying objects: Objects 1 to 10 pounds.
• Physical mobility, which includes movement from place to place on the job, taking distance and speed into account.
• Balance is maintained during climbing, bending and/or reaching.
• Physical agility, which includes the ability to maneuver the body while in place.
• Ability to handle the physical requirements of the position.

Environmental Risks:

• Chemicals, Sharps, Latex, Chemotherapy and Fumes
• Loud noises
• Vibration
• Extreme temperatures
• Confined spaces
• Allergens: dust, mold and/or pollen
• Magnetic fields
• Radiation
• Combative patients/visitors

Blood-borne Pathogen:

• Exposure to infectious hazards, blood, body fluids, non-intact skin or tissue specimens.
• Contact with patients or patient specimens is possible.
• Unplanned or unexpected exposure.
• Exposure to infectious hazards, blood, and other body fluids.

Education, Certification, Computer and Training Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 2 years of phleboto