Float Phlebotomist

Job Title: Float Phlebotomist Functional Group: Phlebotomy/Patient Service Location: Ossining New York 10562 Required coverage area: Beacon, Newburgh,Ossining, Poughkeepsie, Peekskill, Middletown Duration: 4 months (Extendable or contract to hire) Schedule: Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-7pm as needed, Every other Saturday or Sunday 9am-5pm Pay Rate: $$24- 26/hr Requirements: 2 years of working experience as a phlebotomist. Active Driving License Need to have a reliable vehicle Experience with straight, butterfly needles and color tubes. 2 years of blood draw, venipunctures experience. Duties may include but are not necessarily limited to the following: Travelling to the assigned locations and 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 Checks 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.