Phlebotomist (Saturdays only)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Phlebotomist
Functional Group: Phlebotomy/Patient Service
Location: Bay Shore New York 11706
Duration: 4 months (Extendable or contract to hire)
Schedule: Only Saturdays  (8am - 2pm)
Pay Rate: $23

Requirements:

• Preferred bilingual Spanish Speaking
• 1-2 years of working experience as a phlebotomist.
• Experience with straight, butterfly needles and color tubes.
• 2 years of blood draw, venipunctures experience.

Job Duties

• 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, accurate labels, follows different procedures as outlined by specific to protocol deemed necessary for transport to maintain integrity of the specimen.