Float Phlebotomist

Job Title: Float Phlebotomist Base Location: Beacon New York 12508. Required coverage area: Beacon, Newburgh, Middletown, Peekskill, Poughkeepsie, Ossining, Suffern. Mileage will be reimbursed Duration: 4 months (Extendable or contract to hire) Schedule: Floater will be required to be available from 7:30am-8pm Monday-Friday, every other Saturday or Sunday 9am-5pm. They will only be working 1 weekend day. Pay Rate: $26/hr Requirements: 1-2 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: * 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 * 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.