Job Title: Floater Phlebotomist - I
Territory: Ossining, Newburgh, Beacon, Middletown, Peekskill, Poughkeepsie, Suffern
Duration: 5 Months (Possible Extension)
Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-8pm as needed Every other Saturday or Sunday 9am-5pm
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.
* Greet customers appropriately; treat all customers in a courteous manner
* Collects 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
* Reduces patient anxiety by providing a calm environment for patients before, during and after the collection process
* 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
EDUCATION:
* High School Diploma or GED
* Valid Phlebotomy certification for the state