About this role
Summary
The Phlebotomist draws blood samples to be used for diagnostic testing and transports samples to the appropriate laboratory. Provides updates to the patient areas on results of the tests. Performs appropriate CLIA waived routine tests or procedures in a clinical laboratory.
Responsibilities
- Gathers specimens, samples, or supplies and makes basic preparations in a clinical lab environment.
- Uses various venipuncture methods to collect patient blood samples and transports samples to the lab.
- Evaluates positive patient identification reducing pre-analytical error and/or adverse patient outcome.
- Tracks progress on samples and work orders and provides updates on results to patient areas.
- Cleans and performs routine maintenance on work areas and equipment and documents equipment performance accurately.
Requirements, Preferences and Experience
Education
Minimum: Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties.
Experience
Preferred: Hospital phlebotomy/doctor office experience at least one year.
Special Skills
Minimum: Basic computer literacy.
Training
Preferred: Training is acquired in an approved phlebotomy training program with certification.
Other facts
About Baptist
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
What you'll do
- The Phlebotomist is responsible for drawing blood samples for diagnostic testing and transporting them to the laboratory. They also provide updates on test results to patient areas and perform routine maintenance on work areas and equipment.
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