Description

A Phlebotomist or Certified Phlebotomist, is responsible for using their medical knowledge to take blood and other samples from patients. Their duties include preparing the testing room with the proper tools, walking patients through the process when inserting needles and retrieving samples and labeling samples for further analysis in medical laboratories.

You will join a team of medical practitioners that deliver a host of fitness, rehabilitative, wellness and therapeutic services to the community of Santa Cruz County and beyond. 

Not only do we offer an optimal work environment, but we offer a variety of benefits that employees can take advantage of which include but are not limited to the following:

Unlimited Semi-Private Training classes
Unlimited free Vasper sessions
Unlimited free access to the Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber
Discounted InBody analysis
Free Chiropractic consults
Discounted products & supplements
Discounted massage
Discounted personal training
Monthly staff credits
Extended Education

Responsibilities

• Serves patients by identifying the best method for retrieving blood samples and other specimens, preparing specimens for laboratory testing, and performing screening procedures.
• Verifies test requisitions by comparing information with physician requests/orders
• Verifies patient identification and explains sampling procedures to patients.
• Obtains blood specimens by performing venipunctures and finger sticks.
• Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following department procedures, and observing isolation procedures.
• Tracks collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection and maintaining daily tallies of collections performed.
• Maintains quality results by following department procedures and testing schedule, recording results and identifying and reporting needed changes.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
• Resolves unusual test orders by contacting the physician, pathologist, nursing station, or reference laboratory, referring unresolved orders back to the originator for further clarification, and notifying supervisor of unresolved orders.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and participating in professional organizations.
• Serves and protects the hospital or healthcare facility community by adhering to professional standards, institutional policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
• Reassures patients who are nervous about sampling procedures and applies dressings to wounds created by blood draws.
• Updates patient records.
• Maintains an organized and clean workspace.

Knowledge and Skills

• Adept at venipuncture, phlebotomy, and finger sticks
• Excellent verbal and written communication and documentation skills
• Familiarity with electronic medical records (EMR)
• Interpersonal skills and compassion
• Analyzing information, critical thinking, and problem solving
• Knowledge of infection control procedures
• Maintain friendly client rapport
• Attention to detail
• Procedural and organizational skills
• Quality focus
• Basic computer skills

Employee Benefits

Paid time-off, merchandise discounts, employee events, paid sick days.