Job Description

Job Title: Phlebotomist

Location: Portland, Oregon 97232

Duration: 6 months + potential to extend

Pay Range- $20/hr - $22/hr

Shift: Mon- 8:30 am-5 pm Mon-Fri

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 m corpanner 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 the script to ensure 100% correct.
• Package specimens for transport.
• Stores specimen samples according to the required temperature, places samples in appropriate collection containers/tubes, accurately labels, and follows different process- procedures as outlined by specific protocols deemed necessary for transport to maintain the integrity of the specimen.
• Understand and comply with OSHA and DEP regulations.
• Attend annual department training.
• Answer telephone calls, and read laboratory results to satisfy inquiries.

Skills:

• Minimum of 6 months' work experience performing venipunctures in a fast paced lab or hospital setting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite. High School Diploma or GED 2-4 years of experience.
• Valid Phlebotomy certification for the state where you will be employed as required in some states.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED 2-4 years of experience.

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