Certified Phlebotomist

Come work at the Department of Veterans Affairs, one of the best government dental patient settings in the field.

We are looking to hire a phlebotomist to join our team. If you’re looking for an immediate position, a great work environment, upward mobility, and competitive pay? Then we have the opportunity for you.

Our client, a federal agency in Travis AFB, Fairfield, CA, has an IMMEDIATE NEED for qualified PHLEBOTOMIST to work with the Department of Veterans Affairs and serve a community of appreciative patients who’ve served the nation.

This is a great opportunity to be an insider and get a jump on the first knowledge of federal government employment opportunities for your role, far ahead of outside applicants.

Federal employees, and their families, have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make a federal career very rewarding, not to mention a lifetime of career advancement. Start your federal government career, by applying for this role

Requirements:

• Contract personnel will have a minimum of one (1) year direct patient care experience performing venipunctures in a clinic or hospital setting.
• Should be certified as a phlebotomist technician in California.
• Active CPR/BLS card

Major Duties:

• Collects adequate and correct blood specimens by venipuncture or micro-technique.
• Works from requisitions, computerized phlebotomy lists, instructions, or other verbal requests to obtain and collect the patient's blood.
• Performs data entry associated with phlebotomy.
• Follows departmental policies to correctly identify the patient before any blood specimen is drawn by checking patient ID bracelet as an inpatient and the veteran's full name and full social security number as an outpatient and to correctly label all specimens drawn at the site of collection.
• Adheres to blood borne pathogen standard precautions and all phlebotomy safety policies, when performing phlebotomy.
• Delivers specimens to the laboratory in the most expedient manner and in the proper transport container.
• Starts glucose tolerance procedures and collects remaining specimens at required times.
• Draws other timed specimens as indicated. Picks up and delivers to the Laboratory a variety of clinical or anatomic specimens other than blood.
• Sorts and processes specimens received in central specimen receipt area of department in order of priority for best patient results and to meet turnaround time goals. Using problem solving skills identifies and corrects any problems arising with the received specimens.
• Handles relevant phone calls for the clinical and/or anatomic accessioning areas and where possible resolves whatever issues precipitated the telephone call based upon his/her knowledge and experience.
• Maintains orderly and timely flow of specimens to the technical areas throughout tour of duty.
• Performs other specialized procedures as directed in Point of Care, Microbiology, and Specimen Processing.

Work Schedule: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays. However, the Martinez VA campus also operates an inpatient facility which is on weekends and holidays from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. While Contractor personnel will normally work Monday through Friday, there may be times when VANCHCS requires Contractor personnel to work at the Martinez facility on weekends or holidays.