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Phlebotomist
UnityPoint Health- Fort Dodge
Shift: 7:00am-3:30pm, 20 hours per week
**NO CERTIFICATION OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED**
Why UnityPoint Health?
- Culture – At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve.
- Benefits – Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options like 401K match, paid time off and education assistance that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment – We’re committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
- Development – We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
- Community Involvement – Be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
Visit us at UnityPoint.org/careers to hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work. https://dayinthelife.unitypoint.org/
Responsibilities:
- Serves the Laboratory and the Hospital by providing Laboratory testing personnel with quality blood specimens from patients for use in diagnostic test procedures which aid patient management and treatment.
- Maintains logs, records and tracking of specimens and order requests in the Laboratory Information System
- Performs venous and capillary blood collection procedures on inpatients, outpatients and nursing home patients.
- Labels and distributes specimens to the appropriate areas of the Laboratory.
- Maintains current logs, records, inquiries, pending lists as appropriate to the needs of the Laboratory.
- Transports specimens throughout the building complex.
- Maintains expendable supplies for phlebotomy in the vicinity of their use.
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skills to provide Laboratory services appropriate to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.
- Extremely high degree of accuracy and responsibility required in the performance of this job.
Education:
An Academic High School Diploma or equivalent.
Formal phlebotomy training in an academic setting or medical assistant training preferred.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Possess the skills required for proper specimen collection, including patient identification and preparation, labeling, handling, preservation or fixation, processing or preparation, transportation and storage of specimens; implementing all standard Laboratory policies and procedures that apply to the performance of the job; effective written and oral communication; effective organizational and time management skills. Possess a working knowledge of factors that influence test results, e.g., anticoagulants, preservatives, interfering substances (IV fluids), collection times.
