Phlebotomist

Overview

Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Laboratory Phlebotomist in Amarillo, TX.

• Thrive:
  We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well‑being.
• People‑First:
  We prioritize your well‑being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
• Make Healthcare Better:
  We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.

BSA Hospital is a 445‑bed hospital serving the Amarillo area for over 120 years. We provide quality healthcare in Christian love, service, and dignity.

• Functions as a laboratory professional who performs specimen collection techniques or specimen collection instructions that include venipuncture, capillary draws, urine collection instruction and specimen culture collection instruction.
• Promotes professionalism and interacts with colleagues in a way that promotes a cooperative working environment.
• Ensure specimens are obtained in accordance with laboratory guidelines.
• Demonstrate proper communication skills to relate pertinent data or information about the patient or laboratory sample to appropriate care provider.
• Supports organizational priorities to maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Attains required competency and demonstrates the ability to follow procedural directions and protocols.
• Able to prioritize and organize workload and assist other coworkers to maintain productivity.
• Follows proper protocols for specimen packaging and specimen transport.
• Responsible for specimen accessioning as assigned.
• Demonstrates proper infection control practices, proper patient identification, performs proper prompt specimen transport.
• Performs proper drug screen collection and processing as assigned.
• Answers laboratory department phone calls.
• Demonstrates ability to recognize emergent conditions and reacts appropriately.
• Provides phlebotomy services in a professional and patient centered manner.
• Engages in self‑evaluation of practice and takes action to improve knowledge and skills.
• Retains accountability for quality of care given to the patient.

• High School diploma or equivalent.

Preferred

Job Requirements:

• Completion of an accredited phlebotomy/medical assistant program with clinicals or previous phlebotomy experience.
• Certification from a nationally recognized agency. Accepted agencies and certifications include:
• National Healthcare Association – Certified Phlebotomy Technician: CPT (NHA)
• National Healthcare Association – Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (NHA CCMA)
• American Society for Clinical Pathology – Phlebotomy Technician: PBT (ASCP)
• American Medical Technologists – Registered Phlebotomy Technician: RPT (AMT)
• National Center for Competency Testing – National Certified Phlebotomy Technician: NCPT (NCCT)
• American Certification Agency – Certified Phlebotomy Technician: CPT (ACA)
• Experience working in the clinical setting.