Phlebotomist III - Floater

Phlebotomist III
- Float

Pay Range: $26.35hr - $28.24hr

Job Overview:

The Phlebotomist III
- Float represents the face of the organization to patients who come to the facility, both as part of their health routine or for insights into life-defining health decisions. The Phlebotomist III
- Float draws quality blood samples from patients and prepares those specimens for lab testing while following established practices and procedures. The candidate has direct contact with patients and creates an atmosphere of trust and confidence while explaining procedures to patients and drawing blood specimens in a skillful, safe, and accurate manner.

Responsibilities:

The Phlebotomist III
- Float is responsible for providing coverage at multiple locations for multiple roles. The candidate must ensure that daily activities of the Patient Service Center, Mobile, Long Term Care, or In-Office Phlebotomy are completed accurately and on time. The successful candidate demonstrates leadership behaviors while focusing on process excellence skills and sensitivity to confidentiality and accuracy of patient information. Successful applicants may be assigned to work and direct daily activity in a doctor’s office, a patient service center, in a house call environment, long term care, or as business needs dictate.

The candidate must be able to step in for a Phlebotomist III
- Float and lead one or more Patient Service Representatives on site. The candidate will be required to act as a coach, mentor, instructor, and resource advisor for new employees and provide effective onboarding services to new clients. They will also act as a point of contact to staff on site and provide regular input to the group lead or supervisor.

The Phlebotomist III
- Float may also focus on working with customers who have a high complexity or volume practice with a specialized focus requiring outstanding phlebotomy skills. In addition, these practices require a higher level of customer-facing skills including verbal and written communications, problem-solving, and collaboration with multiple functions, such as Sales, Laboratory Testing Services, IT connectivity, Billing, and Logistics due to their specialty or complex test orders.

The candidate must be capable of handling multiple priorities in a high-volume setting.

Required

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Medical training: medical assistant or paramedic training preferred.
• Phlebotomy certification preferred. Required in California, Nevada, and Washington.

Work Experience:

• Five years phlebotomy experience required, inclusive of pediatric, geriatric and capillary collections.
• Minimum 3 years in a Patient Service Center or In-Office Phlebotomy environment preferred.
• Customer service in a retail or service environment preferred.
• Keyboard and data entry experience.