Phlebotomist

Lab Support Technician, Phlebotomist, PRN – SSM Health

It’s more than a career, it’s a calling.

Location:

SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital – Mt. Vernon, IL

Worker Type: PRN
Pay Rate Type:
Hourly
Pay Range: $15.00 – $22.34

Job Summary
Under direct supervision, this position performs routine laboratory tasks according to procedures. It may perform phlebotomy and/or waived testing, and may also support the laboratory department with general clerical duties such as receptionist and secretarial support, admission activities, and order entry processing.

• Assists customers including answering phones and responding to customer inquiries.
• Assists laboratory staff in the daily operation of the lab by collecting, labeling, processing, and preserving blood, urine, and other specimens according to established laboratory procedures.
• Enters, accesses, and executes lab orders in the appropriate laboratory and electronic medical record system.
• Cleans and maintains laboratory supplies and work area.
• May update statistical records, label tubes, and schedule processing runs.
• May perform phlebotomy and/or waived testing.
• Identifies patients using two identifiers.
• Performs a variety of administrative and clerical duties including admission activities, insurance verification, order entry processing, and medical record processing.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safety.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience.
• No experience required.

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0–25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication; ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25–50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

• None

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Employee

Laboratory

• Paid Parental Leave: one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro‑rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options:
  Daily Pay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: through Flex Path Funded for eligible team members.

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