Phlebotomist

Location: Mount Olive, NC |
Schedule: Full-time contract, on-site, 9am-6pm M-F |
Compensation: Not specified

A healthcare services employer is seeking a skilled Phlebotomist for a 3 month contract assignment with potential for permanent placement. This role is essential to ensuring accurate specimen collection and handling in support of patient care and laboratory testing operations.

• Perform blood draws, label specimens, centrifuge samples, and record maintenance data and decontamination activities
• Collect and store specimens according to established procedures
• Clearly and courteously explain venipuncture and other specimen collection processes (e.g., urine or fecal) to patients
• Demonstrate technique using straight needles and/or butterfly needles
• Fully understand and follow physicians' orders
• Match laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes
• Label, centrifuge, split, and freeze specimens as required by test order
• Check all test requisitions or computer labels against scripts to ensure 100% accuracy
• Package specimens for transport and store samples at required temperatures using appropriate containers and labeling
• Follow protocol-specific procedures to maintain specimen integrity during transport
• Understand and comply with OSHA and DEP regulations
• Attend annual department trainings
• Answer telephone calls and read laboratory results to satisfy inquiries

• Valid Phlebotomy certification for the state of employment, as required in some states
• Minimum 6 months' work experience performing venipunctures in a fast-paced lab or hospital setting
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• High School Diploma or GED
• 5+ years of experience required

• Benefits are available

This 3 month contract position offers the potential to convert to a permanent role, with benefits available during the assignment.