Phlebotomist Job at Denver Health

Denver Health Denver, CO 80204

$18.50 - $24.18 an hour
We are recruiting for a Phlebotomist to join our team!

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Department
Laboratory Services
Job Summary

The Phlebotomist, under general supervision, draws blood for tests, transfusions, donations, or research that is utilized in the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of physical conditions. May explain the procedure to patients and assist in the recovery of patients with adverse reactions.

Essential Functions:
  • Collection Draw blood from veins by vacuum tube, syringe, or butterfly venipuncture methods; from capillaries by dermal puncture, such as heel or finger stick methods and from arteries, using arterial collection techniques. (40%)

  • Laboratory Testing Conduct standards tests, such as blood alcohol, blood culture, oral glucose tolerance, glucose screening, blood smears, or peak and trough drug levels tests. Transport specimens or fluid samples from collection sites to laboratories, documenting the route of specimens from collection to laboratory analysis and diagnosis. Provide sample analysis results to physicians to assist diagnosis. (20%)

  • Equipment Maintenance Monitors specimen collection devices to ensure proper operation. Organize and/or clean blood-drawing trays, ensuring that all instruments are sterile and all needles, syringes, or related items are of first-time use. Dispose of contaminated sharps, in accordance with applicable laws, standards, and policies. (20%)

  • Patient Advocacy and Support Prevent unnecessary invasive phlebotomy and report patient concerns to appropriate care provider for immediate follow up. Monitor blood or plasma donors during and after procedures to ensure health, safety, and comfort. (10%)

  • Training May assist in training and teaching students, new staff or other medical personnel in phlebotomy or laboratory techniques. (10%)

Education:
  • High School Diploma or GED Required

Work Experience:
  • No previous experience required.

Licenses:
  • BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) - AHA - American Heart Association Required and

  • PBT-Phlebotomy Technician - ASCP - American Society for Clinical Pathology Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Ability to remain calm in emergency situations

  • Knowledge of laboratory terminology and equipment.

  • Knowledge of safety and infection control practices to ensure a safe environment of care.

  • Skills necessary to successfully perform phlebotomy in a variety of age groups.

  • Ability to handle patient specimens and laboratory equipment.

  • Familiar with regulatory compliance in quality control and competency requirements.

  • Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

  • Good communication and customer relation skills to ensure patient safety and quality processes in the laboratory.

  • Excellent organizational skills and detail-oriented work in identifying, accessioning, and handling specimens for processing and testing.

  • Basic computer and hospital/laboratory information system skills

Shift
Work Type
PRN/Intermittent
Salary
$18.50 - $24.18 / hr
Benefits
  • Competitive pay
  • Outstanding benefits
  • Education opportunities
  • Shared leadership and advancement opportunity
  • State-of-the-art facilities
  • Immediate retirement plan matching
  • Professional clinical advancement program
  • Participation in evidence-based projects
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer
  • National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer
Our Values
  • Excellence– We are better every day
  • Compassion– We care for everyone
  • Relentlessness– We fight for everyone
  • Stewardship– We use resources responsibly
  • Learning– We educate the next generation
All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For read more about our commitment to diversity visit:
https://www.denverhealth.org/for-professionals/careers/diversity-and-inclusion



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