Phlebotomist

Job Title: Phlebotomist

Company: Hillcrest Medical Center

Job Type: Full-Time

Location: Tulsa, OK

Salary: Competitive

Overview

You may be eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $1,000. Join our team as an evening shift, full-time Phlebotomist at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, OK.

Fulfilling your purpose begins here: People First, Always. Here’s how we take care of our people:

• Medical, vision, dental health insurance, health savings account/flexible spending, competitive pay, paid time off, 401k retirement plan with company match, employee assistance program and more.

Your team is bigger than your department. Hillcrest Medical Center is a 656-bed hospital that includes The Alexander Burn Center, The Peggy V. Helmerich Women’s Health Center, Kaiser Rehabilitation Center, the latest technology for the treatment of cancer, and the Oklahoma Heart Institute. We believe healthcare is a team sport where every player contributes. We show compassion, celebrate differences, and treat one another with respect.

Responsibilities

• Promote professionalism and interact with colleagues in a way that fosters a cooperative working environment.
• Ensure specimens are obtained in accordance with laboratory guidelines.
• Demonstrate proper communication skills to relay pertinent data or information about the patient or laboratory sample to the appropriate care provider.
• Support organizational priorities to maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Attain required competencies and follow procedural directions and protocols.
• Assist in workload prioritization and organization to maintain productivity.
• Follow proper protocols for specimen packaging and transport.
• Responsible for specimen accessioning as assigned.
• Demonstrate proper infection control practices, patient identification, and perform timely specimen transport.
• Perform drug screen collection and processing as assigned.
• Answer laboratory department phone calls.
• Recognize emergent conditions and react appropriately.
• Provide phlebotomy services professionally and in a patient-centered manner.
• Engage in self-evaluation for practice improvement.
• Retain accountability for the quality of care provided to the patient.
• Promote service excellence and laboratory growth.
• May collaborate with multiple departments within the laboratory or across the hospital/health system.
• Perform arterial puncture as assigned.
• Responsible for other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Basic computer skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Completion of an accredited phlebotomy/medical assistant program with clinicals or previous phlebotomy experience.
• Experience working in a clinical setting.