Phlebotomy Technician (CPhT) (PRN)

St. Mary's Medical Center (SMMC) is looking for a dynamic Phlebotomy Technician (CPhT) to join our team - this is a per diem variable shift position!

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! St. Mary's Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

St. Mary's Medical Center, a 2020 Watson Health Top 100 Hospital, is a faith-based, 146-bed acute care hospital providing a wide range of services, including 24-hour Emergency Department, Joint and Spine Institute, Surgical Services and outpatient services. St. Mary's Medical Center has provided high-quality compassionate care to the residents of Blue Springs and Eastern Jackson County for more than 30 years. St. Mary's, one of Kansas City's best kept secrets, offers patients the best of both worlds--a warm, caring environment, close to home, providing the wide range of services and expertise typically found in much larger facilities.

We offer:

competitive compensation
• generous medical benefits plan
• 401K

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St. Mary's Medical Center (SMMC) is looking for a dynamic Phlebotomy Technician (CPhT) to join our team - this is a per diem variable shift position!

Our Phlebotomy Technician will primarily perform skin puncture or venipuncture on patients of all ages for the purpose of obtaining a blood specimen for analysis in the clinical laboratory and is under the supervision of Laboratory Director/Manager/Supervisor. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• performs computer data entry, filing, telephone communication and other clerical duties,
• possesses adequate knowledge of the terminology of tests ordered in the laboratory
• demonstrates good communication skills and telephone etiquette in greeting patients and other visitors in a polite and friendly manner
• demonstrates proper phlebotomy technique and the use of equipment in collecting specimens from newborns to geriatric patients
• processes microbiology, immunology, hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, chemistry and blood bank specimens
• processes specimens for referral to reference laboratories
• stocks and orders routine supplies
• maintains the cleanliness of storage areas, trays, centrifuges, refrigerators, freezers and work areas
• processes or load specimens on automated laboratory instrumentation in accordance with established policy and procedures
• may assist to pick up samples at hospital OR
• assist lab specialty in sorting out samples for analysis and put away samples
• assist pathology, inventory, replenish supplies, order supplies, mail pick up/ delivery, faxing, answering phone, product deliveries, etc.
• may work multi-departments for graveyard shift
• may perform point of care testing after training and documented competency
• resolving staffing issues
• other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned by the department manager/director

Education and Experience

• high school diploma, or equivalent, required
• BLS (AHA) certificate within 45 days of hire and maintain current
• minimum 1-year clinical laboratory experience, preferred

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