Phlebotomist

Hope Center is hiring a Phlebotomist in Bronx, NY.

Position Summary:

Phlebotomists are professionals who specialize in drawing blood from patients. Their responsibilities include interviewing and preparing the patient for the blood draw. They are required to follow strict precautionary safety procedures in order to limit the risk of contact with potentially infectious blood and other bodily fluids.

Record keeping and labeling are also major duties of phlebotomists, to ensure that the right tests are performed on the correct blood specimens.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accurately identify patients using a wristband, documents or through known visual identification

• Receives assignments, assembles supplies and equipment required to perform specimen collection according to established standards, policies, and procedures

• Accurately identifies priorities such as Stat, timed, or routine

• Determine the right venipuncture method based on patient age, health etc.

• Follow the proper test tube order of draw

• Ensure optimal quality and quantity of samples for the test and tube required

• Label test tubes correctly and send or deliver them for testing

• Adhere to all relevant health and safety standards while working

• Monitor the patient for reactions; monitor equipment operations

• Educate patient on immediate aftercare

• If trained on specimen storage and centrifugation, use all appropriate procedures

• Must be capable of collecting and processing Covid-19 tests

Requirements:

• 2 years proven experience as a phlebotomist

• Phlebotomy Technician certificate preferred

• Without certificate must have completed a hospital or major lab training program

• Understanding of standard blood drawing practices and procedures

• Able and flexible to work nights, evening hours, weekends, holidays, and extended shifts

• Strict adherence to safety regulations, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals

• Knowledge of aseptic and sterilization techniques

• Valid State issued driver’s license with a good driving record

• Adequate vehicle and automobile insurance

About us:

Hope Center’s mission is to provide the Hope Center community with the finest rehabilitation and skilled nursing services anywhere. Excellence is our goal and good outcomes in recovery and rehabilitation are our daily measures of progress. We will maintain a comfortable, dignified environment where our residents can enjoy an engaged, healthy lifestyle that will be a constant steady source of peace of mind to their families. And we will maintain our residents’ bonds to their community by extending ourselves to our neighbors and to the society we serve. We pledge to be innovative in our processes and procedures and to continually set the standard of excellence among skilled nursing facilities, where residents find their physical, social and spiritual needs met by caring, compassionate people. Hope Center is a proud member of the Centers Health Care Consortium.

Equal Opportunity Employer –M/F/D/V