Lead Phlebotomist - Outpatient - Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA 01040
About the Job
Holyoke Medical Center is an independent community hospital that has served the healthcare needs of the Pioneer Valley for over 125 years. We continue to grow and address the needs of our community through quality and patient-centered care.
Our laboratory team has an exciting opportunity for an Outpatient Lead Phlebotomist to function as a resource to staff for day-to-day operational matters and to perform duties within the scope of responsibility of a phlebotomist. Other duties include: acting as a role model and mentor for department employees; providing or assisting in providing orientation and training within the department; planning work schedules and making job assignments, performing blood collection procedures on patients of all ages, including newborns and children; performing nursing home draws and home draws; performing supply orders; perform regular site visits to off-site draw stations; participate in a paid weekend on-call rotation.
Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent; minimum two years of hospital phlebotomy experience including registering patients; excellent interpersonal and communication skills; proficiency in the use of computers; reliable transportation.
Hours: 8a-4:30p rotating weekends and holidays. Flexibility to shift hours during the day shift when needs arise and to float to different off-site draw stations as needed; paid rotating on-call weekends to coincide with weekend work.
Applicants must have:
A passion for caring about a community through quality work in a stand-alone hospital lab.
A drive for learning new practices to be able to adapt to our rapidly growing test menu.
A willingness to offer new ideas to the team to help with our culture of continuous improvement.
The ability to perform multiple tasks at the same time.
A TEAMWORK MENTALITY
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