# Phlebotomist I

**Company**: Intermountain Health
**Location**: West Valley City, Utah
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $18.94 - $24.62
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Phlebotomist I is responsible for accurate collection and handling of patient laboratory specimens for diagnostic testing according to established best practice in a manner that enhances patient and caregiver engagement.

As a Phlebotomist I, you will accurately collect patient specimens for diagnostic testing while working in a professional medical environment. This position functions as part of a dynamic team with a workload that ranges from fast-paced hospital settings and high/low volume clinics.

Key responsibilities:

- Perform specimen collection using various techniques such as venipuncture, capillary puncture, PIVO, and throat swab collections

- Collect specimens from patients of various acuities, including newborns, patients in intensive care, and all other areas of the hospital

- Adhere to and enforce standards for laboratory compliance and safety regulations

- Communicate procedures and instructions with patients and family members and demonstrate empathy during every interaction

- Develop skills such as patient registration, participation in CODE response teams, training and mentoring new staff, specimen processing, and participation in special projects

- Maintain organisational skills, navigate multiple computer systems, work well as a team member, and maintain a clean and safe work environment

- Take on-call shifts and participate in holiday rotations as needed

Requirements:

- BLS Required

- High School Diploma or equivalent preferred

- Six months of phlebotomy experience, phlebotomy training, or national certification as approved by manager/supervisor preferred

Physical Requirements:

- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies

- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately

- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy

- Expected to lift and utilise full range of movement to transfer patients, bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment

- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment

Benefits:

- Generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness

Hourly rate: $18.94 - $24.62

## Skills

### Required
- Communication
- Patient Care
- Phlebotomy
- Laboratory Operations
- Regulatory Requirements
- Computer Literacy
- Teamwork
- Working Independently

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