Phlebotomist

Overview

Join our team as a night shift, full-time, Laboratory Phlebotomist in Amarillo, TX.

Why Join Us?

Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better

• Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
• People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
• Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.

Get to Know Your Team:

• BSA Hospital is a 445-bed hospital serving the Amarillo area for over 120 years and continues to be Amarillo’s preferred healthcare provider. At BSA, the focus is to provide quality healthcare in Christian love, service, and dignity.

Explore Career Pathways for Laboratory Professionals:

Responsibilities

• Functions as a laboratory professional who performs specimen collection techniques or specimen collection instructions that include venipuncture, capillary draws, urine collection instructions, and specimen culture collection instructions.
• Promotes professionalism and interacts with colleagues in a way that promotes a cooperative working environment.
• Ensure specimens are obtained in accordance with laboratory guidelines.
• Demonstrate proper communication skills to relate pertinent data or information about the patient or laboratory sample to the appropriate care provider.
• Supports organizational priorities to maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Attains required competency and demonstrates the ability to follow procedural directions and protocols.
• Able to prioritize and organize workload and assist other coworkers to maintain productivity.
• Follows proper protocols for specimen packaging and specimen transport.
• Responsible for specimen accessioning as assigned.
• Demonstrates proper infection control practices, proper patient identification, and performs proper, prompt specimen transport.
• Performs proper drug screen collection and processing as assigned.
• Answers laboratory department phone calls.
• Demonstrates ability to recognize emergent conditions and react appropriately.
• Provides phlebotomy services in a professional and patient-centered manner.
• Engages in self-evaluation of practice and takes action to improve knowledge and skills.
• Retains accountability for the quality of care given to the patient.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Job Requirements:

• Completion of an accredited phlebotomy/medical assistant program with clinicals or previous phlebotomy experience.
• Certification from a nationally recognized agency. Accepted agencies and certifications include, but are not limited to:
  • National Heathcareer Association – Certified Phlebotomy Technician: CPT (NHA).
  • National Heathcareer Association – Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (NHA CCMA).
  • American Society for Clinical Pathology – Phlebotomy Technician: PBT (ASCP).
  • American Medical Technologists – Registered Phlebotomy Technician: RPT (AMT).
  • National Center for Competency Testing – National Certified Phlebotomy Technician: NCPT (NCCT).
  • American Certification Agency – Certified Phlebotomy Technician: CPT (ACA).
• Experience working in the clinical setting.

Job Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Job Requirements:

• Completion of an accredited phlebotomy/medical assistant program with clinicals or previous phlebotomy experience.
• Certification from a nationally recognized agency. Accepted agencies and certifications include, but are not limited to:
  • National Heathcareer Association – Certified Phlebotomy Technician: CPT (NHA).
  • National Heathcareer Association – Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (NHA CCMA).
  • American Society for Clinical Pathology – Phlebotomy Technician: PBT (ASCP).
  • American Medical Technologists – Registered Phlebotomy Technician: RPT (AMT).
  • National Center for Competency Testing – National Certified Phlebotomy Technician: NCPT (NCCT).
  • American Certification Agency – Certified Phlebotomy Technician: CPT (ACA).
• Experience working in the clinical setting.
• Functions as a laboratory professional who performs specimen collection techniques or specimen collection instructions that include venipuncture, capillary draws, urine collection instructions, and specimen culture collection instructions.
• Promotes professionalism and interacts with colleagues in a way that promotes a cooperative working environment.
• Ensure specimens are obtained in accordance with laboratory guidelines.
• Demonstrate proper communication skills to relate pertinent data or information about the patient or laboratory sample to the appropriate care provider.
• Supports organizational priorities to maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Attains required competency and demonstrates the ability to follow procedural directions and protocols.
• Able to prioritize and organize workload and assist other coworkers to maintain productivity.
• Follows proper protocols for specimen packaging and specimen transport.
• Responsible for specimen accessioning as assigned.
• Demonstrates proper infection control practices, proper patient identification, and performs proper, prompt specimen transport.
• Performs proper drug screen collection and processing as assigned.
• Answers laboratory department phone calls.
• Demonstrates ability to recognize emergent conditions and react appropriately.
• Provides phlebotomy services in a professional and patient-centered manner.
• Engages in self-evaluation of practice and takes action to improve knowledge and skills.
• Retains accountability for the quality of care given to the patient.