Job Summary
Provides support to the operation of the Laboratory by assisting with pre-analytical and post-analytical processes resulting in optimal patient outcomes. Responsible for assigned shifts and subject to overtime and call back as required. Performs other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities
- Performs phlebotomy and specimen collections.
- Assesses and maintains quality of specimens.
- Communicates with patients and customers.
- Assesses specimens.
- Performs urine drug screen collections and industrial screening as required.
- Supports life long learning
- Completes assigned goals.
Specifications
Experience
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
- Hospital phlebotomy experience.
Education
Minimum Required
- Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties.
Preferred/Desired
Training
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
- Training as acquired in an approved phlebotomy training program
Special Skills
- Computer skills.
Minimum Required
- Basic computer literacy.
Preferred/Desired
- Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency. Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties. Computer skills.
Licensure
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Skills Required
- Phlebotomy and specimen collection skills
- Assess and maintain quality of specimens
- Perform urine drug screen collections and industrial screening
- Clear written and verbal communication in standard English
- Basic computer literacy
- Hospital phlebotomy experience
- Training from an approved phlebotomy training program
What We Do
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
