Phlebotomist

Responsibilities:

• Identifying patients and their personal information by reviewing their identity documents.
• Assessing patient needs, reviewing patient history, and determining the reason(s) for drawing blood.
• Selecting gauge needles and preparing veins or fingers for blood drawing.
• Extracting blood from patients through venipuncture or fingersticks.
• Analyzing blood specimens using the correct testing equipment, when necessary.
• Preparing specimens for transportation, including labeling vials accurately and matching blood specimens to patients.
• Supplying diagnostic notes to physicians, other healthcare professionals, and hospitals.
• Keeping and maintaining records of patient names, volume of blood drawn, and diagnostic findings.
• Cleaning, maintaining, and calibrating laboratory equipment used in the drawing and testing of blood specimens.
• Ordering laboratory supplies, as needed.