Phlebotomist

**Location:** Avera McKennan Hospital **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends (United States of America) **Pay Range:** _The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience._ $18.00 - $23.50 **Position Highlights** **This position may be eligible for a $1,500 sign-on bonus.** **Schedule:** Day/Evening position with rotating shifts, including: * 4:00 AM – 12:30 PM * 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM * 12:00 PM – 8:30 PM * 2:00 PM – 10:30 PM Must be able to work all shift options. **Additional Details:** * Rotating every 3rd weekend and holiday * Occasional call required **You Belong at Avera** **Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.** **A Brief Overview** Performs venipuncture and capillary blood collection following approved techniques and policies for hospital inpatients and clinic outpatients. The Phlebotomist also organizes specimen collection requests, performs patient clinical laboratory specimen collection procedures, specimen transport, specimen processing, testing dispersal, point-of-care testing procedures, and other pre-analytic functions following established standards and practices. **What you will do ** * Collects blood and other specimen collection and processing procedures in a competent manner that does not result in the need for repeat collections or valid complaints from patients or clients. * Properly identifies patients before specimen collection. Able to explain the collection procedure and provides the necessary preparation and collection instructions to patients. * Completes patient registration and test order computer data entry as required by established standards and procedures. * Labels, transports or stores collected specimens as directed in an accurate and timely manner. * Communicates with internal and external customers in a professional and efficient manner via teleph