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Location: North Charleston, SC and surrounding area (float position) | Schedule: Full-time, contract (6am-5pm, Monday-Friday), on-site | Compensation: Not specified

Overview

A healthcare services provider is seeking a Phlebotomist for a float position covering multiple locations in the North Charleston, SC area. This is a contract role with a projected 3-month duration and potential for permanent placement, supporting patient specimen collection across several regional sites.

What you'll do

• Perform blood draws, label specimens, centrifuge specimens, and record maintenance data and decontamination activities
• Collect and store specimens according to established procedures
• Clearly and courteously explain the venipuncture process and other specimen collection methods (e.g., urine or fecal) to patients
• Demonstrate technique using straight needles and/or butterfly needles
• Fully understand and follow physicians' orders
• Match laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes; label, centrifuge, split, and freeze specimens as required by test order
• Check all test requisitions or computer labels against scripts to ensure accuracy
• Package specimens for transport, store samples at required temperatures, and follow protocols to maintain specimen integrity
• Understand and comply with OSHA and DEP regulations
• Attend annual department trainings
• Answer telephone calls and read laboratory results to satisfy inquiries
• Travel to multiple locations including Mt. Pleasant, West Ashley, Goose Creek, Summerville, and Walterboro, SC

Required qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience
• Minimum 6 months' work experience performing venipunctures in a fast-paced lab or hospital setting
• Valid Phlebotomy certification for the state of employment, as required in some states
• High School Diploma or GED
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Pediatric and geriatric experience required
• Clean driving record and reliable transportation required
• Must be able to travel to and cover all listed float locations

Compensation and benefits

• Benefits are available
• Mileage expense paid

Why this role

This position offers the opportunity to gain diverse experience across multiple healthcare sites, with mileage reimbursement, available benefits, and potential for conversion to a permanent role.