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Location: Kannapolis, NC | Schedule: Contract, full-time, on-site; Monday - Thursday 8am - 5pm, Friday 8am - 12:30pm | Compensation: Not specified

Overview

A clinical laboratory services provider is seeking a Phlebotomist to support specimen collection operations in a fast-paced hospital or outpatient lab setting. This is a contract position with potential for permanent placement, projected to last approximately 3 months, and plays a key role in ensuring accurate and timely specimen collection for patient care.

What you'll do

• Perform blood draws, label specimens, centrifuge samples, and record maintenance data and decontamination activities
• Collect and store specimens according to established procedures
• Clearly and courteously explain venipuncture and other specimen collection processes (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 100% accuracy
• Package specimens for transport and store samples at required temperatures, following protocol 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
• May be asked to float to other accounts; mileage expense paid

Required qualifications

• Valid Phlebotomy certification for the state of employment, as required in some states
• Minimum of 6 months' work experience performing venipunctures in a fast-paced lab or hospital setting
• Minimum 1 year of experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• High School Diploma or GED
• Clinical lab experience working in IOP or hospital setting
• Reliable transportation and a clean driving record

Compensation and benefits

• Benefits are available
• Mileage expense paid when floating to other accounts

Why this role

This contract opportunity offers potential for permanent placement and includes benefits, making it a strong entry point into a stable clinical laboratory environment.