Phlebotomist Travel Therapist Jobs in Connecticut

Travel Phlebotomist - $22 per hour in Wallingford, CT - Position: Phlebotomist - Floater Location: Wallingford, CT & Surrounding areas Schedule: Varied (40 hours per week)  Job Description: * Experience doing blood draws, labeling specimens, centrifuging specimens, recording maintenance data and decontamination, updating patient information, etc. * Greet customers appropriately; treat all customers in a courteous manner * Collects specimens according to established procedures. Properly explains in a clear but courteous manner the process of the venipuncture (blood drawing) and or other specimen collection (ex. urine or fecal) as required * Reduces patient anxiety by providing a calm environment for patients before, during and after the collection process * Demonstrate technique/s using straight needles and/or butterfly needles. * Fully understand all of the physicians' orders * Matches laboratory requisition forms to specimen tubes; label, centrifuge, split, and freeze specimens as required by test order * Check all test requisitions or computer label against script to ensure 100% correct * Package specimens for transport * Stores specimen sample according to required temperature, places samples in appropriate collection container/ tube, accurately labels, follows different procedures as outlined by specific to protocol deemed necessary for transport to maintain integrity of the specimen * Demonstrates proficiency of proper collection methods and proper processing of all specimens * Understand and comply with OSHA and DEP regulations * Attend annual department trainings * Answer telephone calls, read laboratory results to satisfy inquiries * Other duties as assigned Qualifications: * High school diploma or equivalent. * Medical training: medical assistant or paramedic training preferred. * Phlebotomy certification preferred. * Three years phlebotomy experience required, inclusive of pediatric, geriatric and capillary collections. * Minimum 2 years in a Patient Service Center environment preferred. * Customer service in a retail or service environment preferred. Keyboard/data entry experience.