Laboratory/Phlebotomist
Job Description
Perform phlebotomy and specimen handling across day and night shifts in a hospital setting.
Laboratory/Phlebotomist
Location: Potsdam, NY
Onsite Flexibility: Onsite
Contract Details
- Position Type: Contract
- Contract Duration: 2 months
- Pay Rate: $24.00 / Hour (USD)
- Shift / Schedule: Day (5×7.5 Hours) 6:00–14:00 / Night (5×7.5 Hours) 22:00–6:00. Must be available to work nights, days, or evenings — a combination of all is expected. You will receive your schedule 2 weeks prior to the start of that week.
- Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Job Summary
This is a Laboratory/Phlebotomist contract role within a 109-bed hospital facility accepting both inpatient and outpatient patient diagnoses. Ratios are dependent on inpatient/outpatient census and on shifts. The unit accepts first-time travelers and requires call, float, and every-other-weekend coverage.
Required Skills
- Hospital and outpatient lab experience
- CLSI recommended order of blood draws
- Gray top tubes (Fluoride, Potassium Oxalate)
- Green top tubes (Heparin, Ammonia)
- Instruct patient on proper collection and preservation for laboratory specimen
- Light blue top tubes (coagulation)
- Patient positioning
- Post venipuncture site care
- Prioritize patient collections based on order request (stat, timed, routine)
- Process specimens for laboratory (centrifuge, aliquot, storage)
- Purple top (EDTA)
- Understand mode of action of additives/anticoagulants in blood collection tubes
- Blood culture bottles
- Centrifuge operation
- Heel warmers
- Infant restraints
- Laboratory requisitions
- Vacutainer holder
- Vacutainer tubes
- Syringe method
- Vacutainer method
- Deliver specimens to laboratory (time-sensitive)
- Chilled specimen handling
- Microbiological specimens
- Protection of specimen from light source
- Warmed specimen handling
- Finger stick
- Heel stick
- Neonatal screening panel
- Blood culture
- Oral glucose tolerance test
- Aseptic technique
- Blood specimen storage
- Data entry
- Hazardous materials and MSDS
- Identify and respond to emergency situations
- Medical records review
- Patient and donor care
- Proper disposal
- Proper labeling
- Quality assurance and controls
- Radiation safety
- Standard precautions
- Transmission-based precautions
- EPIC EHR proficiency
Required Experience
- Minimum 1 year of experience required
Work Environment / Physical Requirements
- Call required
- Float required
- Weekend coverage required — every other weekend (EOW)
- Must be available to work nights, days, or evenings — combination of all shifts expected
- Scrubs: Not provided; no specific colors required
- Local candidates accepted — must be 50 miles or greater from facility, or at a lower rate
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
- 401k Retirement Fund
About GTT
GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Perform phlebotomy and specimen handling across day and night shifts in a hospital setting, Instruct patients on proper collection techniques and ensure correct labeling and processing of specimens, Operate laboratory equipment (centrifuge, specimen storage) and deliver specimens to the laboratory in a timely manner, Maintain patient safety, privacy, and infection-control standards while collecting specimens, Enter data and manage medical records related to specimens
