Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

SUMMARY: Under general supervision of the department Manager and in collaboration with the Specimen Control leadership team, is accountable for advancing and maintaining clinical staff competence, enhancing professional phlebotomy practice, and supporting achievement of career goals, building on the educational and experiential base of Phlebotomists across the novice to expert continuum for the ultimate objective of ensuring delivery of efficient, effective, ethical, safe, quality, and compassionate patient care. Cultivates an environment that promotes an appetite for lifelong learning by supporting the development of effective, quality, innovative, creative, and fun continuing education activities, implementing evidence-based practice innovations, and continuously evaluating further learning needs and/or practice changes. Supports a shared leadership philosophy and advances the professional practice model for patient care services. Demonstrates core competency in key clinical service areas.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education

Minimum:

• High School diploma

Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree

Certification

Minimum:

• Current Phlebotomy Certification (to be obtained within 3 months of hire).

Related Experience

Minimum:

• One year of teaching experience with validated opportunities to apply principles of adult education.
• Ability to develop new and innovative education opportunities to meet the changing needs of the learner.
• Demonstrated excellence in assuming the various roles of a phlebotomist professional development educator: educator, facilitator, change agent, consultant, researcher, and leader.
• Demonstrated extensive theoretical knowledge and practical expertise in phlebotomy.

Preferred:

• Two years of clinical phlebotomy experience.

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Minimum:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, basic knowledge of mathematics and problem solving skills acquired through a combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated excellence in problem solving skills acquired through a combination of education and experience.

Preferred:

• One year of experience in group leadership and group process leading to effective outcomes.

Computer Competency:

Familiarity with standard desktop and windows based computer system, including email, e-learning, intranet and computer navigation. Ability to use other software required to perform essential functions, including but not limited to Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.