Phlebotomist

Location: Salem Hospital, 890 Oak Street SE, Salem, Oregon 97301

Department: Inpatient Phlebotomy

Position Type: Full Time, 36 hours /week, Non-Exempt

Schedule: 11:00 pm - 8:30 am, Wednesday - Saturday

Your role with us

As a phlebotomy technician at Salem Health, you'll play an essential role in delivering exceptional patient care by ensuring accurate and timely specimen collection for diagnostic testing. Every interaction is an opportunity to provide compassionate care while supporting physicians, nurses, and laboratory teams in delivering high-quality outcomes. In this fast-paced environment, you'll use your technical expertise, attention to detail, and commitment to safety to make a meaningful difference for patients across the hospital.

What you'll do

• Collect blood specimens and perform point-of-care testing by following established laboratory procedures, ensuring accurate patient identification and proper specimen collection, labeling, handling, and transport.
• Prioritize and collect critical and STAT specimens promptly to support timely diagnosis and treatment for patients throughout the hospital.
• Maintain a safe environment by following infection prevention protocols, utilizing personal protective equipment (PPE), and adhering to laboratory and organizational safety standards.
• Serve as a laboratory dispatcher as assigned by managing multiple incoming calls, accurately documenting and relaying information, and communicating professionally with laboratory staff, nursing teams, providers, and other departments.
• Collaborate with laboratory and interdisciplinary care teams during routine patient care as well as emergency situations, including codes and traumas, to support efficient, coordinated patient care.
• Organize and prioritize daily workload to maintain efficiency, accuracy, and excellent service while ensuring department calls are answered promptly and professionally.
• Participate in quality assurance activities and continuous improvement initiatives to maintain departmental performance standards and enhance the patient experience.
• Support the development of students and new team members through knowledge sharing and training opportunities as appropriate.

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of an accredited phlebotomy program or sufficient phlebotomy experience that qualifies the candidate to sit for a nationally recognized phlebotomy certification examination.
• Certified Phlebotomy Technician (PBT) certification required within six months of hire.
• Certification through ASCP, NHA, NHCO, or another leader-approved nationally recognized certifying agency with a proctored examination.
• One year phlebotomy experience OR successful completion of an accredited phlebotomy program.

Total rewards package

Salem Health's comprehensive benefits package prioritizes your mental and physical health, financial stability, family obligations, and professional growth. Click here for details.

Why Salem Health?

Salem Health is a Top Workplace in Oregon, known for fostering a supportive culture where your contributions truly matter. As an award-winning, independent health care system, we serve our region through Salem Hospital, multiple community clinics and West Valley Hospital, ensuring broad access to high-quality care.

We believe in empowering our teams. Through Lean principles, staff help drive innovation and solve real problems. We also invest in your growth with professional development, tuition assistance, and clear career pathways. At Salem Health, you’ll find more than a job, you’ll find purpose, connection, and room to thrive.

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status or condition protected by law.

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact my.recruiter@salemhealth.org.