Clerk - Phlebotomist
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Clerk Phlebotomist

Full-time Night position 8:00 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. with rotating weekend/holidays

AFSCME union

Posted: June 2, 2025

reposted: August 8, 2025

Night Program Guidelines

• As part of the program, participants must commit to working to the maximum of their

budgeted shifts based on FTE status as off-shift hours (12-hour blocks such as 3 p.m. to

3 a.m., 4 p.m. to 4 a.m., etc. or 8-hour blocks such as 11 p.m to 7 a.m, etc.).

• Eligible participants will receive an additional $2 per hour night program differential, on

top of their hospital's current off-shift differential, for night hours worked as part of the

program.

o This $2 will be given on top of the new, market-competitive shift differentials.

• Any additional worked day shifts (meetings, competencies, additional overtime shifts) will

be paid without the night program differential.

• Laboratory Professionals who work rotating night shifts as part of their schedule, but are

not participants in the night program, will not receive the additional $2 differential.

• All PTO (paid time off) requests must continue to be approved, in advance, by the

participant's unit director/manager, and the night program differential will not be applied

to the hourly rate paid for PTO.

• Business unit leaders will determine the appropriate number of program participants

based on business unit and department needs.

Night Program Eligibility

• Eligible participants must be in a laboratory professional role in a regular full-time or part-time status, and work in a department that requires 24-hour on-site coverage.

• Laboratory professionals who have completed their orientation period and have at least

six-months of experience are eligible to participate.

• Eligible participants must have a performance rating of Solid/Strong/Good to enter the

program and not received any corrective action within the last six months. Maintaining a

Solid/Strong/Good rating will be required to remain in the program. New employees are

able to enter the program at the time of hire.

• If a participant resigns or is removed from the program for not meeting the night program

guidelines, they are not permitted to return to the program for one calendar year.

• If a participant does not work steady night shifts, they are not eligible to receive the

additional differential and their participation will be evaluated for removal from the

program.

• There is no impact to medical benefits, short-term disability (STD), long-term disability

(LTD), PTO, or tuition reimbursement as part of this program.

Responsibilities:

• Appearance is professional and in accordance with the Department of Laboratory Services dress code and hospital policy.

• Communicates with patients, explaining procedures prior to venipuncture. Serves patient in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort.

• Processes outpatients, to include interpreting physician orders, venipuncture and billing.

• Collects routine, fasting, timed and stat blood samples as indicated on label ordered by a physician and entered into the computer.

• Properly labels specimens with patient's name, hospital and room number, name of test, date and time collected and phlebotomist's initials.

• Performs receptionist duties.

• Prior to collecting blood samples, identifies patient by identification armband, checking it with label using two unique identifiers.

Education and Formal Training Required:

• High school graduate or equivalent; completion of an acceptable phlebotomy training program. If no previous phlebotomy training program, successful completion of UPMC phlebotomy training program.

Experience Required:

• Prefer one year experience, however a clinical rotation during phlebotomy training program is acceptable.

• Must be able to learn:

• The practices and procedures required in the work place.

• The types of tests performed and laboratory terminology.

• The performance of phlebotomies.

• The courtesies of dealing with patients, physicians, and other hospital employees.

• The use of the telephone effectively and giving or receiving reports and messages clearly and accurately. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

• Act 33 with renewal

• Act 34 with renewal

• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran