Job Description

Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT I)

Stockton VA Clinic, French Camp (Stockton), CA

Full-time, Monday–Friday days. Contract position, contingent on contract award. Start: January 2027.

About the Role

Join the laboratory team at the Stockton VA Clinic in French Camp, a VA Northern California outpatient clinic, collecting blood specimens for our Nation's Veterans. One full-time phlebotomist is needed at:

• Stockton VA Clinic: 6505 S. Manthey Rd, French Camp, CA 95231

Pay

• Minimum pay rate: $31.14/hr*
• Maximum pay rate: $32.42/hr*

*Includes the $5.42/hr Service Contract Act Health & Welfare fringe. Base wage meets or exceeds U.S. DOL wage determination 2015-5653 (San Joaquin County). Also includes paid federal holidays and paid sick leave.

Schedule

• Monday–Friday, 8-hour day shifts between 7:30 AM and 5:30 PM (30-minute lunch, two 15-minute breaks)
• No weekends, nights or on-call. Federal holidays off. Never more than 40 hours/week

Responsibilities

• Verify patient identity using two identifiers before every collection
• Perform venipuncture following VA laboratory procedures
• Collect, label and process specimens for testing or shipment
• Review clinician orders in the VA computer system (CPRS)
• Perform waived point-of-care testing as assigned
• Provide compassionate, courteous service to Veterans, families and staff

Requirements

• Current State of California Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT I) certificate
• Current BLS certification
• At least 1 year of direct patient care performing venipunctures in a clinic or hospital setting
• Comfortable with computers and electronic health records
• TB test, rubella/MMR proof and immunizations current within the past year
• Able to pass a federal background check and complete VA-required training
• U.S. work authorization

Preferred: live within 50 miles of the Stockton / French Camp clinic. Veterans are encouraged to apply.