The Laboratory’s Lead Phlebotomist provides daily support to laboratory and other
healthcare staff related to sample collection and its related facets such as ordering, processing and data entry.
The incumbent will provide support and direction to support the Laboratory’s policies, procedures and
processes. The Lead phlebotomist will provide troubleshooting and resolution to issues that may arise within
the population served. The incumbent will always maintain patient confidentiality and will ensure a safe
process environment for the staff and the population served. The incumbent will be able to work independently
and have the training and experience to make sound and timely decisions. The incumbent will be able to work
as a positive team member and will promote the department in a positive fashion. This position may support
our Medical Oncology departments which are located off campus from the BH La Grange hospital.
Minimum Requirements
High School Diploma or GED required
Two years of experience required
National phlebotomy certificate preferred
Valid driver's license required
Work Experience
Education
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
